Being sanctioned by President Putin is a badge of honor for me and the people that I represent.

building the keystone pipeline, in my view, and using Canada and Mexico, the North American alliance of energy is a powerful, powerful tool.

The crisis in Ukraine should cause us to think anew on this process.

The crisis in Ukraine has refocused on how U.S. natural gas exports can stabilize global security.

Designing an energy policy, which this committee will be focused on, promoting America as an energy super power will create thousands and thousands of jobs here at home and abroad and will help us promote democracy which is one of the…

opening up export markets helps to increase domestic supply, not close it down, increase it, of gas and natural gas.

It is certainly not in this Senator's interest to promote a policy where the prices would skyrocket and put our consumers at a disadvantage.

As Senator Wyden mentioned yesterday, the Department approved a permit for the Jordan Cove facility.

The committee needs to send a strong message that we are all in support of natural gas not one in opposition to it.

My view is there still is a sweet spot recognizing that the geo-political and national security considerations have certainly changed in the last year.

America can and should be an energy super power in all aspects of conventional and advanced sources of energy including new alternative fuels and alternative energy sources.

I want to thank you, Senator Udall, for your introduction of this bill.

These Nations are pleading for American natural gas.

I think the Senate needs to take action on LNG exports.

Irrespective of political affiliation, you individually and collectively stand proudly for the principles of free and fair trade.

The U.S. can be a strategic supplier to the global gas market.

I think the Landrieu/Murkowski team, colleagues, all of us are going to be well served by having the 2 of them lead us.

Thanks to an extraordinarily and swift, extraordinary and swift advances in technology to locate, capture and produce natural gas, today this committee will discuss the expanded opportunities to export liquefied natural gas and the…

I wish to speak on this for 2 minutes now, because I know people are anxious to vote on final passage of this important bill, and I will speak at length after the vote. I just wish to say thank you to the two leaders who are on the floor…

I thank the Senator. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the unanimous consent request? Without objection, the clerk will report the amendments, en bloc. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Iowa [Mr. Harkin] proposes…

I yield and turn the floor over to the leader, Senator Menendez. I believe the time will be yielded back. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Jersey.

when Hurricane Betsy roared ashore in Grand Isle on September 9, 1965, it wrought havoc in Louisiana and Mississippi and became the first natural disaster to cost American taxpayers more than $1 billion. It fundamentally changed the way…

I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before the Senate Committees on Energy and Natural Resources. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at 10 a.m., in…

I realize the Senator is trying to move through this very important bill on the floor, which I fully support and thank him for the amendment. Does the Senator know what the action of the Senate will be once this bill is completed? And is…

So final passage could potentially be--is it the Senator's understanding through the Chair--about 3 or so?