John Hoeven actually said...

"we need to lift the export ban on oil. Everybody wins in that equation all the way from the producer to the consumer at the pump."

"So that we can continue to produce domestic energy rather than rely on energy from the Middle East."

"I think it does just push the discussion on what we do here in this country to relook, critically relook, at these export policies that are inhibiting not only our job growth, our economic opportunity..."

"But also in your expert opinion the ability to export LNG, liquefied natural gas, and the ability to export oil will benefit our consumers because we will produce more here at home."