Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Texas mentioned it; Chairman Walden mentioned it; Mr. Barton mentioned it. We should be celebrating, and that is what we are doing here tonight. All America should be celebrating the good fortune that we have to be blessed with such an abundance of natural gas. In my home State of Ohio, and many other areas in the Midwest and Appalachia, the production of natural gas and its valuable liquid byproducts is providing a much-needed boost to our local economies. Let me give you some figures. From 2011 to the end of May 2018, we had drops in unemployment in the counties that comprise my 18-county district by more than 48 percent. Some of those counties, especially the ones that have the heavy shale plays, have seen drops of unemployment upward of 60 percent. It is unbelievable. In addition to the direct benefits, the natural gas industry also supports hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs across the country and supplies our industries with a reliable and affordable source of domestic energy. Next week, as thousands of visitors and dignitaries from around the world arrive here in D.C. to attend the World Gas Conference, we should reflect on our country's energy dominance--you have heard that term several times--and how that affects our standing on the world stage.…”