Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 1009, I call up the bill (H.R. 7176) to repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural gas, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1009, the bill is considered read. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 7176 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. ADVANCING UNITED STATES GLOBAL LEADERSHIP. Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) is amended-- (1) by striking subsections (a) through (c); (2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively; (3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c), and moving such subsection after subsection (b), as so redesignated; (4) in subsection (a), as so redesignated, by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: ``(1) The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (in this subsection referred to as the `Commission') shall have the exclusive authority to approve or deny an application for authorization for the siting, construction, expansion, or operation of a facility to export natural gas from the United States to a foreign country or import natural gas from a foreign country, including an LNG terminal.…”