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Chip Roy: I agree with my friend (Mr. Armstrong). If my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have no issues with the fact…

On the recordMarch 29, 2023
I agree with my friend (Mr. Armstrong). If my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have no issues with the fact that they were amending these drafts and leaving it in draft form, we just want to give the certainty of saying to remove these. They were clearly a bad idea. That is exactly what Senator Manchin was saying. Let's not go down this road. This is the problem with FERC. FERC is becoming a radical organization that is inserting itself in places where it does not belong. When the executive branch oversteps its bounds, it is incumbent upon Congress, in Article I, to do something about it. We are simply saying to pull these. Admit that this was a foolish direction to go, and let's ensure that we are sending a strong signal that we are pro-pipeline, pro-moving American LNG and making sure that we are exporting energy to the world that is actually clean burning and will help our economy, help push back on Putin, not make us reliable on China, and make us a heck of a lot stronger. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
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Chip Roy
Republican · Texas
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Mar 29, 2023

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