07/17/2012
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"Lifting the ban would also create American jobs, and like the LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act, it would strengthen America's geopolitical hand globally."
"legislation like the LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act that passed the House back in January which helps America harness our natural energy abundance by requiring DOE by law to act on pend..."
"We have lost 20,000 jobs and yet we have it underneath our feet, and we can't get it because we don't have a place to take it to."
"I have been in Congress 21 years, and I have heard colleagues on both sides of the aisle constantly talk about the goal of making our country energy independent."