On the recordOctober 9, 2015
Then, Mr. Chairman, I oppose the gentleman's amendment and ask every Member to vote against the amendment. Mr. Chairman, we are not violently opposed to this. It is a study. I am confident that this bill will on a net basis reduce greenhouse gases because the oil that would must probably be exported is produced under the strictest environmental regulations in the world. It also happens to be the easiest oil to refine because it is light sweet, which means it doesn't have a high sulfur content. When you run it through the cracking process, because it is lighter, it tends to separate into the various refined products more easily. So the gentleman's amendment is benign in nature in the sense that, if we were to conduct the study, I think the results from the study would be positive.
