I want to commend Dr. Burgess for the work that he has done over the last several years.
If we don't have a market in the United States for the crude oil at our refineries, if you can't export it, you keep it ...
Do we have a ban on the export of corn? No.
Do we have a ban on the export of coal? No.
Putting a ban on crude oil exports at that time made some sense, to husband that resource as a strategic commodity.
Mexico is finally freeing up their oil economy, and if they follow through with their constitutional change, you will se...
What happens to domestic oil production in the near term, in the mid term, in the long term if we keep the ban in place?
In a free market economy like the United States, there are almost no commodities or products that we have a ban on.
Do we have a ban on the export of movies? I don't think so.
Do we have a ban on the export of peaches? Yes or no?
We have a number of Members on this committee that probably weren't alive when we passed the Energy Policy and Conservat...