Ted Poe: “I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, the administration has worked very hard to make sure the export ban on…”

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, the administration has worked very hard to make sure the export ban on crude oil from Iran is lifted. But the administration has threatened to veto this bill that would lift the crude oil sanction ban on American oil. That doesn't make any sense to me--help the Iranians sell their excess crude oil abroad, but prevent America from selling our excess crude oil abroad. That is nutty. Why does the President prefer the Iranians over Americans? It doesn't make any sense. The President should at least give us the same deal that he gave the Iranians: lift sanctions on them, lift the sanctions on American oil. We have a surplus. We need to sell it. ``Use all we can and sell the rest.'' That is the motto. And that is just the way it is.”