Unlocking Our Domestic Lng Potential Act of 2024

Floor Speech

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Mr. WEBER of Texas. I thank the chairman for his leadership on this important issue along with Representative Pfluger's.

This is extremely important in my district on Texas' Gulf Coast. Every time American energy is on the upswing, this administration seems dead set on knocking it down, all in the name of climate change, and now they are banning LNG export permits.

In my district, Freeport LNG, the second largest LNG exporter in the United States, has seen this impact on our community. They had been creating jobs, investing back into the local economy, and improving U.S. foreign trade.

This reckless decision by the Biden administration doesn't just impact Freeport LNG, it also directly impacts the two other LNG plants in my district, Golden Pass LNG and Port Arthur LNG. They have followed the rigorous and, might I add, burdensome permitting process and were close to turning their lights on and producing and exporting LNG, and now those projects are in limbo killing thousands of jobs and hurting local, State, and our Nation's economy.

The U.S. produces energy cleaner and more reliable than any other Nation.

As Ted Cruz said: What the President did is a giant middle finger to the State of Texas. I would add it is a giant middle finger to my district in southeast Texas.

Mr. Speaker, I look forward to passing the Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act to reverse this heinous ban and block this crazy administration from playing politics with our energy security and our district.

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