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“EXPORT AMERICAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H4900 on June 13, 2017.
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The publication is reproduced in full below:
EXPORT AMERICAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS
(Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.
Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, last week, Cheniere Energy, headquartered in Houston, Texas, delivered its first liquified natural gas shipment out of the Sabine Pass terminal to northern Europe, to the Netherlands, and to Poland. This follows shipments to southern Europe from earlier this year.
Put simply, this is a tremendous game changer. Exporting LNG is not just an economic issue, it is a geopolitical security issue. These shipments help thwart Russian aggression and weaken Russia's stranglehold over Europe, and it is about time.
Under Secretary Perry's leadership, the Energy Department is finally approving licenses for LNG terminals to ship LNG overseas.
Our natural gas is cheaper and more abundant in supply than anywhere in the world. Harnessing our domestic energy resources and exporting some of it to our friends and to our allies around the world makes sense for our economy and for our national security.
We should apply the Blue Bell ice cream philosophy to our domestic energy resources. It is: Use what we can and sell the rest.
And that is just the way it is.
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