Sessions: House Republicans Respond to Demand for Affordable Energy

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement regarding House passage of H.R. 161, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act:

“Today I voted to provide much-needed natural gas to many areas of the country where the demand for energy is high but pipeline infrastructure is insufficient.  Natural gas is abundant and affordable.  As a result, American families and businesses are beginning to rely on it as a primary fuel source.  Providing Americans with cheaper energy will lower home energy prices, promote domestic manufacturing, and help create good-paying American jobs.  That is why House Republicans have supported a common sense solution to modernize a permitting process that has fallen victim to big government bureaucracies.  I urge my colleagues in the Senate to pass this bill and put it on the President’s desk.” 

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Jan 21, 2015