Legislation to #LiftTheBan passes House with bipartisan support
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) released the following statement applauding House passage of H.R. 702, legislation to lift the 1975 ban on crude oil exports:
“It’s time to lift the outdated ban on selling America-made oil oversees. Today’s vote shows there is bipartisan agreement that modernizing our energy policy in this way will increase workers’ incomes and benefit their families, create jobs, lower gas prices, and strengthen our economy. It would also boost America’s influence around the world and help our friends and allies. I hope President Obama and Senate Democrats will work with us and do the right thing for our country.”
NOTE: The Energy Equipment and Infrastructure Alliance has completed a district-by-district analysis of jobs that would be created by lifting the ban. On Monday, 135 senior legislative leaders from 40 states and Puerto Rico sent a letter to Speaker Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in support of their efforts to end the federal ban on crude oil exports.
Others who have signed letters of support include:
America’s Natural Gas Alliance
American Commitment
American Council for Capital Formation
American Council of Engineering Companies
American Encore
American Energy Alliance
American Exploration & Production Council
American Maritime Congress
American Maritime Officers
American Maritime Officers Service
American Petroleum Institute
American Pipeline Contractors Association
American Rental Association
American Road and Transportation Builders Association
American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier LLC
American Supply Association
Americans for Competitive Enterprise
Americans for Tax Reform
APL Ltd.
Associated Equipment Distributors
Business Roundtable
Center for Individual Freedom
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Distribution Contractors Association
Domestic Energy Producers Alliance
Energy Makes America Great
Frontiers of Freedom
Hapag-Lloyd USA, LLC
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Industrial Minerals Association – North America
Intermarine LLC
International Association of Drilling Contractors
International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots
International Shipholding Corporation
International Union of Operating Engineers
Laborers’ International Union of North America
Liberty Maritime Corporation
Maersk Line, Limited
Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association
Maritime Institute for Research and Industrial Development
Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association
Metals Service Center Institute
National Black Chamber of Commerce
National Electrical Contractors Association
National Foreign Trade Council
National Industrial Sand Association
National Ocean Industries Association
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association
National Stone Sand and Gravel Association
National Stripper Well Association
National Tank Truck Carriers
National Taxpayers Union
National Utility Contractors Association
Petroleum Equipment and Services Association
Plastic Pipe Institute
Portland Cement Association
Producers for American Crude Oil Exports
R Street Institute
Sailors’ Union of the Pacific
Seafarers International Union
The INGAA Foundation, Inc.
Transportation Institute
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Oil & Gas Association
Western Energy Alliance
