“With the upcoming construction of a $13 billion LNG export facility just outside of Corpus Christi, we are already seeing the positive economic impact of a healthy energy climate. Expanding LNG exports benefits not only the Coastal Bend region, but the State of Texas as a whole.”-- State Representative Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa (D-McAllen)
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“The United States has for many decades been the leading nation in championing open markets and free trade in energy. Open trade and investment in energy is important to U.S. vital interests for many reasons. First and foremost, artificial restrictions on energy flows can be a ...”-- Amy Myers Jaffe, Executive Director, Energy and Sustainability Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis
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“Beyond the United States, gas markets are changing globally. Currently, the second largest gas reserves in the world are in Iran. Whether those resources are used to compete in a global marketplace, or are used to gain excess leverage, is a concern for the United States. There...”-- Ambassador Carlos Pascual, Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs
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“[E]xpanded natural gas production due to a six-billion-cubic-foot-per-day increase in exports would support approximately 25,000 jobs in the natural gas industry, along with approximately 40,000 jobs along the supply chain, in areas like steel, rig manufacturing, and elsewhere.”-- Michael Levi, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
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“The producers have gone out and drilled for the natural gas. They should be entitled to get the best markets in the world, so let them have it. ... Why would you try to keep natural gas prices down to favor other industries? It doesn't make sense. When you export that natural ...”-- T. Boone Pickens, Chairman, BP Capital Management
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