House cmmttee
Created Wednesday 20 November 2024
- ASSESSING DOMESTIC OFFSHORE ENERGY RESERVES AND ENSURING U.S. ENERGY DOMINANCE OVERSIGHT HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES
- OF THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Serial No. 118–104
- STATEMENT OF THE HON. GARRET GRAVES, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
- Another policy out of this Administration was the LNG, what they are referring to as a pause. Just to put things in perspective, if we had simply taken one year, one year of Russian gas that was being supplied to the European Union and replaced it, supplanted it with LNG, with liquefied natural gas coming out of the United States, it would have reduced emissions globally to the tune of 218 million tons.
- That is for one year of supplanting Vladimir Putin’s gas with American LNG. And that number blows away anything that my good friend from California and others have proposed in regard to emissions reduction, but it is just one example. I look forward to hearing from our witnesses today to where we can learn more about opportunities that are before us to truly unleash America’s energy economy, energy opportunities, while continuing to improve energy security, affordability, as well as reducing emissions. With that, I yield back, and I recognize my friend from California, Mr. Huffman, for an opening statement.