[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 21, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S358-S359]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 88. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ENERGY EXPORTS.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) competitive and open markets facilitate lower prices 
     for consumers, increase private investment, and foster 
     economic growth and opportunities for workers in the United 
     States;

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       (2) technological innovations have made the United States 
     the largest oil and natural gas producer in the world, 
     creating millions of high-paying jobs in the United States 
     and billions in revenues to Federal and State governments; 
     and
       (3) leveraging energy resources of the United States in the 
     global marketplace will provide greater energy security to 
     allies of the United States and increase the geopolitical 
     power of the United States.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the United States should realize its full potential as an 
     energy superpower, by expanding trade of energy resources to 
     spur economic growth, increase jobs in the United States, and 
     strengthen the national security of the United States.
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