[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 135 (Friday, September 18, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H6169]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  GIVE AMERICA THE SAME DEAL IRAN GETS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, under the President's nuclear deal, 
the United States agreed to give the world's largest state sponsor of 
terrorism a billion-dollar oil boom. The United States will allow Iran 
to export its crude oil, but ironically, it still bans exports of our 
crude oil.
  The administration has the power to lift the American ban on crude 
oil exports, but the White House seems to be more worried about playing 
the Chamberlain and appeasing Iran than helping the United States 
economy.
  The United States is the largest crude oil producer in the world. 
There is a world demand for this oil, but the White House will not 
allow exports, so the oil stays stagnant in the ground.
  This ban is one factor that has led to 70,000 jobs being lost in the 
energy sector in America. Exporting U.S. crude oil will lower gas 
prices, create jobs, and increase our influence worldwide.
  If the President won't act, Congress must. It is time to stop putting 
the interests of the mullahs and the haters of the United States above 
Americans citizens. Export American oil.
  And that is just the way it is.

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