[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11397]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                         WE WANT THE SAME DEAL

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the nuclear weapon agreement with Iran 
is near. The deal will lift crude oil export sanctions on Iran. This 
will be a billion-dollar boom to the world's largest state sponsor of 
terrorism.
  Meanwhile, here in America, the administration bans exporting our own 
crude oil. We can't even export Texas light crude oil to our closest 
neighbor, Mexico.
  The administration has within its power to lift the crude oil export 
ban. The ban hurts the U.S. economy. Thousands of oil industry workers 
have been laid off. Half the drilling rigs in Texas have been shut 
down. This administration seems to be more worried about making Iran 
happy and wealthy than helping the U.S. economy by creating energy 
jobs.
  Why can't America get the same deal that Iran is getting? While the 
administration lifts the sanctions on Iranian exports, it should lift 
the oil export sanctions on America. And, Mr. Speaker, Texas will even 
agree not to enrich uranium or develop nuclear weapons if the sanctions 
are lifted.
  And that is just the way it is.

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