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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Ranking Member of the Constitution Subcommittee, asks the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to reconsider or reconsider the matter. A court brief was filed. Bank City of Port Isabel v. FERC. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), Sen. John Kennedy (R-Louisiana), and Sen. Dan. Sen. Sullivan (R-Alaska) also joined Sen. Cruz in his brief. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas, 2002) co-led the court brief in the House, along with Reps. Steve Scalise (R-La., 2001) and Brian Babin (R-Texas). State Representative Michael C. Johnson (36 years) also joined them. Burgess (R-Texas-26), Henry Cuellar (D-Texas-28), Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas-34), Wesley Hunt (R-Texas-38), August Pfluger (R-Texas- 11), Randy K. Webber (R-Texas, 14).
Senator Cruz said: “I am proud to lead this bipartisan, bicameral effort. My top priority in the U.S. Senate is jobs, with 7,000 jobs and billions of dollars of investment in the Rio Grande Valley. At stake. This decision and current environmental processes threaten the economic and energy security of Texas and the United States, and give American energy control to adversaries and rivals such as Russia who advance their own interests through gas exports. The DC circuit needs to rehearse and reverse this wrong decision.”
“Texas has the resources to supply the world with clean, affordable LNG, and this unprecedented decision that creates tremendous uncertainty for future investments is simply short-sighted,” said Congressman Crenshaw. “We cannot afford to hand over global energy markets to adversaries like Russia, which produce dirtier, higher-emitting fuels.”
background:
In August, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed the reauthorization of the Rio Grande LNG project and the Texas LNG project, threatening 7,000 jobs and undermining $24 billion in investment in the Rio Grande Valley. Senator Cruz is leading this court brief to reverse that disastrous decision and protect Texas’ high-wage jobs and investments in the Rio Grande Valley.
In addition to the court brief, Sen. Cruz sent a letter to the Biden-Harris administration urging it to appeal the decision. Additionally, he, along with Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), will ensure that courts cannot revoke previously approved LNG permits, clarify the venue for LNG lawsuits in federal court, and ensure that courts expedited Introduced the LNG Protection Act, which requires the granting of permits. decisions in such cases.
Sen. Cruz’s court briefs are available here and here.
