U.S. Chamber Applauds House Passage of Amendment to Lift Ban on Oil Exports

Press Release
December 3, 2015

Urges Senate to Take Action this Year

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy, today applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for voting to include an amendment offered by Representative Joe Barton that will lift the ban on oil exports as part of H.R. 8, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016.

"Once again, the House of Representatives has recognized that a policy framework in which Iran can export oil but America can't makes no sense and must change.  Bringing U.S. oil to global markets will act as a stabilizing force and provide our allies with alternatives to importing oil from less-friendly nations for the energy they need.”

"The Senate must now take action to strengthen our security and create American jobs by taking up and passing legislation to end the ban on crude oil exports this year."

Click here to read the Chamber’s key vote letter supporting H.R. 8, the “North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015,” including the Barton amendment.

The mission of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy is to unify policymakers, regulators, business leaders, and the American public behind a common sense energy strategy to help keep America secure, prosperous, and clean. Through policy development, education, and advocacy, the Institute is building support for meaningful action at the local, state, national, and international levels. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world’s largest business federation representing the interests of more than 3 million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions, as well as state and local chambers and industry associations.