For some stupid reason a forty year old ban on exporting most unrefined crude is still on the books despite generations of politicians paying lip service to the notion of American energy independence (which in and of itself is kind of a stupid talking point, but whatever). The ban not only shrinks the market into which…
John Hoeven: Four Reasons Why We Must Lift The Oil Export Ban
North Dakota Senator John Hoeven makes the case for lifting the oil export ban.
Kevin Cramer: Peace And Liberty Through The Free Trade Of Oil
Much has been said and written by me and other supporters of lifting the crude export ban, focused mainly on how lifting the ban will create jobs and stimulate economic growth across the country. While each of those benefits is reason alone to repeal the ban, little is known about how the ban came into…
Video: Cramer Jabs At Heitkamp Over Oil Export Ban And Iran Vote
Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.comNorth Dakota Rep. Kevin Cramer was on Fox Business yesterday with Stuart Varney (see above), and while he didn’t mention Senator Heidi Heitkamp by name, he aimed a shot at “energy state Democrats” in the Senate who “gave away their votes” on the Iran deal. Varney noted that legislation to…
Will Heidi Heitkamp Even Be A Viable Candidate For The Senate In 2018?
The Obama administration seems intent on ruining Senator Heidi Heitkamp’s political career. Heitkamp’s vote in favor of the Iran deal earlier this year – which she cast before announcing that she wouldn’t be running for governor in 2016 – wasn’t a good one for North Dakota economically speaking. In addition to the national security concerns, there’s…
If Only North Dakota Could Get A Deal Like Iran's
Yesterday, in a procedure that turns on its head the assignment of powers in the Constitution, Senate Democrats blocked a vote on disapproving President Barack Obama’s controversial deal with Iran. Per the Constitution the Senate is supposed to ratify such treaties (Article II, Section 2 states that the president can make treaties “provided two thirds…
Congressman Kevin Cramer: Oil Export Ban Benefits Refinery "Rent Seekers"
Recently, the U.S. Commerce Department approved the export of limited volumes of light-sweet crude oil to Mexico in exchange for heavy-sour oil from the country. Ardent defender of the Nixon-era oil export ban, Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), said the move illustrated “sufficient flexibility under the U.S. oil export ban” and cited national security and the…
Let's Hope We Never Ban Agriculture Exports Like We Ban Oil Exports
In the Grand Forks Herald today North Dakota Grain Growers Association board member Bob Wisness argues that lifting America’s oil export ban would be bad for American farmers. “If oil exports are allowed, then projects such as the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines likely will send North American oil to export terminals,” writes Wisness. “So,…
Kevin Cramer: We've "Hit A Wall" In Oil Production And Need "Another Place To Sell The Product"
North Dakota congressman Kevin Cramer told Breitbart in an interview that America has “hit a wall” in domestic oil production, and that we need to lift the ban on crude oil exports so that American companies have “another place to sell the product.” Anytime you have a lot of a product – and we have…
Ron Ness: Ending The Oil Export Ban Would Be Good For North Dakota
Our nation today has an opportunity to change the world for the better and this change can come from North Dakota. Thanks to the Bakken, our state can move the nation toward greater energy security with the potential to once again make the U.S. an energy superpower. Only one obstacle stands in the way: the…