{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140911235556/http://www.barrasso.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressOffice.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=fd1dc89a-9b88-f7b0-7448-b4ab710fac38", "Barrasso Statement on Sherwood-Randall Nomination to be Deputy Secretary of Energy", "2014-09-11", "2014", "2014-09", "Republican", "House", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Barrasso Statement on Sherwood-Randall Nomination to be Deputy Secretary of Energy \n \u201cIf confirmed, Dr. Sherwood-Randall should use her knowledge of Eastern Europe and Russia and work with the White House to expedite LNG exports. She should work to ensure the Administration doesn\u2019t turn LNG exports into the next Keystone.\u201d   \n September 11, 2014   \nClick here to watch Sen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks. \n\u00a0\nWASHINGTON, DC \u2013Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) delivered the following statement at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee business meeting after voting in favor of the nomination of Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall to be Deputy Secretary of Energy. The Committee voted to approve the nomination of Dr. Sherwood-Randall by voice vote. \n\u00a0\nExcerpts of Senator Barrasso\u2019s Statement:\n\u00a0\n\u201cThank you very much. Madame Chair.\n\u00a0\n\u201cAs you know, I did support the nomination of Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall to be Deputy Secretary of Energy.\n\u00a0\n\u201cI believe the Department of Energy can use someone with her experience and her knowledge of Ukraine, Russia, and Eastern Europe.\n\u00a0\n\u201cOver the course of her career, Dr. Sherwood-Randall has written extensively on these countries.\n\u00a0\n\u201cShe has also served in prominent roles at the Department of Defense and on the National Security Staff where she set policy related to these countries.\n\u00a0\n\u201cIf confirmed, she *would make\u2014as her first order of business\u2014the timely approval of liquid natural gas exports. \n\u00a0\n\u201cTo date, the Department of Energy has given final approval to only two LNG export terminals. The second of which was approved yesterday.\n\u00a0\n\u201cMeanwhile, over 30 other projects await approval. \n\u00a0\n\u201cThe Obama Administration\u2019s failure to permit LNG exports in a timely manner is nothing short of malpractice.\n\u00a0\n\u201cAmerica\u2019s allies and strategic partners are imploring the Administration to signal that American LNG will be available for purchase in the near future.\n\u00a0\n\u201cOur allies want alternatives to Russian natural gas.\n\u00a0\n\u201cThey want alternatives so they can stop funding a regime that threatens their freedom and the freedom of their neighbors.\n\u00a0\n\u201cBut the Obama Administration continues to delay. It continues to delay even though study after study show that American LNG exports would create thousands of jobs across the country; and reduce our nation\u2019s trade deficit.\n\u00a0\n\u201cIt continues to delay even though Russia\u2019s President, Vladimir Putin, is escalating the crisis in Eastern Europe. \n\u00a0\n\u201cYesterday, it was reported that Russia has reduced natural gas deliveries to Poland in order to punish Poland for providing energy to Ukraine. This is outrageous.\n\u00a0\n\u201cIf confirmed, Dr. Sherwood-Randall should use her knowledge of Eastern Europe and Russia and work with the White House to expedite LNG exports.\n\u00a0\n\u201cShe should work to ensure the Administration doesn\u2019t turn LNG exports into the next Keystone.\n\u00a0\n\u201cLNG exports should not be held hostage by a small group of shrill extremists. \n\u00a0\n\u201cThere is much too much at stake\u2014for the United States, for our allies, and the world.\n\u00a0\n\u201cThank you Madame Chairman.\u201d\n\u00a0\n*Senator Barrasso intended to say \u201cshould\u201d not \u201cwould.\u201d\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140911235556/http://www.barrasso.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressOffice.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=fd1dc89a-9b88-f7b0-7448-b4ab710fac38"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9231069125235081, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}