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*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*

March 21, 2024

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*Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Biden to Stop Unlawful Ban on LNG Exports*

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AUSTIN ? Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suit to block the Biden Administration?s unlawful and indefinite ban on approving applications to export liquified natural gas (?LNG?) that the Department of Energy itself has already acknowledged has ?no factual or legal basis.?

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Texas, along with Louisiana and fourteen other states, has filed a lawsuit to void the unconstitutional LNG export ban, which ignores the Natural Gas Act?s presumption in favor of exports, decades of Department of Energy policy, and State and private reliance on exports. Texas is the nation?s leading producer of both crude oil and natural gas. The Biden Administration?s ban stands to harm the Texas economy and the millions who rely on Texas energy.

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?Biden?s unilateral decree disregards statutory mandates, flouts the legal process, upends the oil and gas industry, disrupts the Texas economy, and subverts our constitutional structure,? said Attorney General Paxton. ?The ban will drive billions of dollars in investment away from Texas, hinder our ability to maximize revenue for public schools, force Texas producers to flare excess natural gas instead of taking it to market, and annihilate critical jobs. I will not stand by while Biden attacks Texas.?

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To read the filing, click here. [ [link removed] ]

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