Senator Plans Bill This Year to Lift U.S. Oil Export Ban
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U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, plans to push for legislation this year that would remove the ban on crude-oil exports.
Her committee will hold hearings in coming months on a comprehensive energy bill that would also expedite permitting, the Alaska Republican said in a speech at the IHS CERAWeek conference in Houston Monday. The president would retain the ability to limit some exports in emergency situations under her legislation, she said.