U.S. Chamber CEO: End Ban on Crude-Oil Exports

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January 8, 2014

National Journal

Ben Geman

"I want to lift the ban. I just want to get it done in a reasonable sequence," said Tom Donohue, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
 
He said the limits won't be removed "overnight" but predicted, "It is going to happen."
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Karen Harbert, who heads the chamber's energy program, said in an interview that the group would ultimately like to see Congress lift the export ban.
 
But she acknowledged that's unlikely to happen in an election year and said the White House should begin allowing more exports under existing administrative powers.
 
"In the interim, the administration does have the authority to chip away at this where they determine it is in our national interest," said Harbert, president of the chamber's Institute for 21st Century Energy.
 
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