House Speaker Mike Johnson shared a massive update after the GOP-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed the Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025, a bill that reverses former President Joe Biden’s “catastrophic natural gas ban.”“President Trump and Congressional Republicans are working together to unleash reliable American energy to lower costs for families, support American workers and energy producers, and ensure America is never again held hostage by radical climate bureaucrats and activists,” Johnson said in a press release.
“President Biden’s natural gas export ban was among his most damaging policy decisions, and it was a major setback for American energy, workers, producers, consumers, partners, and allies,” Johnson said.
“By unleashing American energy, House Republicans are leading the way to support our nation’s energy security, strengthen our grid, and lower prices for hard-working families,” Chairman Guthrie said.
“The REFINER Act will help to ensure our refineries are being used effectively to produce the oil, gas, and other critical feedstocks we rely upon, while the Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act expands American energy production and infrastructure by removing U.S. LNG export restrictions, which the Biden-Harris Administration politicized and abused,” Guthrie added.
“Today’s House passage of my Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act is another major victory in achieving American energy dominance. My legislation reforms the broken, politically weaponized approval process so we can streamline permitting for exporting LNG once and for all,” Congressman Pfluger said.
“It’s simple: Exporting American LNG strengthens our economy, stabilizes prices, drives much-needed investment in energy infrastructure, and bolsters the energy security of our global partners. I thank my colleagues for supporting this critical legislation, and I urge its swift passage in the Senate under Senator Scott’s strong leadership,” Pfluger added.
Johnson’s office put out a “quick facts” background sheet on the bill:
–Under the four years of President Biden, not a single new LNG export authorization was issued as a result of a misguided and politically motivated ban of natural gas exports.
–Since President Trump took office in January 2025, his administration has issued at least three final LNG export authorizations, and U.S. developers have made final investment decisions on six LNG export projects worth more than $70 billion.
–H.R. 1949 depoliticizes the export of American liquefied natural gas (LNG) by eliminating the requirement for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to authorize its export and instead giving the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) sole authority over the approval process.
Separately, Johnson announced earlier this week that the House will be holding hearings to examine the rise in violence against law enforcement nationwide.
The session comes less than a week after two National Guard members — deployed to Washington, D.C., as part of President Trump’s anti-crime initiative — were shot near the White House.
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Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom died from her wounds, while the second Guard member, 24-year-old U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, remains in serious condition but is showing “positive” signs of recovery.
The hearing also follows other recent incidents, including a deadly shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the Dallas area earlier this year that left at least one person dead.
According to an FBI report, assaults on law enforcement officers reached a 10-year high in 2023, with more than 79,000 attacks reported nationwide. Nevertheless, Democrats have regularly criticized the Trump administration’s efforts to bring crime under control using Guard troops and federal officers.
With that said, Trump administration officials are becoming increasingly aggressive when it comes to curbing both legal and illegal immigration to the United States following the deadly attack on Guard troops late last month by an Afghan national let into the country under President Joe Biden.
