Senate Republicans Demand Reversal of LNG Export Ban, Warn ‘Dire National Security’ Risks

The election-year decision jeopardizes America’s relationship with its allies, Republicans have said.

The LNG (liquefied natural gas) tanker Flex Volunteer, sailing under the flag of the Marshall Islands, cruises near the Saint-Nazaire bridge over the Loire estuary, as it leaves the dock of the LNG Terminal of Montoir-de-Bretagne, near Saint-Nazaire, western France, on April 12, 2022. Sebastien Salom-Gomis/AFP via Getty Images

A group of Republican senators are demanding that the Biden administration immediately resume liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, which they say is a “national security” matter related to whether Ukraine can rely on America to fuel its war.

The White House in January halted approving new licenses to export LNG to countries that lack Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with the United States, which make up the majority of the United States’ LNG importers.