House Oversight Republicans Launch New Probe Into Biden Admin’s LNG Export Pause

Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) speaks to the media as he leaves a House Republican caucus meeting where the conference voted on a speaker of house nominee in the Longworth House Office Building in Washington on Oct. 11, 2023. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Republican House Oversight and Accountability Committee members are investigating the Biden administration’s January order blocking certain new licenses to export liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) and Reps. Pat Fallon (R-Texas) and Clay Higgins (R-La.) sent a letter to U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on March 18, pressing her for documents and communications about the export pause.