Texans in Congress Again Target Oil Export Ban

Eighteen Texans co-sponsored Barton's initial legislation, 15 Republicans and three Democrats — U.S. Reps. Henry Cuellar, of Laredo, Eddie Bernice Johnson, of Dallas, and Marc Veasey, of Fort Worth. Another ally is U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, who took the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources gavel in January and showed interest on the issue during her first six months as chair.