H.R. No. 699

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Representatives of liquefied natural gas projects,
	exploration and production companies, state business trade groups,
	pipeline companies, government, and other stakeholders are
	gathering in Austin on February 25, 2015, to highlight the benefits
	of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports; and
	WHEREAS, Pioneering exploration and extraction methods have
	opened vast natural gas resources to development, and demand on
	U.S. natural gas markets can now grow
	with little impact on domestic
	prices; plentiful supplies and unprecedented advances in
	technology also present a historic opportunity for the United
	States to achieve energy self-sufficiency while creating jobs and
	wealth; and
	WHEREAS, Global demand for LNG is expected to climb
	significantly over the next two decades; the U.S. Department of
	Energy estimates that, by 2035, natural gas production levels will
	be 55 percent higher than was estimated only four years ago; this
	trend can satisfy all domestic demand while also allowing the
	nation to export natural gas; and
	WHEREAS, According to recent studies, the expansion of LNG
	markets will generate as much as $86 billion in net benefits to the
	U.S. economy and will help reduce the U.S. trade deficit by as much
	as $60 billion by 2038; moreover, increases in LNG exports could
	create more than 450,000 American jobs, including tens of thousands
	of jobs in construction and operations; every two billion cubic
	feet per day of exports supports 50,000 jobs in the exploration and
	production sectors; and
	WHEREAS, In Texas, proposed construction and operation of
	multiple LNG export facilities along the Gulf Coast will
	incentivize new direct infrastructure investments worth billions
	of dollars, will contribute royalties and local tax revenues to
	communities across the state, and could create up to 155,000 jobs in
	the state; and
	WHEREAS, LNG exports will contribute to the nation's global
	energy leadership and to other vital goals, among them stability in
	natural gas pricing, increased business investment, job growth, and
	higher revenues for communities in natural-gas-producing areas;
	now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
	Legislature hereby recognize February 25, 2015, as Liquefied
	Natural Gas (LNG) Day at the State Capitol and extend to all those
	participating in this event sincere best wishes for an enjoyable
	and educational visit to Austin.
	Lozano
	Anchia
	Darby
	Wu
	Hunter
	Phelan
	Straus Guerra Otto
	Allen Guillen Paddie
	Alonzo Gutierrez Parker
	Alvarado Harless Paul
	Anchia Hernandez Peña
	Anderson of Dallas Herrero Phelan
	Anderson of McLennan Howard Phillips
	Ashby Huberty Pickett
	Aycock Hughes Price
	Bell Hunter Raney
	Blanco Isaac Raymond
	Bohac Israel Reynolds
	Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Riddle
	Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rinaldi
	Burkett Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar
	Burns Keough Rodriguez of Travis
	Burrows King of Hemphill Romero, Jr.
	Button King of Parker Rose
	Canales King of Taylor Sanford
	Capriglione King of Uvalde Schaefer
	Clardy Klick Schofield
	Coleman Koop Shaheen
	Collier Krause Sheets
	Cook Kuempel Sheffield
	Craddick Landgraf Simmons
	Crownover Larson Simpson
	Dale Laubenberg Smith
	Darby Leach Smithee
	Davis of Dallas Longoria Spitzer
	Davis of Harris Lozano Springer
	Deshotel Lucio III Stephenson
	Dukes Márquez Stickland
	Dutton Martinez Thompson of Brazoria
	Elkins Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris
	Faircloth McClendon Tinderholt
	Fallon Menéndez Turner of Collin
	Farias Metcalf Turner of Harris
	Farney Meyer Turner of Tarrant
	Farrar Miles VanDeaver
	Fletcher Miller of Comal Villalba
	Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo
	Frank Moody Walle
	Frullo Morrison White of Bell
	Galindo Muñoz, Jr. White of Tyler
	Geren Murphy Workman
	Giddings Murr Wray
	Goldman Naishtat Wu
	Gonzales Nevárez Zedler
	González Oliveira Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 699 was adopted by the House on February
	25, 2015, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House