cassidy slams democrats for stance on gas, deriding ‘foolishness’ on lNG

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Washington—Senator Bill Cassidy, Republican-Louisiana, on Thursday swiped at Democratic presidential candidates, telling an LNG sector forum that those on the left would do away with benefits brought about by exports of the super-chilled natural fuel. “We in this room understand the benefits of natural gas and liquefied natural gas as it ships around the world,” Cassidy said at the forum hosted by the oil and gas and LNG sectors exploring notions of how LNG could help meet environmental goals, lift people out of poverty around the world, and bolster global security. “There is an assault on that which we know to be true. Anyone who has watched the [Democratic] climate debate has never known such foolishness … as in that debate,” said Cassidy, who is up for re-election in 2020. “Well, we could just pass it off and say … no big deal, but we have to recognize there's a chance that one of those folks is going to be president of the United States.”