WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Steve Daines issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. The two discussed Venezuelan oil sales, the need to end the Jackson-Vanik trade restrictions on Central Asia, and regulations from the European Union that hinder U.S. energy exports and harm energy security.
Daines and Rubio discussed expanding Venezuelan petroleum sales to include byproducts like flexicoke:
Daines: Secretary Rubio, as noted from your testimony, there are numerous reasons why the U.S. is the arbiter of Venezuelan petroleum sales. With the new export sales framework the Venezuelan government is now looking at other options to...