ferc, they work hard there, have a lot going on with gas infrastructure.-- we're hoping to have their final approval like literally any time. >> one of the things i think people don't understand in our country is you are considered to be the cheapest producer of power, which why a lot of the big data centers are choosing your areas. is that still happening, are they still in growth mode? >> yes, they are, particularly moving into the northern virginia area of our service territory. >>> when a google -- do they come in and try to negotiate individual contracts with you or just take the power as it is? no they take our regulated -- our tariffs under our regulation. >> pretty good. i wanted to ask you about the state of where we are in terms of natural gas and condensate. a lot of companies think it's time to export oil, but i usually pull up with the ceo of dow chemical. he is saying we have to hold off, we don't have enough in our country. what's right to export, what's not right, what's right about the continental independence and what's not right? >> cert

gas pipelines will be covered by ferc, the federal energy regulatory commission. what we see is look, they'll go through the nepa process through, as we described with the department of state on an oil pipeline, they'll take that cross-border piece, do the same thing. do a nepa process, you have environmental impact statement, cover all the bases but then 30 days after that they have to make a decision. they can't just sit on it. and the rest of the nepa process continues just like we described on an oil pipeline. again, very simple, very straightforward, and it comports with the free trade agreements that we have with canada, and with mexico. and then the third piece, electric transmission lines, that process will be overseen by the department of energy, we simply streamline the process. right now there's two applications or two permits required, one that's driven by the administration, one that's congressionally driven, we just combine those, make it one process. again, cover all the bases, as i've described, with an oil pipeline, or a gas pipeline, but we make

that i described, and then the other seven billion or so is working through the process, through the ferc i said, we're studying up to 20. so, yes, i think we will be exporting significant sums of lng in the future. these are big projects dub. >> so it's good for gas, what about oil? >> so on oil it is a changing land scape. the 8.5 million figure, that's up 60% in the last four or five years, so this is a changing land scape. we are looking -- we do now produce more than we import. at the same time, we still import a lot. so we are looking at policy implications of this changing landscape. >> all right. well, if we're doing so well and producing all this, do we need a keystone pipeline? when is that decision going to be made? >> that's something i'll defer to the state department and the president. >> all right. you don't want to get in trouble or say anything about that? >> no. >> okay. [laughter] so today what do you see as the biggest economic challenge that's facing this country? >> i talked about it a little bit earlier. i think we have i'll say two. one where we've made a fair am o

this bill allows ferc to get this project licensed expeditiously while ensuring that the appropriate environmental analyses are completed and considered. the noncontroversial legislation before us today has passed the senate by unanimous consent in two consecutive congresses. with that i urge my colleagues to support this measure and i yield back the balance of my time. it the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from kentucky virginia tech. mr. whitfield: i also yield back the balance of my time on this legislation and urge its passage. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass senate bill 276. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, it -- the gentleman from kentucky virginia tech. mr. whitfield: i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and make a point of order a quorum is not present. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this