Vote questioned
The U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 28 defeated a Democratic bid to deny natural-gas exports under HR 351 to state sponsors of terrorism or to countries or firms that use cyber attacks to steal U.S. intellectual property or military secrets.
U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle, a Democrat voted yes to adopt the bill, yet the Republican congressmen Bill Shuster, Mike Kelly, Keith Rothfus and Tim Murphy all voted against it.
Why would you vote against something like that? So if some country cyber attacks us and steals military secrets, Shuster, Kelly, Rothfus and Murphy all think, “Sure lets sell and export natural gas to that country.”
I’ve attempted to ask each of them via twitter but not one has responded. I would love to hear why Congressman Shuster voted against it.
John Baranowski
Springdale, Pa.