A stark reality faces the U.S.oil and gas industry in the 2020 elections

摘要

The time has come for people in the oil and gas business- especially its senior executives and those who do government affairs work within the larger companies-to wake up to the reality of the Democratic Party as it exists today as exemplified by its current crop of presidential contenders and caucuses in both houses of Congress.Simply put,this is not your father s Democratic Party.Gone are the days when there existed a subset of fairly moderate Democratic members of Congress,in both the House and Senate,who could be classified as strong supporters of the oil and gas industry.There are no more Mary Landrieus(Louisiana)in today s United States Senate,nor even a Heidi Heitcamp(North Dakota)to be found.In the House,you still have one identifiable Democrat,Texas Rep.Henry Cuellar,who can be said to be a real supporter of the oil and gas industry,but that's pretty much it.And even Rep.Cuellar was so cowed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi(California)that he cast a”yes”vote to impeach the most pro-oil and gas President in U.S.history,on the flimsiest grounds imaginable in December.