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Did Vicente Gonzalez secure permits for LNG projects at the Port of Brownsville?

Not comparable yet. His House vote and cosponsorship support LNG exports generally, not specific Brownsville permits, issued by a regulator. The House-passed export bill did not become law.

Vicente Gonzalez

LNG permits at the Port of Brownsville

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What they say

His campaign says he secured permits for LNG projects at the Port of Brownsville.

“He secured permits for LNG projects at the Port of Brownsville”

What the record shows ·

On February 15, 2024 he voted Yea on the Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act, H.R. 7176 (Roll Call 52, 224-200), one of nine Democrats who did. It would have repealed restrictions on gas exports and imports and required the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to treat them as in the public interest when approving export terminals. It passed the House and did not become law. In November 2022 he was an original cosponsor of the LNG For Allies Act, H.R. 9355, which would have sped up approval of gas exports to U.S. allies.

Limit: LNG terminal permits come from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which the Natural Gas Act gives sole power to approve them. Neither bill names the Brownsville projects, so his record shows support for LNG exports in general, not these permits.

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  1. Accomplishmentshttps://vicentegonzalez.com/accomplishments/

    Vicente Gonzalez for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source and the page where he makes claims about his own record: seven sections on the economy, jobs, seniors, veterans, women's rights, health care and education. Every quoted sentence on this desk was matched against the live page.

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  2. Roll Call 52, 2024, H.R. 7176, Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202452

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Recorded vote of February 15, 2024; the question was on passage; it passed 224-200. Democrats voted 9-200. Read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by Gonzalez's member ID, G000581.

    official legislative record

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  3. H.R. 7176, Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7176

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Sponsor August Pfluger of Texas. Passed the House on February 15, 2024; its action list shows no public law.

    official legislative record

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  4. H.R. 7176, as passed by the Househttps://api.govinfo.gov/packages/BILLS-118hr7176eh/htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    The engrossed text. Section 2 strikes the Natural Gas Act's separate export and import approval (section 3(a)-(c)), leaves the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission alone to approve export and import facilities, including LNG terminals, and requires it to deem those exports and imports consistent with the public interest.

    official legislative record

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  5. H.R. 9355, LNG For Allies Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/9355

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Sponsor August Pfluger of Texas, introduced November 22, 2022; Gonzalez is an original cosponsor. The introduced text, BILLS-117hr9355ih on GovInfo, would amend the Natural Gas Act to expedite approval of gas export applications to certain allies. It was referred to committee.

    official legislative record

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  6. 15 U.S.C. 717b, exportation or importation of natural gas; LNG terminalshttps://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section717b&num=0&edition=prelim

    Office of the Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act. Subsection (e)(1) gives the Commission exclusive authority to approve or deny an application for the siting, construction, expansion or operation of an LNG terminal.

    official legislative record

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