Representative Mike Conaway (R-TX) urged the end of the oil export ban during Saturday’s GOP Weekly Address. Transcript as Follows: “These days, you’re hearing a lot about America’s energy boom, about how it’s creating jobs and revitalizing industries. Much of this is thanks to the genius, gumption, and hard work of the men and women of our energy industry – many of whom hail from district 11 in West Texas that I get to represent. It’s great to talk about this. But time and again, we’ve seen Washington stifle successes. In fact, this boom has happened in spite of the Obama administration’s efforts to block production anywhere and everywhere it can. So we can’t take anything for granted. That’s why we’re working hard right now to lift the federal government’s ban on crude oil exports. You may not even have realized that we have this ban in place, but we do, and it’s costing American jobs. It’s outdated, also. Many of us remember what happened back in the 1970s, when gas prices quadrupled almost overnight. The government responded by putting a cap on gas prices. But instead of protecting consumers, it just caused long lines at the gas station and