In
a
letter
sent
to
Energy
Secretary
Steven
Chu
on
Tuesday,
the
group
of
34
Republicans
and
10
Democrats
in
the
House
of
Representatives
called
for
"a
renewed
sense
of
urgency
to
the
approval
process".
They
cited
a
lack
of
options
for
newly
producing
states
to
market
their
gas
as
a
major
impediment
to
further
production.
"The
federal
permitting
process
currently
stands
in
the
way
of
energy
companies
distributing
their
products
in
a
timely
manner,"
Oklahoma
Republican
James
Lankford
and
Texas
Democrat
Gene
Green
said
in
a
joint
statement.
"Without
the
ability
to…
