Okay Ross, we're on a break.
Pauses, reviews, permitting.......no clever politician uses an absolute word like ban. These are ways to slow down and hinder the exporting of Natural Gas. (The U.S. has more than enough for its own consumption.) If every time a Democratic Administration takes power and the bureaucracy uses these tactics, it discourages the large, long-term investments needed in energy production and distribution.
This is what Biden said about the pause.
“This pause on new LNG approvals sees the climate crisis for what it is: the existential threat of our time..”
So the man is telling you himself that the pause and reviews are not intended to be benign process policies, but rather a direct effort to discourage U.S. LNG exports.