Pine Brook’s Howard Newman Defends ‘Fracking for Export’

Pine Brook’s Howard Newman Defends ‘Fracking for Export’

Editor’s Note: This is an interview from The Wall Street Journal.

Howard Newman, co-founder of private-equity firm Pine Brook, believes the winner of Tuesday’s presidential election should pursue a bigger role for the U.S. in the global fight against climate change and that the nation’s abundant natural-gas supply can be a means to that end.

Mr. Newman spoke to WSJ Pro about some of the energy policies he’d like to see the next administration adopt.

Democratic House chairs: Here’s how we can protect democracy from a lawless president

Democratic House chairs: Here’s how we can protect democracy from a lawless president

Editor’s Note: This is an op-ed John co-authored with other Members of Congress.

In the years following the Watergate scandal, Congress enacted a series of landmark reforms to protect our democracy and restore Americans’ faith in government. […] Though some presidents have bridled at those laws or stretched them, they have fundamentally abided by their limits for 50 years. Until Donald Trump.