The House on Jan. 28 defeated a Democratic bid to deny natural-gas exports under HR 351 to state sponsors of terrorism or to countries or firms that use cyber attacks to steal U.S. intellectual property or military secrets.

U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Pittsburgh, voted yes to adopt the bill, yet Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Butler, Tim Murphy, R-Upper St. Clair, Keith Rothfus, R-Allegheny County, and Bill Shuster, R-Indiana, all voted against it.

Why would you vote against something like that? So if some country cyber-attacks us and steals military secrets, Kelly, Murphy, Rothfus, and Shuster think, “Sure lets sell and export natural gas to that country.”

I’ve attempted to ask each of them via twitter but not one has responded. I would love to hear why Kelly voted against it.