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“THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H2813 on May 21, 2013.
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THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE
(Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, it's been almost 5 years since the application to build the Keystone XL pipeline was filed. It's also been almost 5 years that Americans have been waiting for the jobs and energy security Keystone would provide. How much longer will President Obama make us wait?
American families expect our government to pursue the least expensive, most reliable domestic energy. Jobless Americans expect that their President won't stand in the way of economic relief. But on both fronts, President Obama's choice to cede to environmental special interests and block the Keystone pipeline in 2011 did the opposite. It denied thousands of jobless Americans the chance at high-paying work and blocked a direct connection between refineries in Texas and affordable energy in Canada.
But what's more audacious about the President's economically indefensible action is the fact that it is groundless. The President's own State Department concluded ``no significant'' environmental damage would be caused by Keystone's completion.
The Keystone pipeline has jobs to offer. Why is the President turning those jobs away?
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