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Bud Shuster
@budshuster· Nov 13, 2014

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on H.R. 5682. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Hultgren). Is there objection to the request…

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Bud Shuster
@budshuster· Nov 13, 2014

Mr. Speaker, I just want to reiterate the numerous benefits this project will bring to our country, including jobs, energy security, safety, efficiency, and I would argue that more supplies of oil generally drive prices down, not up…

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Bud Shuster
@budshuster· Nov 13, 2014

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 748, I call up the bill (H.R. 5682) to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House…

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Rob Portman
@robportman· Republican · OH· Nov 13, 2014

Mr. President, I wish to honor the life of Robert S. ``Bob'' Edwards, Jr. Bob was an Army veteran, a successful businessman, a community leader, a friend, and an inspiration to us all. Bob was an advisor with AXA Equitable Life Insurance…

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Jeff Denham
@jeffdenham· Republican · CA· Nov 13, 2014

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, as was duly noted, this bill is about jobs. This will create jobs, tens of thousands of American jobs, which are long overdue, to enhance our energy independence and strengthen our national…

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Emanuel Cleaver
@emanuelcleaver· Democratic · MO· Nov 13, 2014

Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member. This legislation is very likely going to be approved, and that is sad for a number of reasons. {time} 1845 Let me just declare here what I declare in my district and anywhere else. I believe in…

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Mike Collins
@mikecollins· Republican · GA· Nov 13, 2014

Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman of the Rules Committee. I rise in strong support of this rule and the underlying legislation, H.R. 5682, to authorize the construction of the Keystone pipeline. You know, it is not every day that I come…

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Raul Ruiz
@raulruiz· Democratic · CA· Nov 13, 2014

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to the gentleman from Arizona for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise in support of my bill, H.R. 4867, the Economic Development Through Tribal Land Exchange Act, which is a noncontroversial…

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Ted Poe
@tedpoe· Republican · TX· Nov 13, 2014

Mr. Speaker, it is time to bring American energy to Americans. The Keystone pipeline is the answer. For over 6 years, the administration has been saying no to energy independence. Six years. That is longer than it took us to win World War…

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Chris Smith
@chrissmith· Republican · NJ· Nov 13, 2014

But I am just alarmed at the rise--and you guys know I am right--about the rise of China in there.

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Leon Panetta
@leonpanetta· Democratic · CA· Nov 13, 2014

Breaking that compromises, he says, compromises the military's ability to go after enemies.

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Joe Barton
@joebarton· Republican · TX· Nov 13, 2014

Mr. Speaker, I thank the distinguished chairman of the Rules Committee. First of all, let's try to define what this bill actually does. We have had a lot of rhetoric on the House floor the last 30 minutes or so. It is a pretty simple bill…

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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
@ileanaroslehtinen· Republican · FL· Nov 13, 2014

Mr. Speaker, we are now just 11 days away from the November 24 deadline for the Iran nuclear negotiations. President Obama and the P5+1 have fallen for Rouhani's stall tactics, despite having every reason to suspect that Iran was never…

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Jared Polis
@jaredpolis· Democratic · CO· Nov 13, 2014

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the other side here is arguing like somehow passing this bill would lead to this pipeline being built. That simply isn't the case. The current review process, the…

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Jared Polis
@jaredpolis· Democratic · CO· Nov 13, 2014

Well, unfortunately, yet again, we have been stymied in our efforts to address a critical issue facing the American people with a bill that would create over 250,000 jobs for American citizens, would secure our border, restore the rule of…

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Jared Polis
@jaredpolis· Democratic · CO· Nov 13, 2014

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. I rise in opposition to the rule and the underlying bill, the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act. Last night…

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Jared Polis
@jaredpolis· Democratic · CO· Nov 13, 2014

I thank the gentleman from Arizona and the gentleman from Alaska. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the legislation that I was proud to author, the Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2014, H.R. 4846. This legislation…

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Jared Polis
@jaredpolis· Democratic · CO· Nov 13, 2014

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. So again, I was excited that perhaps the Rules Committee was going to consider emergency legislation on public health or Ebola or the war with ISIS or our budget. How about a deficit…

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