Kevin Roberts: “Thank you, Mr. President. I would be more than happy to respond to my good friend and colleague. Thank you for your…”

“Thank you, Mr. President. I would be more than happy to respond to my good friend and colleague. Thank you for your leadership, thank you for your bill, and thank you for your statement. There is no question that this is in the national interest--absolutely none. I rise today to join my fellow Republican colleagues and then to extend the arm of cooperation to our friends across the aisle. I want to express my deep disappointment in this administration's repeated delay of the final approval of the Keystone Pipeline. I hope that what the Senator has indicated will come true, that if in fact it is the wish of the majority leader to at least bring up an energy bill--and I hope he would not limit it, I hope he would allow amendments to it--then with the support we have within the Congress we could get going on something that is truly a jobs act as well as providing for the national security. The irony should not be lost on anyone that while those on the other side continue messaging and messaging and talking about supposed government solutions to our high national unemployment rate--including emergency unemployment insurance, income inequality, minimum wage--we have a project right before us waiting for approval that would create tens of thousands of jobs and all without using one dime of taxpayer money. If you want an actual solution to unemployment, here it is: Provide eager Americans with full-time jobs making well over the national minimum wage. That is a jobs package.…”