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If this was truly solely about jobs for my Republican colleagues, then they would not be trying to stifle each and every aspect of every job-creating program that President Obama has been begging, pleading, and pushing the Congress to act…
It is imperative that we start to move to a clean energy economy now. Keystone XL will take us in the opposite direction.
Well, this is a lot different than the Alaska pipeline because the Alaska pipeline was taking oil, and it was taking it through not very populated areas. This is a different kind of pipeline because it is going to take the dirtiest source…
My greatest concern is that Keystone XL would make us more reliant on the dirtiest source of fuel currently available.
I agree with President Obama; he got it right when he said we need to take the time to understand the impact of this project and not rush to build.
Our goal is not to switch seats on a sinking ship.
The Institute's conclusion is that the pipeline will produce far fewer jobs than has been claimed.
We all want more jobs. And that is why I support... the President's jobs program, which is being blocked by the Republicans...
Our new economic growth and our national security will be determined by whether we succeed in building these new industries.
In discussing the salmon runs in the Northwest Pacific, my colleague from California has actually described the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, which is a natural fluctuation of cold water currents.
I assure you, it is smaller and the people who live in it are more working class than those in the $250,000 houses in much of North Carolina.
A 15 percent decline in home values nationwide would do more to increase the Federal deficit than anything I can think of.
One thing I think we tend to agree on here is we want to give consumers as much choice as possible.
We may have expensive homes, but we do pay our mortgages.
It is very easy for him to vote against a bill that would prevent a major recession from hitting Los Angeles.
Another thing I think we all agree on is we want the Federal Government to take as little risk as possible and the private sector to take as much of that risk as possible.
I think it's important. And I think you have -- I don't think that -- I don't think that -- I -- I would hope that it's not as necessary as the whoop-dee-doo over it makes it seem.
So it is in the public domain. So it's not so insider.