Everyone involved in this effort felt this was a unique opportunity to help our troops, not just at Fort Hood, but throughout the country.

I had hopes that this project would work at a time when troops were still deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan. I don't understand why that didn't happen.

On the facts and on the merits--which is how we have to make decisions for the American people--this is a project about energy, producing energy here at home so we don't have to get it from the Middle East. We know what is going on with…

I thank the distinguished Senator from Georgia for his strong support and his clear understanding of why we need this project and for putting the focus on national security. In poll after poll two-thirds of Americans support this project…

I have one more question for my friend from Oklahoma before I turn to my good friend from the State of Georgia. Answer, please, if you would. As we produce this energy domestically--so we are producing energy here, we are creating jobs, we…

I thank the Senator from Oklahoma, who has been a leader in energy for so many years. This morning we were addressed by the President of Ukraine. Look at their situation. Because they haven't developed their own energy resources and…

tomorrow is the sixth anniversary of the application for approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline. Six years. Six years ago, September 19, 2008, the TransCanada company applied for a permit for approval to cross the Canadian border to build…

I thank the good Senator from Georgia. I understand that our time has expired. I ask unanimous consent for 1 minute to wrap up this colloquy. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Heitkamp). Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

I would like to thank the Senator from Oklahoma and pick up on a point he made very well. He made of number of points that are extremely compelling, but one of the points he made is that overall, since about 2008, 2009, that area, our oil…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 35 minutes for the purposes of engaging in a colloquy with my colleagues on the issue of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I wish to thank the Senator from Wyoming for his diligence and for his work. This is a bipartisan issue. We have legislation now with 57 supporters that is pending before this body. In fact, we have passed this legislation. We actually had…

That is absolutely correct. We have the dates of the approval of five different environmental impact statements right here, all finding no significant environmental impact.

So I ask my friend from Oklahoma to talk for a minute about the technology and what that means for the future of this country and energy security.

I again thank the Senator from Oklahoma. Since 1948, with the first well hydraulically fractured--there have been no cases of contamination since 1948. We are now using this hydraulic fracturing with the latest new greatest technology…

As the chairman knows, there have been concerns expressed in Indian Country that the IRS may take the occasion of passage of H.R. 3043 or S. 1507 to retrench, narrow or possibly withdraw the administrative guidance provided in Rev. Proc…

I ask unanimous consent that the Energy Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 2440 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration en bloc of the following resolutions, which were submitted earlier today: S. Res. 547, S. Res. 548, S. Res. 549, and S. Res. 550. There being no objection, the…

I ask unanimous consent that a Udall of New Mexico amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The ACTING…