So the question is, why won't he work with us?

Thank you to my colleague from Texas. Mr. Speaker, today, I dropped in the hopper my first bill as a Member of the United States House of Representatives. And while it's a simple bill, it's a big day for me. It's a bill that simply…

As you know, we have the School of Aerospace Sciences... this is a state effort to do exactly--unify all of the institutions.

I would say, given that you spent New Year's Eve in Hazen, North Dakota, at one point, you understand how extreme our climate can be.

we need everybody rowing in the same direction on this issue since it is so complex.

we are in North Dakota, again, speaking for my constituents who are very interested in this topic because we are a big aviation state.

I thank the Senator from Alaska again for being here today talking about the importance of moving forward with the Keystone XL Pipeline project and, again, for her leadership on energy issues. She is our ranking member on Energy. I think…

I wish to recognize the Senator from the great State of West Virginia.

I thank the Senator. I appreciate the Senator from Wyoming being here and for his leadership on energy. Again, I want to recognize that he comes from an energy-producing State, a State that is producing energy for this Nation and creating…

North Dakota and Montana. It is very important to understand that is just when we start. The pipeline is expandable. Today, North Dakota is the second largest producer of oil in the Nation, second only to Texas. We produce 750,000 barrels…

I wish to respond to the Senator from West Virginia. Right now, between the oil we produce in the United States, both together with Canada and Mexico, we generate about 70 percent of the oil we consume. This project alone would add 6…

I wish to thank the Senator from Louisiana for her leadership in energy, onshore and off, in a big way. She is absolutely right. This is our opportunity to have North American energy security and North American energy independence, working…

I want to thank the distinguished Senator from Texas. Look at the economic growth and dynamism in his State of Texas; look at the economic growth and dynamism in the State of North Dakota. We are now the fastest growing State in the…

I rise today with my distinguished colleagues, both Republican and Democratic, on a bipartisan basis to urge approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline. Joining me today will be Senator Mary Landrieu from the great State of Louisiana, a…

I rise today for the purpose of engaging in a colloquy with my distinguished colleagues on the matter of the Keystone XL Pipeline for 30 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

To the distinguished Senator from Louisiana, I recently visited with the ambassador, Ambassador Gary Doer. We talked about this and other issues.

I appreciate the question from the Senator from West Virginia. For starters, it would put 100,000 barrels a day--this is for starters--into the pipeline. So day one is 100,000 barrels.

After spending the last year traveling across North Dakota and talking with community banks and credit unions across my great State, it is clear that small financial institutions are struggling.