Mr. Speaker, it is baffling to me that after 6 years, the Keystone pipeline debate is still going on. We have an opportunity to provide jobs, reduce our dependency on overseas oil, and spur real economic development, yet many would rather…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, just to make a few brief comments prior to my colleagues speaking on their request on the underlying bill, it is my understanding that the request is to bring a bill to the floor that would…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to today's legislation to grant automatic approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, bypassing the legal review process. Today's bill grants immediate authority to Canadian company TransCanada to ``construct…

Will the Senator yield for a question? Mr. McCONNELL. I will, yes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Republican whip.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) would have voted ``no.'' The yeas…

Madam President, would the Senator yield for another question? Mr. McCONNELL. Yes, I would be happy to yield.

I wonder if the Senator would yield for one last question. I see the Senator from Alaska, and I hope she will join us in this discussion. To follow up on a very important point made by the Senator from North Dakota that hadn't been…

I ask the Senator from Kentucky--I think you described how the administration appears to not just have a war on coal but a war on hydrocarbons, a war on anything other than wind turbines and solar panels. The President said he is for all…

Mr. President, I agree with the Republican leader that our leader on this issue for years now in the Senate has been the Senator from North Dakota, and North Dakota is a big energy-producing State--second, I must point out, to my State of…

Back in 2009 this administration, this Obama administration, came to a decision about the Alberta Clipper project. This was yet another pipeline from Canada to the United States. There were arguments for and against. But ultimately Clipper…

Madam President, and to our leader on the floor and to the colleagues who have come together to talk about this important issue for us as a nation from an energy perspective--and we mentioned the jobs and the benefits that flow to our…

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 517, I was detained en route from National Airport. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' ____________________

Mr. President, I wish to thank the minority leader, but I ask him to repeat his question. Mr. McCONNELL. As the Senator from North Dakota was engaged in conversation, I was talking about his leadership role in this endeavor the last 6…

Mr. President, I wish to respond to the minority leader. That has been the case, that we have worked for some time to get a vote on this important issue. We actually had passed a measure back in 2012 attached to a payroll tax holiday. At…

Mr. President, there have been a whole range of numbers offered. But I think to cut through to a number that people should be able to accept and to agree on is to take the number the State Department has put forward in the environmental…

Madam President, I would like to thank the minority leader. I would like to thank all the Members of our caucus for joining on this bipartisan legislation. You know, we are continuing to work across the aisle to get 60 votes. At the end of…

Mr. President, today I applaud Jackson Township Elementary School of Brazil, IN for being recognized as a 2014 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. Established in 1982, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program…

Mr. President, I also wish to recognize Hamilton Southeastern Junior High School of Fishers, IN for being recognized as a 2014 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. Established in 1982, the National Blue Ribbon…