Jeff Denham: “This amendment guts the bill by eliminating the section that, one, declares that no Presidential permit is needed for…”

“This amendment guts the bill by eliminating the section that, one, declares that no Presidential permit is needed for TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline; and, two, deems the lengthy environmental reviews already completed as satisfying the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act and the National Historic Preservation Act. Given that this project has already had 5 years of studying, section 3 is necessary to ensure the Keystone XL project is done in a timely manner, and we need these American jobs. I yield the balance of the time to the chairman of the full Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Shuster).”