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On the recordSeptember 18, 2014
If, before we left today and had a final vote on the CR, the majority leader would let a vote come to the floor to get 60 votes to go ahead and move forward on the Keystone Pipeline, in my belief it would happen. For all the reasons I stated and what the American people want and all the reasons the Senator stated, I quite frankly do not understand why one single person in this administration would hold back the Keystone Pipeline. Correct me if I am wrong, but the State Department has five times approved it; is that not correct?
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Johnny Isakson
Republican · Georgia

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