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On the recordJanuary 24, 2012
If we are going to go to the extreme lengths of legislating the construction of an environmentally-destructive pipeline to benefit a Canadian company, we should at least be sure that we in the United States can realize the energy security and consumer benefits that we have been told the project will bring.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Whitfield emphasizes the need for U.S. benefits from the pipeline project.

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