Political Quotes

“This act is important. It is important for Americans. Now, first, just to allay some fears, actually, this does not eliminate the need for Federal permitting for the entire process, but what it does is eliminate the President's ability to sit on a project, not allowing it to go forward, abusing the trust of the American people, that he is actually working in their interest, as opposed to pursuing his own narrow agenda. Now, let's make this very clear: the fact that the President is just reviewing this is beyond credibility, but what it does do--his kind of interminable delays eliminates 20,000 to 40,000 jobs just on the one project, Keystone XL pipeline--which the other side is speaking so much of--and 100,000 indirect jobs. By the way, when we buy products from Canada, 80 percent of the dollars that we spend there stay on the North American continent, improving the economy, not just in Canada, but also in the United States. If we buy oil from overseas--say the Middle East--only about 40 percent of those dollars return. This is beyond the impact of building pipelines themselves, but also a global economy. Now, the State Department--this administration's State Department has said that this project, Keystone XL pipeline, will have negligible impact on the economy. Indeed, if we continue to truck or ship by rail, more people will die--Americans will die, Mr. Chairman--than if we build a pipeline in which they anticipate, of course, there is no deaths.…”