Ed Markey: “the issue we are going to be debating over the next 2 weeks in the United States is really a story about two gasoline…”

“the issue we are going to be debating over the next 2 weeks in the United States is really a story about two gasoline stations. In July of 2008, the average price of gasoline in America was $4.11 a gallon. In January of 2015 in the United States of America the price is $2.21 a gallon. That is great for every driver across our country, and that is great for Americans who buy home heating oil. They are saving a lot of money this winter and the predictions are that it will continue throughout the rest of this year. That is great. However, it is not great for the oil companies. It is not great for the Canadians. It is not great for Wall Street. They are not happy with this incredible benefit that is now flowing to Americans all across our country who now have a gasoline station that has $2.21, on average, as to what people will pay. What does the Keystone XL Pipeline truly stand for? It truly stands for the Keystone ``export'' pipeline. That is right. What the Canadians want to do is to basically construct a straw through the United States of America, bring that straw down to Port Arthur, TX, which is a tax- free export zone, and then export the oil out of the United States. Why would they want to do that since they advertise that it is all about North American energy independence? There is a simple reason.…”