Ed Markey: “this is a motion to table the Markey amendment, which is an amendment to have every Member of the Senate be put on…”

“this is a motion to table the Markey amendment, which is an amendment to have every Member of the Senate be put on record as to whether or not the oil coming through the Keystone Pipeline is then exported out of the United States. Each Member of the Senate should be recorded on that issue. We import 5 million barrels of oil per day into the United States. We should not allow the Canadians to use the United States as a straw to be able to then go down to the Gulf of Mexico and send that oil out of the country. We export young men and women over to the Middle East in order to protect oil coming in from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. This is a chance to keep oil in America so we don't have to export it. I do not believe the appropriate vote for Members is to support a tabling of the Markey amendment so that we don't actually reach the heart of this substantive issue, which is that we should be working to have energy independence in America. When we are importing 5 million barrels of oil a day from Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait, we are in no way independent. I thank the Presiding Officer for the opportunity to speak. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The yeas and nays have previously been ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.”