It is longer to get the permit approved for the Keystone Pipeline than it is to build the Empire State Building.
Jason Smith: “It is longer to get the permit approved for the Keystone Pipeline than it is to build the Empire State Building.”
On the recordJune 23, 2014
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Smith compares the lengthy permit process for the Keystone Pipeline to building the Empire State Building.
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