This project will have a significant positive economic impact, including an estimated $3.3 billion in direct expenditures for construction and materials and $2.1 billion in earnings. Finally, as noted throughout the process, the Keystone XL will be the safest pipeline ever constructed. Let me repeat that: the safest pipeline ever constructed. It should be approved without further delay. I urge all of my colleagues to vote for this pipeline to help secure America's energy independence.
Bud Shuster: “This project will have a significant positive economic impact, including an estimated $3.3 billion in direct…”
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