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On the recordSeptember 18, 2013
We don't spend one single taxpayer dollar but we get hundreds of millions in tax revenue and the State Department, as Chairman Upton said, by its own admissions, this thing creates 40,000 jobs.
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John Hoeven
Republican · North Dakota

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Hoover highlights the economic benefits of the Keystone XL pipeline without taxpayer funding.

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