Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise to speak and also to respond to the comments of some of my colleagues on the Dakota Access Pipeline and the ongoing protests in my State of North Dakota. Here we have a chart showing the Dakota Access Pipeline. It is a 1,172-mile pipeline from the Bakken oilfields near Stanley, ND, to refineries and terminals that actually connect to Patoka, IL, and then that light crude can go into eastern refineries. It will move 470,000 barrels of oil daily from the Bakken in North Dakota and Montana to eastern markets and to refineries that depend on that light sweet crude. This is high quality. This is the lightest, sweetest crude we produce. It is very high quality oil. It is also important to understand this oil is already moving. It is already moving to these markets right now by rail and by truck. This oil is already being moved. This pipeline actually increases the efficiency and the safety with which we move this oil that is already being transported to eastern markets. Furthermore, the project has undergone years of State regulatory reviews and an extensive Federal environmental assessment which found no significant environmental impact. Again, the environmental assessment found no significant environmental impact. It has been twice challenged and twice upheld, including by the Obama administration's own appointees in Federal court.…”