I think this is something we can get done.

It's one thing to say we want it. It's another thing to do it.

A State's first approach is about that empowerment that's so important for States and particularly for private industry.

Will you look into this? Will you help me work through the bureaucracy to complete that?

last week the U.S. State Department issued its new environmental review for the Keystone XL Pipeline. This is the fourth environmental review in nearly 5 years of study. Unsurprisingly, it said the same thing as all the other reports have…

I rise to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Keystone XL Pipeline

I believe that the taxpayers should not back those large----

You have to be able to demonstrate in a way that the public understands that the regulators have created safeguards in the system that will allow an institution to fail...

So the question is, why won't he work with us?

I wish to recognize the Senator from the great State of West Virginia.

I want to thank the distinguished Senator from Texas. Look at the economic growth and dynamism in his State of Texas; look at the economic growth and dynamism in the State of North Dakota. We are now the fastest growing State in the…

To the distinguished Senator from Louisiana, I recently visited with the ambassador, Ambassador Gary Doer. We talked about this and other issues.

I appreciate the question from the Senator from West Virginia. For starters, it would put 100,000 barrels a day--this is for starters--into the pipeline. So day one is 100,000 barrels.

North Dakota and Montana. It is very important to understand that is just when we start. The pipeline is expandable. Today, North Dakota is the second largest producer of oil in the Nation, second only to Texas. We produce 750,000 barrels…

I thank the Senator. I appreciate the Senator from Wyoming being here and for his leadership on energy. Again, I want to recognize that he comes from an energy-producing State, a State that is producing energy for this Nation and creating…

I thank the Senator from Alaska again for being here today talking about the importance of moving forward with the Keystone XL Pipeline project and, again, for her leadership on energy issues. She is our ranking member on Energy. I think…

I wish to thank the Senator from Louisiana for her leadership in energy, onshore and off, in a big way. She is absolutely right. This is our opportunity to have North American energy security and North American energy independence, working…

I rise today for the purpose of engaging in a colloquy with my distinguished colleagues on the matter of the Keystone XL Pipeline for 30 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I rise today with my distinguished colleagues, both Republican and Democratic, on a bipartisan basis to urge approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline. Joining me today will be Senator Mary Landrieu from the great State of Louisiana, a…

I wish to respond to the Senator from West Virginia. Right now, between the oil we produce in the United States, both together with Canada and Mexico, we generate about 70 percent of the oil we consume. This project alone would add 6…

I thought Governor Hickenlooper really identified what needed to happen is you need all the stakeholders at the table.

We've all agreed we need a comprehensive energy plan for this country.

But it's the key to a national energy policy that works, and Senator Wyden I think if anybody can do it, I think our Chairman's the kind of guy that can build that kind of consensus.

A State-led approach with this Federal transparency and backstop does exactly that.

There's no reason for the Feds to step in, overlay it, and create conflict.