Kent Conrad: “If I could just say to my colleague, Canada is going to develop this resource. This oil is going to go somewhere. It is…”

“If I could just say to my colleague, Canada is going to develop this resource. This oil is going to go somewhere. It is absolutely in our national interest for that oil to come to our country. If the language is, as the Senator represents, that it permits the rerouting of the line within Nebraska to avoid the issue with the Ogallala aquifer, then I, for one, on this side, would hope this could be part of the final package. I hope this is something we can work through in the coming hours. This should not be the thing that prevents us from reaching across the aisle, reaching across the divide between the two Chambers and achieving a result that is critically important for the country. I thank the Senator for allowing me to ask this question.”