Little wonder the American people overwhelmingly favor this project- Democrats, Republicans, and Independents.

It is just as ridiculous that Keystone XL is taking this long.

History is a great educator. In 1973, Congress passed and President Nixon signed the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act to 'to insure that because of the extensive governmental studies already made of this project and the national…

Good Morning and welcome to the third installment in our subcommittee's series of hearings titled 'Our Nation of Builders.'

Thank you for all for coming to the second in a series of hearings of the Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee promoting our nation of builders.

The focus of today's hearing is the health of our steel industry and how we can work together to overcome the challenges it faces.

I look forward to working with him to try and find a solution that will ensure swift approval of this timely job-creating energy project.

The United States and Canada share the world's largest and most comprehensive trading relationship.

We have been waiting over 1,600 days for the U.S. State Department to approve the Keystone XL pipeline.

I have zero confidence that the State Department will act in a timely fashion with regards to the DEIS issued on March 1st, 2013.

I agree with the President. We need to focus here in Congress on how we attract more jobs to our shores.