First, I want to mention to my friend from New Jersey that we have several bills, including that of the Keystone pipeline, sitting over in the Senate. They're bills that will create tens of thousands of jobs, maybe hundreds of thousands of…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Nebraska is recognized for 5 minutes.

They don't take. * * * The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Nebraska will suspend. The time of the gentleman from Illinois has expired. Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR. Members should not interject remarks after the…

Will the gentleman yield so I can answer the question? The answer to that question would be that each State has set up a due process law----

So, politics of the extreme put us in this position. But let's ask, who benefits from this oil coming into the United States from our partner, Canada, and being refined and used in the United States of America? If we have this, everyone…

None of us are smiling over the fact that the President killed the pipeline that would have created 20,000 jobs and that would have provided us a newer level of energy security. This amendment, in essence, is a way of killing this…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. This is one of those myths that we must try to dispel. I guess if you say it enough times, some people will start believing it. But the reality is, why would you build a pipeline 1,700 miles…

The language that we're discussing at this current time is allowing the Keystone pipeline a path forward. It's based on a bill I introduced back in September, which is H.R. 3548. Keep in mind that the President of the United States killed…

Why are many of us on the House floor tonight after regular business talking about the Keystone Pipeline? Because it's a win-win--20,000 immediate contracting support jobs for the construction of a 1,700-mile pipeline from Alberta, Canada…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today, we are going to discuss energy security, American jobs, and the Keystone XL pipeline. At this time I yield such time as he may consume to the chairman emeritus of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Mr. Joe…

I thank the gentleman from Virginia. I'd like to just take the last couple of minutes to close here. What we have is a $7 billion infrastructure project for the United States of America that will immediately employ 20,000 workers. It's a…

I thank the gentleman from Texas. I do appreciate your insight and your support. Let me take this opportunity--we've had two speakers already that have talked in support of the Keystone pipeline. Now let me give kind of a tutorial of what…