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Paul Tonko: “This project is not about jobs; it is about committing us to an oil-based economy for another 50 years or more.”

On the recordApril 9, 2013
This project is not about jobs; it is about committing us to an oil-based economy for another 50 years or more.
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York

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Tonko argues that the Keystone XL pipeline prioritizes oil dependency over job creation.

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