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On the recordMay 22, 2013
On rollcall No. 167, (Ordering The Previous Question on H. Res. 228, a resolution providing for consideration of H.R. 3--Northern Route Approval Act) had I been present, I would have voted ``yea''. On rollcall No. 168, (Adoption of H. Res. 228, a resolution providing for consideration of H.R. 3--Northern Route Approval Act) had I been present, I would have voted ``aye''. On rollcall No. 169, (Weber (R-TX) Amendment No. 1--Adds to Section 2 of the bill the State Department's findings that the Keystone XL pipeline is a safe and environmentally sound project) had I been present, I would have voted ``yea''. On rollcall No. 170, (Waxman (D-CA) Amendment No. 2--Adds a finding that ``the reliance on oil sands crudes for transportation fuels would likely result in an increase in incremental greenhouse gas emissions'' and provides that the bill will not go into effect unless the President finds that TransCanada or tar sands producers will fully offset the additional greenhouse gas emissions) had I been present, I would have voted ``no''. On rollcall No. 171, (Johnson (D-GA) Amendment No. 3--Requires a study on the health impacts of increased air pollution in communities surrounding the refineries that will transport diluted bitumen through the proposed Keystone XL pipeline) had I been present, I would have voted ``no''. On rollcall No. 172, (Connolly (D-VA) Amendment No.…
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Tom Cole
Republican · Oklahoma
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May 22, 2013

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