Our most vulnerable cannot afford these prices on top of an already weak economy that only created 88,000 jobs last month.

But these jobs can't happen unless Keystone XL gets built.

It is time for Congress to come together and help make Keystone a reality by approving the Northern Route Approval Act.

By those standards, I am happy to say H.R. 3 passes the test overwhelmingly.

As policymakers, our job is to ensure America can take full advantage of our nation's valuable resources by unlocking the power of our innovators and entrepreneurs.

I thank the gentleman from Georgia. Mr. Chairman, there are a lot of reasons that I rise in strong support of the Republican Study Committee budget. It repeals ObamaCare. It repeals the death tax. It repeals the alternative minimum tax. It…

I was proud to vote for him this past November.

I want to commend you and Ms. Eshoo for holding this hearing. This is an example of the committee at its finest.

We want you to be successful. But there are a few of us, at least me, that have some grave doubts about this.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing today.

I am quite frankly skeptical of this whole concept. I would not have designed the legislation the way it was designed.