Kevin Brady: “I thank Chairman Shuster for the time. I might point out that our energy companies are making major profits overseas…”

“I thank Chairman Shuster for the time. I might point out that our energy companies are making major profits overseas because that's where this White House has chased our jobs and our energy production. Today we're saying ``yes'' to North American-made energy. The Keystone XL pipeline will increase our access to safe and secure energy supplies from our neighbors from the north. Not from the Middle East, not from unstable parts of the word. When completed, the pipeline will build millions of barrels of oil into our Midwest and gulf coast refineries and thousands of jobs--good- paying American-made jobs--with them. Unemployment is high. Prices at the pump are high. We've seen the effects of delay of American-made energy. And if you haven't seen that delay, ask our gulf coast workers who've lost their jobs and been hurt because of the ``permitorium'' in the Gulf of Mexico. We have part of the solution before us today. More North American- made energy, solutions for safe, affordable energy from a strong trading partner and ally, and a solution that supports good old American jobs.”