On the recordJanuary 18, 2012
There is disturbing news today regarding our national security and economic security. Politico reports that the administration will say ``no'' to the Keystone XL pipeline today. So ``no'' to thousands of union and nonunion jobs to build the pipeline, and ``no'' to refinery jobs in southeast Texas. ``No'' to obtaining oil from a reliable nation and ally like Canada. But ``yes'' to more oil from dictators like Chavez from Venezuela; ``yes'' to being held hostage to Middle Eastern oil and dictators like Ahmadinejad, who now threatens to stop oil tankers from going through the Straits of Hormuz. And ``yes'' to insulting Canada. The Prime Minister of Canada says that he will build a pipeline, but now it will go to his west coast, and that crude oil will be loaded on Chinese tankers--China, our national competitor regarding the economy. Isn't that lovely. If the administration chooses to say ``no'' to Keystone XL, the administration chooses poorly. And that's just the way it is. ____________________
