[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 191 (Tuesday, December 13, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H8733-H8734]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                DIGGING OURSELVES OUT OF THIS RECESSION

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Minnesota (Mr. Cravaack) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. CRAVAACK. Mr. Speaker, my message is simple and direct: Last 
month, this administration put yet another hold on implementing the 
Keystone pipeline project and adding tens of thousands of American jobs 
to our fragile economy. This decision is bad news for laborers in the 
great State of Minnesota and around the country who were eager to begin 
working on the project next year. If we do not approve this deal and 
put people back to work, the jobs and the oil will simply go another 
direction--such as China--and they will not be coming back to the 
United States.
  What part of this bill just doesn't make sense to the folks in the 
White House and the Department of State?

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  We cannot wait. The American worker is the most productive worker in 
the world, and so many people in my district thirst for good-paying 
jobs that will come with projects like Keystone.
  Some of these regulatory agencies are simply out of control and seem 
bent on stifling job creation here in the United States. If the 
government would simply get out of the way, put politics aside, and 
dedicate to empowering the American worker, we can start digging 
ourselves out of this recession and get Americans back to work.

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