[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 18, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H44]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       IT'S A ``NO'' TO KEYSTONE?

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, 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.

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