[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]




                    SUPPORT THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE

  (Mr. ALTMIRE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. ALTMIRE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the construction 
of the Keystone XL pipeline. I ask that the President reconsider his 
reported rejection of this project. This project will increase 
employment while reducing our dependence on overseas oil.
  Canada has already made its decision. The pipeline is going to be 
built. The question is whether it lands on the gulf coast of the United 
States or the west coast of Canada. And make no mistake: If it ends up 
on Canada's coast, that oil will only continue westward to China and 
their markets. The jobs and the economic benefit of the pipeline would 
then be lost here in the United States.
  Mr. Speaker, this pipeline is a foregone conclusion; who will benefit 
is not. This is a chance to employ Americans and help protect them in a 
volatile oil market.
  I ask the President to reconsider his reported rejection of this 
project.

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