[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 18, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H45]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE

  (Mr. OLSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, while the President campaigns on his ``we 
can't wait'' slogan, American workers are still asking, ``Where are the 
jobs?'' The President knows that 20,000 true shovel-ready American jobs 
can be created by approving construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.
  Why is he rejecting 20,000 American jobs? Why is he not reducing our 
dependence upon Middle Eastern sources of oil? Why is he not increasing 
our energy security, which increases our national security? Why isn't 
he taking our debt crisis seriously by increasing revenue from 
taxpayers with American jobs? Why is he not listening to the American 
people?
  Mr. Speaker, the American people deserve better from their President. 
He should focus on the 20,000 new jobs he could help create--not the 
one he wants to keep.

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