[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 9 (Monday, January 23, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H93]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE

  (Mr. BURTON of Indiana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I was listening to Rush Limbaugh 
today, as I quite frequently do, and they had a Democrat truck driver, 
African American Democrat truck driver, come on and he talked for about 
4 or 5 minutes, which is unusual, when you listen to Rush, for him to 
let somebody talk that long.
  But this fellow was very intelligent, and his remarks were something 
I wish everybody, including the President, could hear. And he said, you 
know, I was a big supporter of President Obama, and I voted for him. He 
said, but when he stopped that pipeline, which would bring thousands of 
jobs to America, and also maybe help us lower the price of gasoline and 
diesel fuel--and I presume he used a lot of diesel fuel--he said that 
really, really bothered me.
  And he said, when they started talking about inflation, whether or 
not we had it, he said, I'm telling you, there is inflation. I can't 
hardly afford to buy groceries or to live anymore. And he said because 
of that, I'm not going to vote for President Obama this time, I'm going 
to vote for whoever is running against him.
  Now, I hope, since the President is working on his State of the Union 
speech, he'll take what that African American, intelligent young man 
said today and take it to heart. It's extremely important that we get 
that pipeline and start worrying about American jobs.

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