[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 71 (Monday, May 20, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H2789]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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               LET'S BUILD THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE TODAY

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, ``Job killers win, American workers lose'' is 
how the Laborers' International Union of North America, a rare critic 
of the administration, summed up the President's 2011 call to block the 
Keystone XL pipeline.
  The move, they said, would ``inflict a potentially fatal delay to a 
project that is not just a pipeline, but is a lifeline for thousands of 
desperate working men and women.''
  And what of America's energy needs or diplomatic priorities? By 
cutting access to North American oil, it is American consumers who will 
continue to suffer, not the Canadian company seeking to permit the 
Keystone pipeline.
  TransCanada's chief executive noted ``If Keystone XL dies, Americans 
will still wake up the next morning and continue to import 10 million 
barrels of oil from repressive nations, without the benefit of 
thousands of jobs and long-term energy security.''
  When jobs and affordable North American energy are at stake, 
Americans deserve better than groundless delays from the President. 
Let's build the pipeline today.

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