[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 65 (Thursday, April 15, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H1838-H1839]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           CANCELING KEYSTONE HURTS ALREADY WEAKENED ECONOMY

  (Mr. ROSENDALE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. ROSENDALE. Madam Speaker, on his first day in office, President 
Biden issued an executive order revoking the permit for the Keystone XL

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pipeline. Instantly, 70 people in Fallon County, Montana, were out of 
their jobs.
  This project would provide 12,000 American jobs and had already 
created 200 jobs in Montana alone. This picture beside me was taken in 
Fallon County, one of the areas the Keystone XL pipeline would have 
gone through. This empty lot would have been a housing complex for 
1,200 workers, who would have contributed significantly to the local 
economy in Baker, Montana, a small town of 1,800 residents.
  The cancellation of the pipeline deals Fallon County a loss of $7 
million per year in tax revenue that would have been used to invest in 
schools, roads, and other public projects. As Fallon County 
Commissioner Steve Baldwin said: ``The cancellation for the XL pipeline 
will further exacerbate our already weakened economy. President Biden 
has an opportunity to signal that access to good-paying jobs is truly a 
priority for his administration.''
  So my question is: Where are the jobs?

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