[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 4988-4989]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          DELAY, DELAY, DELAY

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, delay, delay, delay is the 
administration's energy plan. The Keystone XL Pipeline project would 
bring 700,000 barrels of oil a day from Alberta, Canada, to refineries 
in southeast Texas.

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This would provide more energy for America, but the President has had 
it for over 2 years and can't make up his mind on whether to approve 
the project or not.
  The State Department, the EPA, and a bunch of out-of-towners have 
stonewalled the project on alleged environmental grounds. Pipelines are 
the most cost-effective and the most environmentally sound way to 
transport oil and natural gas. Oil must reach the refineries some way. 
We can either import oil through a safe and reliable pipeline from our 
friends and neighborhoods, the Canadians, or rely on risky tankers 
coming from unstable Middle Eastern countries and dictators.
  Even the EPA should be able to figure this out, after 2 years of 
delay. Gasoline is nearly $4 a gallon. The administration needs to be 
realistic and approve this pipeline immediately. It's about time we 
start laying pipe.
  And that's just the way it is.

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