[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 29]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the little tyrant from the desert in 
Iran is saber rattling and rattling the nerves of many Americans. 
Ahmadinejad is threatening to block oil from going through the Strait 
of Hormuz. This would raise the price of gasoline in America.
  Meanwhile, 3 years have gone by, and the administration continues to 
delay, delay, delay a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline project.
  Approval of this pipeline would immediately create 20,000 jobs in 
America and bring in 700,000 barrels of oil a day. At first, the 
administration decided not to decide until 2013. However, new law 
requires the administration to make a decision by February 21, but 
there are grumblings the administration may find a way to ignore this 
provision of the law.
  Americans are in need of a stable source of energy, and they are 
thirsty for jobs. This country needs energy from a reliable and stable 
country like Canada. We should make Middle Eastern oil and its politics 
of turmoil irrelevant.
  The administration needs to pick a horse and ride it. Build the 
Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to Port Arthur, Texas.
  And that's just the way it is.

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