[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 73-74]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE

  (Mr. GARDNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GARDNER. Mr. Speaker, according to the Canadian Government, over 
143,000 jobs in Colorado depend on our

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trade relationship with Canada. Further, crude petroleum is Colorado's 
top import from our neighbor to the north. And Colorado's not unique. 
Many of the jobs and energy around the country come as a result of our 
relationship with Canada.
  It's been 3 years since the application was filed to build the 
Keystone XL pipeline, which would create a pipeline that extends from 
the oil sands in Alberta to the gulf coast, bringing significant oil 
supplies into the United States.
  The United States as a whole, both economically and from a national 
security standpoint, will benefit immensely from the approval of this 
pipeline.
  In my mind, it's a very simple question: Why import oil from 
countries that seek to do us harm when we can get it from our neighbor 
to the north? I'm continuously awed at how much energy potential we 
have in North America and how simple it would be to advance policies 
that would make us more energy independent. Isn't that what we're 
trying to accomplish?
  But apparently there is an asterisk when it comes to job creation for 
this administration. Not these jobs, not these 100,000 jobs. Perhaps 
some others. This administration has done everything it can to stand in 
the way of a project that can help 100,000 Americans get back to work.
  Mr. President, don't put a cork in our economy. Let's get this 
pipeline built.

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