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




                          KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE

  (Mr. FLORES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, a few minutes ago the White House announced 
that it was going to reject the Keystone XL pipeline. The White House 
did this among a backdrop with record high gas prices in January. A 
major factor in these high gas prices is the continued political 
upheaval in the Middle East and the impact that it's having on economic 
uncertainty around the world.
  Keystone would bring nearly a million barrels of oil from our 
friendly neighbor, Canada, to the north and also up to 100,000 barrels 
of oil from the Bakken discoveries in Montana and North Dakota. It 
would also put more Americans to work while improving our energy 
security.
  The Department of Energy has stated that ``gasoline prices in all 
markets served by the gulf coast and east coast refiners would 
decrease'' as a result of the pipeline's construction.
  The White House would be well-advised to consider a poll that I took 
in a recent tele-town hall of our constituents, where 87 percent of the 
constituents said that they strongly supported the Keystone XL 
pipeline.
  We cannot wait for more jobs and for better economic certainty for 
all generations.

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