[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5688]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           KEYSTONE PIPELINE

  (Mr. WEBER of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. It has been 1,677 days, Mr. Speaker, that have 
passed since we first started discussing the Keystone pipeline, a 
project that would create--depending on whose numbers you use--2,000 to 
20,000 jobs; $2.05 billion in worker salaries; and $65 million in local 
tax revenue.
  On Friday, I sent a letter to the State Department demanding action 
on the Keystone pipeline. The project is in the best interest of all 
Americans. Up to 83,000 barrels of oil per day could be delivered to 
gulf coast refineries, which is equal to roughly half of the amount of 
oil we import from the Middle East.
  My question for the President and Secretary Kerry is this: What is 
the holdup? Seventy percent of Americans want this project because they 
understand that it is a step closer for this country to energy 
independence and security.
  I hope the President and Secretary Kerry are listening because it is 
time to build this country.
  I'm Randy Weber, and I love living in America.

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