[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7276]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       AMERICAN ENERGY PRODUCTION

  (Mr. MILLER of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, our economy continues to 
struggle, with nearly 12 million of our fellow Americans remaining out 
of work. Why, then, does the President still insist on standing in the 
way of creating new jobs by expanding America's energy sector by using 
all of our valuable resources--water, wind, solar, gas, and oil?
  More American energy production would create jobs and grow our 
economy, in addition to lowering energy costs for hardworking Americans 
and strengthening our national security. These are the kind of goals 
that all Americans, Republican and Democrat, should be able to get 
behind.
  But this President is clearly not serious about creating new jobs. He 
still has refused to approve the Keystone pipeline which would create 
20,000 new jobs in America right away. It's been over 1,700 days. We've 
waited long enough. It's time to build the pipeline. It's time to 
create jobs.

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