[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 4279-4280]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        ENERGY SECURITY AND JOBS

  (Mr. WOODALL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, you know, back home, folks don't think we 
find areas of agreement. I have only been on the floor for about 20 
minutes this morning, and I have already found areas of agreement with 
my colleague from California. You can't just walk the walk and talk the 
talk. You have got to get in here and make things happen.
  We have an opportunity today as we talk about jobs, as we talk about 
energy security in Ukraine, we have an opportunity today to move 
forward on

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the Keystone pipeline, which has languished for more than 2,000 days. 
The President cannot say he is interested in energy security and then 
thwart those very proposals that would provide it. The President cannot 
commit to energy security for our friends overseas, and then thwart 
those efforts that would provide it.
  Mr. Speaker, we are blessed in this country, blessed by the Lord God 
Almighty with more energy resources than any other nation on the 
planet, and yet the President is standing between the American people 
and those resources.
  It is about national security, Mr. Speaker, and yes, it is about 
jobs.

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