[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6362]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   APPROVING THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE

  (Mr. BARROW of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARROW of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, almost 2 weeks ago, the 
administration announced yet another delay in approving the Keystone XL 
pipeline. I think they have it all wrong. Further delays in 
constructing this pipeline means that the U.S. will miss out on tens of 
thousands of jobs and continue to depend on foreign oil from hostile 
countries.
  The Keystone XL pipeline will bring in 840,000 barrels of oil a day 
from our friend and neighbor, Canada. That can essentially replace the 
900,000 barrels we have to get every day from Venezuela, one country we 
cannot count on. Add to that the roughly 20,000 jobs that will be 
created and the findings that the pipeline will have no net negative 
environmental impacts, you can see why there is broad, bipartisan 
support for the Keystone XL pipeline.
  Mr. Speaker, this oil will be extracted, refined, and used by 
someone. The only question is who will get the jobs and who will be the 
first in line to use it. America needs the Keystone XL pipeline now, 
and I urge the administration to end the holdup.

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