12/17/11 - Sen. John Barrasso Delivers Weekly GOP Address On Keystone XL Pipeline

In the Weekly Republican Address, Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming, recently elected to be Senate Republican Policy Committee Chairman discusses the importance of the Keystone XL pipeline and urges President Obama to stop stalling on the project.

Sen. Barrasso explains, "Republicans are working on legislation that will make it easier and cheaper for the private sector to create jobs for all Americans. For example, the creation of the Keystone Pipeline—a shovel ready American energy project. It will create as many as 20,000 construction jobs and 100,000 indirect jobs and it will strengthen our nation's energy security. Keystone would allow us to transport 700,000 barrels of oil a day from our northern neighbor Canada to refineries in the United States. Having a steady source of energy from our friend and ally here would make us less dependent on energy from the volatile Middle East—and that is good for America. Everyone from members of the United States Chamber of Commerce to members of Labor Unions support this project."

Unfortunately, Sen. Barrasso notes, "[T]he President has threatened to veto this bill because the pipeline is opposed by a number of extreme environmental groups. These are the same groups who in the past have supported the President and he needs their support for his reelection. It appears that President Obama is opposing these new American jobs in order to try to save his own job. It's time for the President to stop playing politics. After repeatedly saying, 'We Can't Wait' for American job creation, the President now wants Americans to wait on the jobs from the pipeline until after next year's election."

He adds, "If the President successfully blocks these new jobs, it will only add to his long list of bad economic decisions for our country. While the President may have inherited a bad economy, he has made it worse. Earlier this week, in a '60 Minutes' interview, the President said that he has not overpromised. His record shows otherwise."

Sen. Barrasso concludes, "The Keystone pipeline is a real solution that President Obama should embrace immediately to create new jobs across America. The House of Representatives has now passed the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation bill. This bill gives the President everything he has claimed to be for. It extends payroll tax relief for hard working Americans. It helps those who are still looking for work. And it is paid for by actually cutting government spending. . . . To get Americans back to work, small business owners need a level of predictability that they just don't have with this President and this Administration. We need more from the White House than threats to veto a bill that would create 20,000 jobs for Americans."

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[BFRX]

what a bitch

[solate4work]

If the Keystone XL pipeline is so great for America why did Republican's feel the need to hold the Tax Relief Jobs Creation Bill hostage in order to fast track it ? it seems to me the most profitable shovel ready job's the Keystone pipeline has created are for Republican's. .Anyone who cares to should read the report that was not payed for by trans Canada at .cornell.edu/globallaborinstit­ute/research/upload/GLI_Keysto­neXL_Reportpdf.pdf

[landesal]

Wyoming is a state? When did this happen? :D

[Styxhexenhammer666]

Ron Paul 2012!

[NintendoFanatic123]

@brad238899 that oil won't even be cheap several studies show ;)

[brad238899]

I'm reminded of you urinating on our Constitution by voting for the NDAA. As a Wyoming Republican you disgust me. What's the point of cheap oil when my Bill of Rights has been whittled down to be a shell of what it used to be. You're a disgrace!