Graves Issues Statement after White House Rejects Keystone Pipeline

Statement

U.S. Representative Sam Graves issued the following statement after the White House announced today that it was rejecting the application for construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The XL project would have connected oil reserves in Alberta, Canada to existing pipeline in the Midwestern United States, increasing America's access to reliable energy sources.

"The decision to approve the Keystone XL pipeline should have never been a question," Rep. Graves said. "President Obama claims the jobs created by this project are only temporary, but that argument is oversimplified and misleading. No construction job is permanent, but all benefit our economy. The fact of the matter is that this project would create jobs and lower our dependence on oil from unstable parts of the world, and I am deeply disappointed in the President's decision."

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