Keystone XL Pipeline Act

Floor Speech

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Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise in
opposition.

We have been promised thousands of jobs, but the U.S. State
Department estimates that this will create only 35 permanent jobs. Yes,
they will be construction jobs, but they are not permanent. They are
for a year, maybe 2 years.

Let's be clear about what we are getting with Keystone: a dirty and
dangerous pipeline running through the heart of our country which will
help Canadian oil companies export their oil, and it happens to be the
filthiest possible energy form.

I would like to say that if we put the same time and energy into a
transportation bill as we have to this Canadian pet project, we could
upgrade our crumbling roads and bridges, expand our mass transit
system, provide a huge boost to the American economy, and create jobs
in almost every single congressional district in this country,
thousands and thousands of permanent jobs in our good country.

We don't need another pipeline dividing our country, polluting our
water, pushing us closer and closer to the climate tipping point. A
transportation overhaul will actually create jobs that Americans can
live off of. Keystone will not, unless what they are considering with
these jobs are just the 35 permanent jobs. And maybe they are
considering that there will be jobs to create the leaks and the
pollution and treat the pollution and illnesses that may be associated
with the pollution.

I urge a ``no'' vote. We should invest in American companies. We
should invest in American pipelines. We should invest in American jobs
that are here in America for Americans and are permanent.

Again, the State Department estimates that there will be only 35
permanent jobs. So what are we getting? No jobs and pollution from the
dirtiest oil source and energy source that is on the Earth at this
point.

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