Rep. Ed Royce made the following comments today in support of the "Energizing America Through Employment Act," which provides congressional approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline:
Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) made the following comments today in support of the "Energizing America Through Employment Act," which provides congressional approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline:
"Talk about a self-inflicted wound. With U.S. high unemployment, with the U.S. sending hundreds of billions of petrodollars every year to hostile regimes, and with our growing economic rivalry with China, the Obama administration's rejection of the Keystone XL Pipeline Project is simply maddening.
"It bothers me greatly that China is playing in our North American back yard, and the Administration doesn't seem to care. Where is our sense of rivalry? Where is our urgency? If we don't renew the American spirit of enterprise, if we kibosh critical projects like this pipeline, our economic future is dim.
"China is our economic challenge of the century. With this Keystone decision, the Obama Administration is giving it a big leg-up. Why?"
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