Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, made the following statement in reaction to reports that the Obama Administration will reject the Keystone pipeline later today:
Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, made the following statement in reaction to reports that the Obama Administration will reject the Keystone pipeline later today:
"No wonder Americans are fed up with Washington. Here we have a perfectly good project, which would provide energy from a friendly neighbor and create tens of thousands of American jobs.
"But after years of study and beyond all common sense, the Obama Administration rejects it.
"The Obama Administration sat on this project for three years plus, not making a decision. Now forced by Congress, it took less than a month to show its colors against American jobs and energy security.
"The Canadians aren’t waiting around. They are working to develop ways in which this resource can be shipped to China.
"Bottom-line from today’s White House decision is that Americans lose and China wins. Unbelievable."
Rep. Royce, the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, held a hearing on "Changing Energy Markets and U.S. National Security," in December which examined the national security implications of the Keystone pipeline.
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