[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 21 (Thursday, February 4, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H337]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  EXECUTIVE ORDER ON KEYSTONE PIPELINE

  (Mr. BAIRD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BAIRD. Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition to President 
Biden's executive order to revoke the permit for the Keystone pipeline.
  This decision was political, provides no benefit to the environment, 
and it came at a cost of approximately 11,000 good-paying American 
jobs.
  President Biden cited concerns regarding climate change for his 
reason on stopping the pipeline. But under President Obama and Vice 
President Joe Biden, the State Department conducted a review and found 
the pipeline to have minimal impact on the environment.
  Now, instead of having the pipeline, the oil from Canada will now be 
transported in less safe ways like trucks and railways.
  Axing the Keystone pipeline destroyed thousands of jobs, won't reduce 
the greenhouse gas emissions, and only will deepen the divide on the 
issue of climate change.

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