| Rep. Barrow Motion To Instruct Conferees On H.R. 4348 |
May 18, 2012 |
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Peter DeFazio, D-OR
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"Congress can debate the XL pipeline any day of the week. And we should. Let’s have a debate about the route, expedited approval, and environmental reviews. Let’s have a debate on energy policies to reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil, bring down the price of gas for American consumers, and lead to a more secure energy future. But it’s telling that Republican leadership has refused to bring a clean XL pipeline bill to the floor of this House. Instead, they insist on attaching it to must-pass legislation to score political points and to try to embarrass the President—these are not serious efforts to legislate."
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| Securing American Jobs Through Exports Act Of 2012—Motion To Proceed |
May 10, 2012 |
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John Thune, R-SD
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"Our country and our college graduates have had enough of the Obama economy. Instead of the to-do list the President has put forward, we have a to-stop list for you. Stop job-killing regulations that are hurting our small businesses’ ability to create jobs, stop trying to raise taxes on small businesses and job creators who are the people who are going to hire our college graduates, stop blocking the Keystone XL Pipeline which would help wean our country from the dependence we have on foreign sources of energy, and stop the divisive use of class warfare that does nothing but divide Americans."
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| Time To Pass A Transportation Bill |
May 9, 2012 |
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James Moran, D-VA
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"Since that bill was signed into law back in January of 1983, Republican-controlled Congresses have allowed the highway fund to go bankrupt, necessitating multiple infusions from general funds to allow it to limp along with short-term extensions of current law. Today, some within this Chamber won’t even support a Federal transportation bill at current funding levels, as if the crumbling interstates and growing list of structurally deficient bridges are no longer a Federal responsibility. Instead, they insist on including unrelated measures like the Keystone XL pipeline that is designed to stall completion of even a modest, multiyear transportation authorization."
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| Popeye—Spinach—Epa |
April 27, 2012 |
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Ted Poe, R-TX
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"Meanwhile, the shovels that were ready for the Keystone XL pipeline are idle, the Gulf of Mexico sits waiting for more oil and gas lease sales and permits, and the procedural hurdles in place have slowed drilling on public lands to a halt."
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