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North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 1, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Energy

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Mr. Chairman, I rise today in adamant opposition to H.R. 8.

I don't have much time, so I can't go into all the terrible provisions included in this legislation. To be clear, there are many.

I do want to address language that would give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, what

amounts to fast-tracking power for pipeline approvals.

Setting arbitrary deadlines for the studies, research, and public comment periods for dangerous and volatile pipeline projects, regardless of how complicated the proposal or how sensitive the land these projects cuts through, doesn't give us what my colleagues across the aisle call energy security.

What it will do is put private, public, and protected land, clean water, and our environment at risk.

In my district, where we are already fighting just such a project, my constituents will be the first to tell you just how preposterous a provision of this nature is.

This bill deserves a resounding and unilateral ``no,'' and I hope my colleagues will join me in defeating it.

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