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Keystone Will Produce Jobs

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 14, 2011
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Oil and Gas Employment and Affirmative Action

Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, yesterday the President announced he will veto the payroll tax extension bill passed by House Republicans due to the inclusion of the Keystone pipeline construction. The President campaigns for jobs, but will sadly veto a jobs bill.

This fall, I was fortunate to visit Alberta, Canada, and witnessed firsthand the environmental safeguards to develop Canadian oil sands. The construction of this environmentally advanced pipeline will create at least 120,000 new American jobs without costing taxpayers a dime and will stimulate our economy.

Walter C. Jones in The Augusta Chronicle reports that refined oil products with no pipeline will be denied to South Carolinians at a north Augusta terminal. With a record unemployment rate of over 8 percent for 34 months and over 13 million Americans looking for jobs, it is very sad the President would veto legislation creating jobs.

In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.


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