Cassidy, Scalise, Fleming, Boustany, McAllister Statement on Senate's Keystone Pipeline Legislation

Statement

Today, Rep. Bill Cassidy, along with the Louisiana House Republican delegation, commented on the latest Senate legislation to authorize building the Keystone XL pipeline.

Earlier this week, Reps. Bill Cassidy, Steve Scalise, John Fleming, Charles Boustany, and Vance McAllister urged Chairwoman Landrieu and Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski to act on Keystone legislation that was passed in the House of Representatives a year ago. The House has voted 7 times to approve Keystone.

Reps. Bill Cassidy, Steve Scalise, John Fleming, Charles Boustany, and Vance McAllister released the following statement:

"For five years, President Obama and Senate Democrats have refused to act on policies that would unleash America's energy economy, like the Keystone XL pipeline. While we are glad Senate Majority Leader Reid and Senator Landrieu took our advice and are finally acting on something that should have been addressed more than 2,000 days ago, the Senate's bill has concerns. The House has already passed legislation, and voted 7 times, to get this pipeline, and future pipelines, built without presidential politics. Building the Keystone pipeline helps our families, our workers and our national security. On behalf of the people of Louisiana, we will continue to push to get this built."