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Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act

Floor Speech

Date: Feb. 11, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Oil and Gas

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Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman said this is the time to pass
it. It is not the time to pass it. The time to pass it is after all the
reports and studies are in. The State Department hasn't completed its
study.

It is kind of like what we are doing in this Congress. We are not
going by our regular procedures. We are not having bills in committee
and opportunities for amendments on the floor because we bring things
up here to make it the political issue du jour.

This is not the time for the bill, just like it is not the time for
the Prime Minister to come and speak from that well. It should be after
his election and after the negotiations with Iran are over. This should
be after the State Department has told us what their opinion is, and
then let the President make his decision.

We should go back to regular order. I hope the House will return to
regular order.

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