Graves: Keystone Pipeline will create good-paying American jobs

(From Sixth District Congressman Sam Graves)

As your representative, job creation and affordable energy are two of my top priorities in Congress. The Keystone XL pipeline promotes both of these priorities and we must authorize this project as soon as possible.

As you may know, Keystone XL is a proposed pipeline that would run 1,600 miles from oil supply fields in Canada to refineries on the Gulf Coast. If you ask me, I would rather obtain our oil from Canada than from Iran or Venezuela. These two bad actors consistently undermine the United States on the world stage and threaten our interests abroad, while Canada has been a reliably strong ally and trading partner for centuries.

The Keystone XL pipeline will create good-paying American jobs. Republicans were elected across the nation this fall because we understand that job creation must be the top priority. The Keystone project has been sitting on the shelf and ready for approval for six years. America has spoken and it’s time that the President listens.

With my support, the House of Representatives passed a bill recently to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. You sent me to Congress to promote job creation and affordable energy, and that is exactly what I will continue to do.