MSNBC "The Ed Show" - Transcript: Keystone XL Pipeline
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SCHULTZ: Congressman Polis, OK, so the President let`s just say for conversation he vetoes the first bill that comes on his way, how long can the veto hold up because more bills are coming on his way with Keystone written on it with an amendment?
REP. JARED POLIS, (D) COLORADO: Well, we`re exactly where we started out whether the bill gets to his desk or not. He is currently in charge in making the decision under the current law. They`re looking at making sure that all of the environmental laws are applied.
They`ve already changed the routing of it to make sure it does influence the Ogallala Aquifer. There could be other pending issues, apparently this is being brought forward without even any dialogue with the administration about what the pending issues are regarding this and what health danger the American people could represent.
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SCHULTZ: And finally, Congressman, are Democrats are going to be push had and caucus for this? I mean Democrats don`t want this. I mean, how can you be the party of recognizing climate change and then put in an infrastructure in place that`s going to bring the dirties oil on the face of the earth to market?
POLIS: It`s being theirs is no good answer as long as we`re tied to the legacy oil economy. Whether it`s Saudi Arabia, Russia, ISIS, fracking here at home, the pipeline -- none of those are good answer. Some might be less bad than others but the real answer is a clean, green, renewable energy future that will create jobs, improve our health and improve our economy.
SCHULTZ: Well, there is no doubt that they are saying that it`s going to create jobs,Mitch McConnell said stunning. Senator Hoeven told me last night, 42,000. So Idon`t know why they`re not excited about 250,000 or 200 jobs being -- 200,000jobs being created almost every month on this country for 55 straight months.
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POLIS: That`s right. How about the hundreds of thousands of jobs the renewable energy is already bringing to America.
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