KELO Radio - Thune, Noem on Keystone Passage

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By Mike Leischner

U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) issued the following statement on the House's bipartisan passage of the Senate bill to approve the job-creating Keystone XL pipeline:

"For more than six years, President Obama has made one excuse after another for blocking this common-sense jobs and infrastructure project. A bipartisan majority in both the House and Senate have spoken. The time to approve the job-creating Keystone XL pipeline is now. I hope the president chooses American jobs and opportunity over political appeasement, and signs this bill into law."

Rep. Kristi Noem today joined the U.S. House of Representatives in putting the Keystone XL Pipeline on the President's desk. H.R.3, the Keystone XL Pipeline Act, which would authorize the long-awaited pipeline's construction and operation. With passage in both the House and the Senate, H.R.3 will now go to the President for his signature.

"On energy policy, the President has said that we need to aim higher than a single pipeline, but I believe this pipeline is a good place to start," said Rep. Noem. "Further delaying Keystone XL would deprive South Dakota of good jobs, millions of dollars in revenue for cash-strapped counties, and relief for the roads and rails that are currently crowded with oil transit. I am committed to doing all I can to see this pipeline through -- no matter the legislative hurdles we have to cross to accomplish that."

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