McConnell Comments on Keystone Political Show Vote
June 18, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell issued the following statement on the political show vote in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee regarding the Keystone XL Pipeline:
“The Keystone XL Pipeline is the single largest shovel-ready project in America, ready to go, but for years President Obama and his hard-left allies have stalled these jobs in a maze of red tape. Today’s vote in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on building Keystone is all well and good, but there’s already a Keystone bill on the calendar that the Majority Leader could turn to at any time. The question isn’t whether energy-state Democrats can support a Keystone bill in committee—it’s whether or not they’ll continue to stand with their party and their leader in blocking the full Senate from voting on it, or whether they’ll stand up for jobs and demand a vote. I would encourage the chairman of the Committee to go to the floor and offer a request that the Senate take up and pass the bill. She would certainly have my support.”