WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is urging Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to make a prompt decision on the international Keystone XL pipeline project.
“Consumers need action on high gas prices, and we ought to move forward on this project.” Grassley said about his letter to Clinton. “Canada is a steady and reliable neighbor. The pipeline needs to be built safely and responsibly. And, whether or not the United States approves the project, the oil will be produced in Canada, and if it doesn’t come to the United States, then China likely will get it. So, this project is one thing the administration can be doing and should be doing to increase the supply of energy and thereby reduce prices at the pump for consumers.”
The Keystone XL pipeline was approved more than a year ago by the Canadian National Energy Board. It would provide 830,000 barrels of crude oil a day and help to counteract both insufficient domestic oil supplies in the United States and reduce dependence on less reliable foreign sources, including Venezuela, Libya or OPEC members.