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GOP Delegation Slams Biden for Stopping Keystone XL Project
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 01/21/2021
Wisconsin's five Republican members of the House of Representatives are criticizing President Joe Biden for revoking the permits for the Keystone XL pipeline. In a letter to the president on his first day in office, Reps. Glenn Grothman, Mike Gallagher, Bryan
Steil, Tom Tiffany and Scott Fitzgerald said the pipeline would transport 830,000 barrels of oil per day, support 11,000 U.S. jobs and lower the price of gas at the pump.
The Keystone pipeline system is currently made up of four phases that have been completed in steps since 2010. It was halted by the Obama administration, but President Trump resumed construction during his term.
Within hours of taking office, Biden signed a number of executive orders that aim to undo many of Trump's initiatives, including the Keystone project.
"President Biden ran his campaign with the promise to govern as a moderate, but he has broken that promise on the first day," Grothman said. "With the stroke of his pen, he has stifled high-paying jobs, further reduced the amount of oil imported into the U.S.
and has cancelled the hope of gas prices going down at the pump."
During the presidential campaign, Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris pledged aggressive action to combat climate change. In addition to halting the Keystone project, they also signed an order to rejoin the Paris climate accord.
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