Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas
Please do not allow the Obama Administration to put Presidential politics or the interests of radical environmental groups ahead of the economic welfare of our country. Construction of the pipeline is estimated to create 20000 jobs support 118000 spin-off jobs for local businesses and generate more than $20 billion in economic output.
Lt. Governor David Dewhurst & Texas Senators Bob Deuell (R-Greenville) Troy Fraser (R-Horseshoe Bay) Joan Huffman (R-Southside Place) Mike Jackson (R-La Porte) and Tommy Williams (R-The Woodlands) earlier today in letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid & House Speaker John Boehner urging Congress to immediately approve construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Since the Administrations veto of the project last month Members of the U.S. House & Senate have introduced several bills in attempt to win Congressional approval of the project over the objections of the White House and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. As Texans we cannot emphasize enough how important the Keystone XL project is to our state. We have thousands of highly-skilled workers here in Texas who would eagerly fill the positions created by this project said the Texas lawmakers. The 1700-mile long pipeline would stretch through six states and more than 15 Texas counties safely transporting crude oil from Canada to refineries in Texas. The project would bring as much as $2 billion in economic output and $41 million
in tax revenue to Texas − money our state could use to avert future budget shortfalls created by the weak national economy.
The State Department has now had three years to review the Keystone XL pipeline proposal and the benefits are resoundingly positive potentially adding 1000s of new jobs and generating millions of dollars for the Texas economy advocates say.
Americans have already waited three years for the approval of this important proposal and they cannot afford to wait any longer.
