{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20141119225419/https://fitzpatrick.house.gov/press-release/fitzpatrick-statement-senate-keystone-xl-pipeline-vote", "Fitzpatrick Statement on Senate Keystone XL Pipeline Vote", "2014-11-19", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Michael Fitzpatrick", "F000451", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick (PA-8) released the following statement Tuesday regarding the Senate\u2019s failure to pass legislation to approve the Keystone XL pipeline:\n I am deeply disappointed at the Senate\u2019s failure to pass bipartisan legislation beneficial to American energy, economic, and national security.\nThe Keystone XL Pipeline is a vital piece of an all-of-the-above energy strategy that creates better jobs and more opportunity for American families. Sadly, this project has been politicized by Washington party bosses more concerned about their own jobs than those hardworking people who would stand to benefit from this measure.\nI am hopeful that come the new year, a new Congress will unite to pass this legislation and finally say \u2018yes\u2019 to an American energy strategy that transcends the politics and dogma of our current dysfunctional Senate.\n \nLast week, the House passed its ninth legislative measure [H.R. 5682] to approve construction of the pipeline which is expected to create more than 42,000 direct and indirect jobs as well as reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil by hundreds of thousands of barrels. In remarks during the bill\u2019s debate, Fitzpatrick noted the political timing the Senate\u2019s action on this long-delayed legislation:\n Mr. Speaker, for years, I, and members of this body, have come to the floor in support of the Keystone pipeline project \u2013 asking the Senate and White House to put politics aside in favor of this critical project.\nWith bipartisan support, the House has passed eight separate pieces of legislation to clear the way for the approval of the most studied pipeline in American history. Yet, each time, these measures were blocked in the Senate and condemned by a president crippled by indecision on a project that would put tens-of-thousands of Americans to work.\nOnce again, I rise in support of the Keystone XL pipeline \u2013 joining my colleagues in both parties in backing H.R. 5682 which would immediately certify the Secretary of State\u2019s Final Environmental Impact Statement from nearly a year ago, and truly put our nation on a course toward American energy independence.\nSadly, while the House has continued to take definitive, bipartisan action to advance this critical goal, it appears the Senate has waited only until politically advantageous to do so - even as it enjoys majority support in that chamber.\nWhile I am pleased about the Senate\u2019s new-found interest in the\u00a0wide-ranging benefits of this common sense project which will grow our economy and strengthen our national security, it is a shame that it took election-year politics \u2013 not the best interests of the American workers and families they represent \u2013 for Senate leaders to act.\nThis pipeline is a vital piece of a plan that creates better jobs and more opportunity and I encourage the Senate - and president -to deliver on the promise of embracing an \u201call-of-the-above\u201d energy strategy that works for the American people.\n \nThe Keystone XL Pipeline is supported by both labor and business organization ranging from the International Brotherhood of Operating Engineers to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In describing his support for the project, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently noted, \u201cIt\u2019s very clear that is in the economic job creation interests of both of our countries, in the energy security interests of North America and a critical step in environmental protection than the alternatives.\u201d\n\u00a0\n###\nCongressman Mike Fitzpatrick is serving his third term in the U.S. House of Representatives. He represents Pennsylvania\u2019s 8th\u00a0district which includes all of Bucks County as well as a portion of Montgomery County. He serves as the Vice Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://web.archive.org/web/20141119225419/https://fitzpatrick.house.gov/press-release/fitzpatrick-statement-senate-keystone-xl-pipeline-vote"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9685498662292957, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}