{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20141206041554/http://mullin.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/congressman-mullin-praises-house-passage-of-keystone-xl-approval", "Congressman Mullin Praises House Passage of Keystone XL Approval Legislation", "2014-11-14", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "OK", "Markwayne Mullin", "M001190", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) praised the House passage of H.R. 5682, a bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.\u00a0 The legislation was introduced this week by Congressman Bill Cassidy (LA-06) and would authorize the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of the pipeline.\n\u201cFor more than six years, the President has played political gamesmanship with the approval of the Keystone Pipeline,\u201d said Mullin. \u201cWhile he consistently talks about the importance of infrastructure investments, providing for future generations, and helping everyday Americans, he chooses to deny a project that would provide all of these.\u00a0 This is especially frustrating because I see the benefits that the southern leg has already had on my district and I know this approval will enhance those effects.\n\u201cI hope the House passage of the legislation today will serve as a call to the President and the Senate that it\u2019s time to approve the pipeline. They\u2019ve delayed this project for far too long already. If they want to help provide Americans with good, high-paying jobs they will join us in moving this legislation forward.\u201d\nThe bill is in response to the Administration\u2019s failure to issue a final decision on the pipeline since the original application in September of 2008.\u00a0 While environmental concerns had been expressed, the latest application contains a reroute of the pipeline to avoid any sensitive areas in Nebraska.\nAdditionally, the Department of State issued earlier this year a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, stating the pipeline would have limited environmental effect.\u00a0 The legislation deems this statement adequate to satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and any other federal laws.\nH.R. 5682 passed the House by a vote of 252 to 161. It will now go to the Senate for approval.\n###\nFor information contact:  \n\tJosh Miller | Communications Director, 202-225-2701, josh.miller@mail.house.gov  \n\tAngie Gallant | District Press Secretary, 918-351-8700, angie.gallant@mail.house.gov", 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/20141206041554/http://mullin.house.gov//media-center/press-releases/congressman-mullin-praises-house-passage-of-keystone-xl-approval"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8952049538493156, "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"}