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Canadian PM's trip to China spurs new debate over pipeline

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    Wyoming Senator John Barrasso on push to approve Keystone

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Sorry you don't want -- -- all just so it's of the Chinese remember Canada's prime minister telling the US just that right after the -- block.

The keystone oil pipeline well -- in China today.

Candidates Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Republican senator -- also pushing a bill to approve the pipeline without the president so the Chinese don't.

-- -- -- we do senator.

Where do you stand on this.

Well I think that the president is that made a terrible mistake -- and he's tried to put his own a political.

Fortunes ahead of the importance of energy security and job security of the American people.

I think it's a terrible mistake for our country so you have the the prime minister of Canada in China.

Saying America doesn't seem to want.

Our oil will sell it to China those are good jobs here on the ground -- almost 20000 jobs here at home direct jobs and constructing.

The pipeline its energy security for our nation and instead we're gonna send more money to Saudi Arabia and two Venezuela.

And I lay it right -- defeated the president who was blocking this Keystone Pipeline.

Horrible are easier trying to override -- which is the equivalent trying to override a veto easier said than done do you have the votes.

Well that the house today in their energy committee has up passed a bill we have a huge number of co sponsors in the senate.

But the president seems to be dug in on this and we're gonna continue to remind the American people that in terms of energy security in terms of national security.

We ought to be trading with our.

Closest neighbor and partner Canada and Canada is now by going to.

China today saying we can't trust America as a business partner.

I want to make it cheaper and easier for the private sector and America good to create jobs.

And it's just not working that way with this president he is saying.

No to American jobs and the people in this country realize what a terrible mistake in the decision is that the president is doing but.

He's using it to raise money on his web site.

This at a time when.

Just the other day -- USA today is said we're looking at four dollar a gallon gasoline by Memorial Day.

You've been critical of other veggies they are part and parcel of the same sort of and I I guess fossil fuel.

Position you were opposed to the way the administration.

Reduced the average available -- cell development in in Wyoming Colorado -- etc.

That there's a pattern here Lou what what -- you sent.

Mobile I seven in the state of the union and so the president read from the teleprompter when he said I support and all of the above approach.

But in fact he does not this administration has blocked efforts to explore for -- energy offshore well on federal land.

And in Alaska we need all of these sources of energy in this administration has made it harder for us to develop into explore.

American sources of energy and we do need -- all but this this administration through its rules and regulations and red tape make it harder.

Harder to get that energy out of the ground and in into the homes of across the country the president when he was running for office said.

Under his plan electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket and -- they have.

We'll watch we'll watch Vermont senator thank you good seeing you again.

Thanks -- well.

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