Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced an amendment Wednesday to add the Keystone XL pipeline, shut down by President Joe Biden on his first day in office, to the $1.2 trillion “bipartisan” infrastructure deal…
Blackburn’s amendment calls for the president to revoke the executive order through which he canceled the pipeline, “[I]f the report submitted under subsection (b)(2) contains findings that state that the cancellation of the permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline re6 sulted in numerous job losses and an impact on consumer energy costs.
In a statement, Blackburn said: “If Joe Biden cared about infrastructure, he would restart the Keystone XL Pipeline. Instead, Biden killed over 1,000 good-paying jobs by canceling the pipeline. For Biden, the infrastructure bill, just like the pipeline, is about appeasing AOC and the left’s woke socialist agenda.” Read more…