Third District Congressman Gregg Harper added his voice to a Republican outcry today as President Obama rejected a permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline. The proposal to build a pipeline from Canada down to Texas has been under review for more than three years. The administration blamed the rejection on Republicans’ decision to attach a pipeline provision to the short-term payroll tax cut extension passed late last year indicating that it would force a decision before all assessments of the project were completed. The White House indicated that the permit denial was not a judgment upon the viability of the pipeline and that permits could be forthcoming in the future.
U.S. Rep. Gregg Harper (R-Miss.) issued the following statement after the Obama administration denied the permit: “As gas prices continue to fluctuate amid uncertainty in the Middle East, the president has once again shown that he is out of touch with the American people. Every day that the president hides behind bureaucratic betrayal is another day without jobs and relief from foreign oil.”
A Republican representing the Third District of Mississippi, Gregg Harper serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the Committee on House Administration and the Committee on Ethics.
from press reports
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