Obama explains KXL veto in local broadcast
Published by Elizabeth Corner,
Senior Editor
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President Barack Obama fielded questions on the Keystone XL pipeline and rail safety in a short, six minute interview with regional news WDAY anchor Kerstin Kealy broadcast last Thursday night.
dzԹPart of the reason North Dakota has done so well is that we have been very much promoting domestic, US energies,dzԹ the President said in response to Kealy asking why he vetoed the Keystone bill.
dzԹIdzԹve already said IdzԹm happy to look at how we can increase pipeline production for US oil, but Keystone is for Canadian oil to send that down to the Gulf.
dzԹIt bypasses the United States and is estimated to create a little over 250, maybe 300 permanent jobs,dzԹ Obama continued. dzԹWe should be focusing more broadly on American infrastructure for American jobs and American producers, and thatdzԹs something that we very much support.dzԹ
In the one-on-one sit-down interview in the White House, Kealy also asked the President if rail safety, dzԹa huge issue in our area,dzԹ was one of his priorities.
dzԹIt is,dzԹ he said. dzԹWedzԹve had the Department of Transportation work very closely with both workers, with environmental groups and with the railways to start thinking, how do we upgrade transportation safety when it comes to these big rail cars with potentially hazardous cargo? I think we can do a better job on it.dzԹ
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