U.S. Chamber's Donohue Comments on Keystone XL Analysis

Press Release
January 31, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue today issued the following statement regarding the release of the State Department’s Final Environmental Impact Statement on the Keystone XL pipeline project:
 
“The State Department has once again found nothing in its environmental analysis that would prevent the Keystone XL pipeline from moving forward. It’s time for the administration to stop playing politics with a project that will create good-paying American jobs, improve our energy security, and strengthen relations with our closest ally, Canada.
 
“Five years of delays, distractions, and foot-dragging is long enough. It’s time to do what’s right for America, our economy and workers, and our relationship with our special neighbor to the north—approve the Keystone XL pipeline.”
 
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world’s largest business federation representing the interests of more than 3 million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions, as well as state and local chambers and industry associations.