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Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Brian Babin (TX-36) issued the following statement today after President Obama rejected the Keystone XL Pipeline:

"While the President’s decision is certainly not surprising, it is nonetheless the wrong one for America.  The vast majority of Americans support Keystone – including a bipartisan majority of Congress – because it is good for the economy and strengthens America’s energy security.  By kowtowing to radical environmentalists and rejecting tens of thousands of good-paying American jobs, the President has decided to put his extreme environmental agenda ahead of the needs of hardworking Americans.  The President’s decision undermines U.S. economic and national security by allowing Canadian oil to be shipped to China rather than the U.S.  The President should be ashamed of this -- and the foolish way he handled the entire process.”