| Oklahoma
State Senate
President
Pro Tempore
Senator Brian Bingman, R-Sapulpa
State Capitol Room 422
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105
(405) 521-5565
For Immediate Release: February 27, 2012
Sen. Brian Bingman
Senate Pro Tem Bingman Statement on TransCanada Gulf Coast
Project
State Capitol, Oklahoma City –Senate President
Pro Tempore Brian
Bingman issued the following statement Monday following TransCanada’s
announcement of reapplication for a Presidential Permit application
to complete the Keystone XL pipeline project as well as TransCanada’s
intent to proceed with construction of a pipeline from Cushing,
Oklahoma to refineries in the Gulf of Mexico. This section of pipeline
is projected to create more than one thousand direct jobs in Oklahoma
alone.
“Gas prices have more than doubled since President Obama’s
first day in office. Meanwhile, we’ve got plenty of oil just
sitting in a terminal in Cushing, Oklahoma, waiting to be refined,”
said Bingman, R-Sapulpa. “President Obama continues to stonewall
a common-sense business plan in the Keystone XL pipeline—one
that would create thousands of jobs and put us on the path to an
energy future powered by American resources and ingenuity.”
“I applaud TransCanada for proceeding with construction of
the southern portion of Keystone XL. Thousands of Oklahomans will
see the benefit in jobs and dollars flowing into our economy, and
our country will be more secure for it.”
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