{"id":65366,"date":"2015-02-13T09:46:06","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T15:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=65366"},"modified":"2015-02-14T21:33:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-15T03:33:03","slug":"hoeven-comments-on-keystone-xl-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=65366","title":{"rendered":"Hoeven comments on Keystone XL bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Hoeven-Sen.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-26946\" alt=\"Hoeven Sen\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Hoeven-Sen-150x150.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>WASHINGTON \u2013 Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement on the enrollment of his Keystone XL pipeline approval bill, which has now passed both the Senate and the House. The bill uses Congress\u2019s authority under the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution to approve the project:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Keystone XL pipeline project is about jobs and economic growth, but it is also about national security through energy security. It\u2019s about a forward-thinking strategy to produce more energy in our country than we use so that we can defend ourselves and our interests without the risk of being held hostage to OPEC and other hostile nations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American people understand this, and they have made their will clear, both through their elected representatives, and through numerous polls that reflect their strong support for the project. Every state along the pipeline\u2019s route has approved it, and the State Department has repeatedly said it will have no significant impact on the environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Obama needs to work with Congress to make a long-term strategic decision that will help to improve our economy, create jobs and make our country more secure. Approving the Keystone XL project is another important step toward our declaration of energy independence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2013 Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement on the enrollment of his Keystone XL pipeline approval bill, which has now passed both the Senate and the House. The bill uses Congress\u2019s authority under the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution to approve the project: \u201cThe Keystone XL [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":43893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65366"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65468,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65366\/revisions\/65468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}