While the American people were on vacation and enjoying the holidays, Biden’s Department of Energy (DOE) conveniently released a congressionally mandated impact report on how the Keystone XL pipeline would have benefitted the American people, but Biden revoked the federal permits in the beginning of his administration.
With inflation and energy costs soaring, the report released by the DOE is damning for the Biden administration. The report stated between 16,149 and 59,468 high paying jobs would have been created. According to the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), it “estimate that the construction of the KXL pipeline would contribute $3.4 Billion (or 0.02 percent) to the United States Gross Domestic Product.”
This major project being canceled at the beginning of the Biden administration dealt a major blow to America. According to a fumed Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) “Now we learn the truth. Canceling Keystone cost almost 60,000 working class jobs in this country. Not to mention our energy independence. All for the fanatical climate religion of the left.”
Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.) took to Twitter to echoed Hawley’s statement which read, “The Biden administration finally owned up to what [Montanans] have known all along — killing the Keystone XL pipeline cost good-paying jobs, hurt MT’s economy and was the first step in the Biden admin’s war on oil and gas production in the United States.”
In a statement to Fox News, Daines said “unfortunately, the administration continues to pursue energy production anywhere but the United States. These policies may appeal to the woke left but hurt Montana’s working families. I’ll keep fighting back against Biden’s anti-energy agenda and supporting Montana energy projects and jobs.”
This report from the DOE would not have been released if it wasn’t for Daines and Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) who inserted a clause in the Biden infrastructure bill which required the release of this information.
The DOE released a statement to Fox News Digital trying to defend the administrations actions. “The U.S. Department of Energy released a report evaluating existing analysis on economic and job effects of the XL portion of Keystone pipeline. It concluded there were limited job impacts, with approximately 50 permanent jobs estimated to have been created were the pipeline operational.”
Sen. Risch responded “The Department of Energy finally admitted to the worst-kept secret about the Keystone Pipeline: President Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone XL Pipeline sacrificed thousands of American jobs.”
“To make matters worse, his decision moved the U.S. further away from energy independence and lower gas prices at a time when inflation and gas prices are drastically impacting Americans’ pocketbooks,” he said. “The president must turn to American-made energy and jobs rather than dictators and despots to fix the energy crisis he created on his first day in office.”