mckinley, remember mick staton as a dedicated public servant, a son of west virginia. i enjoyed serving in this body with mick. you always knew where he stood on a given issue. while he and i were members of different political parties, on principle we often agreed. he shared the most basic value of true west virginians, loyalty. loyalty to his faith, to his family, to his friends, to his nation and to our state. mick's word was his bond and of course he was a loyal republican. and as a republican through and through, mick was always my friend. there is a good lesson in that for our members today, mr. speaker. our friendship continued to grow after his distinguished service ended in this body. mr. speaker, mick's service to our state of west virginia never ended nor did his efforts to bring people together, to get things accomplished for west virginians. he worked hard for that and his devotion flowed as naturally as a pristine mountain stream. his courteous, cordial fellow with what could best be described as an award-winning, ever-present smile had a good way with peo

as you heard, he's left behind his wife, lynn, and two children, two adult kids, david mick staton and his daughter, cynthia. mr. speaker, we, again, we've lost a friend. i would ask that we have just a moment of silence on behalf of he family. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, almost two weeks ago, the administration announced gentleman another delay in approving the keystone x.l. pipeline. i think they have it all wrong. further delays in constructing this pipeline will mean we'll miss out on tens of thousands of jobs and continue to import oil from hostile countries. the pipeline will bring in thousands of barrels of oil a day from our neighbor, canada, that could replace the 900,000 we have to get every day from venezuela, a country we cannot count on. the pipeline will have no net negative environmental impacts. you can see why there's broad bipartisan support for the pipel