einstein once said, only a life lived for others is worth living. a model citizen that has committed her life to serving others i believe sherry would agree. thank you for your service, sherry. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. olson, for five minutes. mr. olson: i thank the speaker. mr. speaker, i rise to give the american people an update on the keystone x.l. pipeline. monday, president obama took the first step to get out of the way in bringing tar sands oil from canada to my home, southeast texas. it's the yellow pipeline here on this chart. the administration agreed to build the first segment from curbing, -- cushing, oklahoma, right here to southeast texas, the port of houston and the port of port arthur. in announcing the administration's changed position, white house spokesman jay carney said, this is a quote, moving oil from the midwest to the world class state refineries on the gulf coast will modernize our infrastructure, create jobs, and encourage american energy production. amen. 430 miles down, 1,223 to go. but there is no new oil with this pipeline being built. none. s