mr. pompeo. two minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. do it in one minute.iss jones are you lacking any information that you were constrained for time about how this impacts a particular private company? that is, are you interested how this might or might not affect any particular private company? >> no, sir. >> relevant to your decision at all? >> no, sir. we're looking, issue the route through nebraska and all impacts that possibly could have. >> no testimony how any private company would be impacted would be irrelevant to your decision-making process? >> we're looking at route as we had explain. >> great, thank you. one last same. mr. waxman suggested because koch industries filed intervenor before the canadian national energy board that suggested they must have have a financial interest in this transaction that is just false. this notion they have an interest there has been shredded. there are many, many intervenors including sierra club of canada who i don't think has financial interest in the keystone pipeline. alberta federation of labor. commune, ene

mr. pompeo, is recognized for the remainder of the hour. mr. pompeo: thank you, mr. chairman. in 36 days, the president will have an opportunity to do a great thing for america, he'll have the opportunity to allow private industry, with private funds, to build a pipeline to carry petroleum across the country to lower the price for consumers driving their cars, for manufacturers who use these products, and to do so in a way that is environmentally friendly. it is indeed my hope that the president will take this opportunity to do just that. today, we've got oil at over $100 a barrel. it was not all that long ago in the history of our country that we stared at north american energy production and wondered, will we have enough natural gas? will we have enough oil, here, domestically, so we don't have to depend on the mideast? i remember when i was much younger, sitting in car lines, lines of cars waiting to get gasoline. we can only get gas on even days because that was the license plate that we had on our car. today, technology and innovation, american style, has led us to a plac

mr. pompeo. mr. pompeo: thank you. thank you, mr. speaker. we often come to the podium to talk about a bill or piece of legislation. today i have the great privilege of supporting every human life. kansas is a place that has marked a great piece of history in the pro life movement. in the early 1990's, the summer of mercy was held in kansas a huge step forward in people speaking out about the tragedy that is abortion. i personally, a couple of years later, i did some research for a woman who became the ambassador to the vatican, who taught me about how this movement can work and how we can begin to eradicate this plague that sits on top of america after still 39 years. for me, too, it's personal, i have a nephew and a niece that butt for a crisis center wouldn't be any nephew and niece. today, i got to stand at the mall and look out at hundreds of thousand oftsdz -- thousands of folks including young people who came from clearwater and nor itch and from our high schools and colleges in kansas who came to stand for life and say that this movem