strongly feel that way, too. as tore keystone, you want to create vital infrastructure in this country, there s a great example. here it is held up for five years. you have an energy renaissance in this country led by states like mine and we can t get the basic infrasfrur to get it to market? 35 jobs. the state department says more than 40,000 jobs. creates hundreds of millions in revenue and you can tell the middle east to take a hike, we ve got our own energy right here. i m all for american energy, i m all for solar, wind, i m all for us figuring out cleaner burning ways to dond a this president supports let s do it all. let s not hold a project like keystone, five years? it s the biggest boone dogle. you think a company called trans-canada is going to make administration has tied it up in regulatory burden. i better jump in here. let me tell you why it was
administration to rush the environmental review. shortly after the republicans made this move, the senate or state department came out and said we can t do it in 60 days. it s pretty much putting the pipeline in a position of being killed. it backfired on them. attached to a bill that doesn t seem to have a similar theme here as you alluded to. a lot of people asking about that. we want to read for you part of a statement from mitch mcconnell that reads this. the house should pass an extensions that locks in thousands of keystone xl pipeline jobs. allows congress to work on a solution for the longer extensions. you write that the entire project is a boone dogle and propped up by industry lobbying, you say, as well as corrupt
kemp, tony, thanks for joining us today. tony, let me begin with you here because you re from the republican side of the aisle and looking at democrats. why is this becoming such a boone dogle for the democrats right now and seems to be a price catch at the mid term elections, that is for republicans? well, frankly, kelly, the reason is because the democrats have overreached and the american people already have come to the conclusion that one party control in washington is bad for their future and no matter how much some indicators may move positive, it s not going to change the overwhelming feeling in this country that were on the wrong track and the democrats are the party in power, the party pushing through this big government agenda the people don t want and they re the party that are ultimately going to suffer at the balance box. i ve got to respond to that. the democrats seem to have the legislative momentum, if you will, with the health care reform ap the president talking a
named boone dogle. the one year anniversary of the stimulus. reporter: critics argue the program has fallen short of administration promises and at huge cost. the point of stimulus was to help prevent another great depression. the stimulus and bailout and spending in washington created a great debt. the wisconsin republican does not believe a flawed policy in his words should get in the way of doing his job. providing a legitimate constituent service to employers in his district. we should mention house minority leader john boehner and house minority whip eric cantor, and mitch mcconnell denied interview request. they were traveling in the districts and unavailable for comment. maybe over the coming days we ll hear something from them. jim acosta, thanks. members of the gop and tea party getting together in d.c., kicking off a big conservative conference inside the beltway.