Written by Jacob Bliss on May 21, 2021. Posted in Latest news
Buttigieg Agrees Pipelines Are ‘Best Way To Go’, Except For Keystone XL
secretary pete buttigiegPete Buttigieg, President Joe Biden’s Transportation Secretary, insisted Thursday while testifying before the Senate Banking Committee, the administration’s stance is that pipeline is the “best way to go,” just not the Keystone XL pipeline, which the president revoked, killing thousands of jobs.
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) pressed the secretary, saying, “As Secretary of Transportation, do you agree with Secretary of Energy [Jennifer Granholm] when she says the pipelines are the best way to transport fuel?”
He answered by saying, “it depends on the context” of the situation. He jokingly said, “Nobody’s proposing that we establish a pipeline that goes directly to every gas station or every community in the country.”
Scott reiterated the question to help the secretary understand the point he was trying to make:
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