Roskam slams Obama's refusal to build the Keystone XL pipeline

Three days ago Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL), the House Chief Deputy Whip, spoke with CNBC's John Carney about President Obama's cave-in to his environmental campaign contributors when he ruled against building the job-creating Keystone XL pipeline.

Here's a portion of what Roskam said:

It's terribly disappointing. President Obama is making a choice. It's a clear choice. 20,000 middle class jobs vs. an environmental base. The President's top priority is his base and as he said in one of his events, I'll try hard on some things but hey it's an election year. The country is looking for someone to put the country together. This was project was tailo- made to do that and yet the president was not willing to bring folks together. This decision was a political calculation. He is appealing to the base of his party and is unwilling to put energy security and jobs first.

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