Vice President Matthew Koch was interviewed on KWLM News Talk 1340 Willmar, MN to discuss the Partnership to Fuel America.

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Government and Business Leaders from Both Countries Discuss How Domestic Energy Production and Lower Taxes Lead to More Jobs

WASHINGTON, D.C. —The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s National Chamber Foundation today hosted an event highlighting Canada as a partner in growth and opportunity. Government and business leaders from both countries discussed how Canada has transformed its economy in the last 20 years through smart policy choices such as lowering taxes and encouraging domestic energy production and what the U.S. can learn. Canada has recovered faster and more robustly from the global recession than nearly all other major economies. It has replaced all jobs lost in the recession and has one of the lowest, most competitive corporate tax rates in the world.

The approval of Keystone XL by Nebraska Governor Dave Heinemen has caused a lot of media excitement, as did the State Department’s latest environmental assessment. A consequence of “positive” developments in the approval saga is renewed opposition to the pipeline, such as the editorial in the New York Times arguing President Obama should say no. One of the reasons for opposition to pipelines from Alberta is concern over the environmental impacts of the oil sands, such as GHG emissions from development.

For the past several years, a debate has occurred about the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline — a project that would transport more than 800,000 barrels of crude oil a day from Alberta, Canada, (and North Dakota) through the Plains states to the U.S. Gulf Coast.