Today the State Department is holding an open hearing on the Keystone XL pipeline which will help secure our energy future and create thousands of jobs.

Earlier this morning National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) President and CEO Jay Timmons hosted a press conference with TransCanada President and CEO Russ Girling, Laborers’ International Union of North America General President Terrence O’Sullivan, American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Jack Gerard and Energy Policy Research Foundation, Inc. President Lucian Pugliaresi to discuss what the Keystone XL project means for jobs and our nation’s energy security.

TransCanada President and CEO Russ Girling speaks during the press conference on the Keystone XL pipeline project. He is joined by NAM President and CEO Jay Timmons, Energy Policy Research Foundation, Inc. President and CEO Lucian Pugliaresi ,API President and CEO Jac Gerard and Laborers' International Union of North America General President Terrence O'Sullivan.