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Due to federal government resistance in approving TransCanada’s application to build, the Keystone XL pipeline has remained a topic of conversation far too long. For more than 1,700 days, TransCanada has awaited approval of its permit to begin construction. With each passing day, we are reminded of the needless delay placed upon this vital project. This must change, and the American people are not willing for another four years to pass before it does.

Norman Transcript - Staff Report

Congressman Tom Cole, R- Moore, said he is pleased with the ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States that upheld Oklahoma water rights in the case, Tarrant Regional Water District v. Herrmann.

This case challenged the terms of the Red River Compact of 1978, a congressionally sanctioned agreement allocating water rights in the Red River Basin shared by Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana.

Without question, your friends, family and anyone that surrounds you on a consistent basis will shape and influence your decisions and how you will be viewed by the rest of the world. History has proven over and over again that the character, ideology and decisions displayed in your inner circle provide a usually-accurate assessment of who you are. That reality is no less true for President Obama’s choice of advisers.

Bloomberg - June 7, 2013

Congress’s longest-serving member arrived at the House of Representatives when Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House, “The Honeymooners” was a top-rated television show, youngsters wore coonskin caps and their older siblings danced to “Rock Around the Clock.”

As of today, Michigan Democrat John Dingell, 86, has served in Congress for 57 years, five months and 26 days -- exceeding by one day the record set by the late West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd, a Democrat, who died in office in 2010.