WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the following statement after President Trump announced that his Administration has issued a presidential permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline:

“President Trump is keeping his promise to prioritize our nation’s interests and the nearly 42,000 American jobs this project will support during construction. This approval is long overdue. I am pleased that the new Administration has acted so quickly to move this plan forward.”