By Benjamin Cox on January 29, 2021 at 5:03pm An executive order by new President Joe Biden is already drawing ire from members of Illinois’ GOP Congressional Delegation. 18 th District Congressman Darin LaHood, 13 th District Congressman Rodney Davis, 15 th District Congresswoman Mary Miller, and 12 th District Congressman Mike Bost have all issued arguments against President Biden’s executive order canceling further construction of the Keystone XL pipeline that stretches from Canada into Illinois and down into Texas. The $9 billion project was expected to transport 830,000 barrels of crude oil per day and according to Keystone XL’s website, was estimated to support about 11,000 jobs this year. The pipeline has a been a target of environmentalists and Democrat lawmakers for nearly a decade. The pipeline’s construction especially came under fire when toxic leaks were found during former President Donald Trump’s administration in South Dakota in 2017 and North Dakota in 2019. The Trump Administration had been a proponent of the pipeline since helping further construction with the permitting process, which had overturned President Barack Obama’s decision to block its construction.