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Pipeline is so important is that without that investment, without that capital expenditure to build that pipeline, it doesn't make much sense to take all the stuff out. that's the weakness. that's the weakness being attacked and that needs to be replicated times a thousand. so happy earth day. joining me now congressman hakim jeffreys, democrat from new york. congressman, one of the reasons i love talking to you is you're relatively new to capitol hill. you retain a bit of an outsider's view on it. >> yes, i do. >> what is the keystone fight about from where you stand operating capitol hill as...

Without that investment, without that capital expenditure to build that pipeline, it doesn't make much sense to take all the stuff out. that's the weakness. that's the weakness being attacked and that needs to be replicated times a thousand. so happy earth day. joining me now congressman hakim jeffreys, democrat from new york. congressman, one of the reasons i love talking to you is you're relatively new to capitol hill. you retain a bit of an outsider's view on it. >> yes, i do. >> what is the keystone fight about from where you stand operating capitol hill as you do? >> i think you did a gre...

Have been written and tasked by the legislature, they don't work. i mean, it's a maze. you look at 2012, so we have all these laws restricting money, having all these odd limitations. to figure this stuff out, honestly, there are very good lawyers here in washington, d.c. and elsewhere. we had one of our own in indiana that sent their entire careers on these laws because they're so complicated. and you know what? it's not slowing down money. 2012, before this case, as peter mentioned, you had the most money ever in politics. in spite of all of these folks who think that they're limiting money ...

I'm not sure. >> brad lean. >> when they leaked all that stuff out, you know what was apparent? we weren't the bad guys. the saudis are more concerned about iran all this time that we were in the bush years. they're pushing us to act. so then the -- iran, now that we have this ridiculous deal with iran, a year to cut this deal, the saudis are beside themselves. they're like, are you kidding me? how could you trust these guys? >> not only the saudis, our good friends, our allies, the israelis are losing it right now. they can't figure out what's going on with president obama. why we're letting ...

Is a woman, when they leaked all that stuff out, you know what was apparent? that we weren't the bat,d guys. the saudis were more concerned about iran during all this time than we were during the bush years. they were pushing us to act and basically be their shield. u so then the -- now that we go out and have this ridiculous deal with iran, the saudis are beside themselves. they're like, are you kidding me? how could youu trust those guys? >> not only the saudis are very good friends, allies, the, israelis are losing it rightosin now. they can't figure out what is going on with president obam...