Ryan praises Trump for pipeline projects

Published January 24, 2017 6:46pm ET



House Speaker Paul Ryan said “it’s about time” on Tuesday after President Trump issued an executive order allowing both the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines to be build.

Ryan, R-Wis., has long been a proponent of the two pipeline projects, which had been blocked by the Obama administration over environmental worries.

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