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On Tuesday morning, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference and member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, appeared on FOX News’ “America’s Newsroom” with Bill Hemmer to provide a preview of President Obama’s State of the Union address this evening.  She emphasized the importance of increasing American energy production, especially now that the Obama Administration has rejected the Keystone XL Pipeline Project.

“Unfortunately the President said that he didn’t have enough time to make the decision on the Keystone Pipeline.  It’s a very important project for American energy production.  This is a project that has bipartisan support.  The State Department has been looking at it for three years.  They’ve had plenty of time – and it could create up to 100,000 jobs here in America that are desperately needed.   At a time when we need to be putting Americans back to work, the President, unfortunately, is saying ‘no’ to American energy and ‘no’ to American jobs.  That’s thewrong answer.”

“Just last week, the President’s Jobs Council – a group of CEOs that are brought into the White House to advise the President on how to create jobs – they recommended an ‘all-in’ energy strategy for America – and to say ‘yes’ – not to just green energy, but to oil, to gas, to coal.  And yet the President isn’t listening to his own Jobs Council.”

“The President needs to start saying ‘yes’ to American energy and unfortunately he hasn’t.  We have an example here of two different approaches.  One is a Keystone economy, where it’s the private sector developing American energy – versus the Solyndra economy, where it’s the federal government deciding who’s going to get the money for investment.  And it’s a really contrasting approach.  And I believe the private sector is the way to get this economy going.  It’s a win-win for Americans.”

To watch the Congresswoman on FOX News, click here.

To ask House Republicans a question during tonight’s State of the Union address, click here.