House Oversight panel subpoenas Kerry for Keystone XL documents

July 9, 2015
The US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued a subpoena to US Sec. of State John F. Kerry for reports, recommendations, letters, and comments that the State Department received from federal agencies regarding the Keystone XL pipeline’s cross-border permit application.

The US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued a subpoena to US Sec. of State John F. Kerry for reports, recommendations, letters, and comments that the State Department received from federal agencies regarding the Keystone XL pipeline’s cross-border permit application.

The July 8 subpoena followed letters to DOS on Feb. 24 and June 15 for the letters from advising federal agencies, Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) said on July 9.

“[DOS] has been uncooperative in the committee’s efforts to conduct oversight of the Keystone XL permitting process, and has shown an unwillingness to recognize the committee’s legitimate interest in obtaining information,” Chaffetz said. “In light of this, a subpoena is necessary and appropriate.”

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NICK SNOW covered oil and gas in Washington for more than 30 years. He worked in several capacities for The Oil Daily and was founding editor of Petroleum Finance Week before joining OGJ as its Washington correspondent in September 2005 and becoming its full-time Washington editor in October 2007. He retired from OGJ in January 2020.