Since the USGC pipeline flows are basically base load and at capacity, only pipeline expansion would make a difference and this is more of a question of what customers want to make the ship and pay financial committments to underwrite the pipeline expansions.

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Vice President Biden also spoke at the breakfast, reflecting on his trip to Rome last month where he met Pope Francis and heard him speak about our committments to one another, not just as people of faith, but, he went on to say, but as human beings.

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