Take the case of Keystone XL: This is a project that would create thousands of well-paying jobs, and which has been through the most stringent regulatory pre-approval process to which any proposed pipeline has ever been subjected.
This process is -- the State Department process is in place because the proposed pipeline crosses an international border with Canada, and that is why the State Department reviews it.
Online shopping seems like a straightforward process: hunt down the perfect item, trudge through the checkout pipeline and await a package's inevitable arrival.
Ms. ELLEN SAUERBREY (Assistant Secretary Of State): Two thousand will have completed the security clearance process and arrived in the United States, but many more in the pipeline that will be coming quickly behind.
Sirius proposes to process the ore at a site at Wilton, near Middlesbrough, and plans to transport it via a steel pipeline buried a minimum of 3ft 11in (1.2 m) below ground.