Our View: Focus should be on U.S.

Following up on an earlier threat to veto it, President Barack Obama officially vetoed a bill approving construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline Tuesday.

While many residents are probably fuming at the news, we have to say we agree with Obama’s veto, though not for reasons most would expect.

Yes, studies should be concluded estimating the environmental impact of the project and other considerations before final approval is voted on, but we believe Congress should really focus on bills that promote domestic energy development. Senators and representatives should be pushing bills to help focus e...