"The facts just don't support these claims."
"The Republicans say they support the pipeline because it will create tens of thousands of jobs, but that is not right either."
"Oil prices are set by the global markets. This pipeline will have no impact on our vulnerability to price spikes or Iranian brinksmanship."
"Now is that a way to approve an important and controversial pipeline? I hardly think that is the case."
"We asked Koch whether this was true and were told that they have no interest whatsoever in the pipeline."
"If the Republicans were seriously and actually concerned about jobs, they would work with the President passing his jobs bill."
"It will simply allow Canadian oil companies to use the United States as a conduit for shipping their tar sands overseas to China."
"This tar sands pipeline won't boost our energy independence or lower gas prices or create the inflated jobs being promised."
"I think this pipeline is a bad idea. It ignores the concerns of the----"
"The American people will bear the risks, and Big Oil will reap the rewards."
"No, sir, and that is why we felt we could not go forward."