"The benefits for oil companies are also real. They will finally be able to export tar sands to Asia."
"We feel that we do need the time that Mr. Linder had put out in his estimate."
"I think it is a misguided effort."
"I think that probably what has doomed this application more than anything was the politics that has been played..."
"I also asked the chairman to invite the operator of the pipeline, TransCanada."
"Mr. Chairman, the topic that we are discussing is the Keystone Pipeline, but I must say the Republicans are like Keystone cops in the way they have handled this whole issue."
"I know the original Keystone pipeline that goes into Congressman Shimkus's district and Indiana is much shorter..."
"Well, the oil industry has been saying this would create 20,000 or even 100,000 jobs."
"Now, the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline poses substantial risks for Americans."
"When we first held a hearing on this subject a year ago, there were press reports that Koch Industries would be one of the 'big winners' if this pipeline was constructed."
"I think that is a pitiful excuse for a jobs policy."