"In my view, this makes Keystone XL a lose-lose proposition for America."
"Congress should not be playing this role. The State Department should evaluate the proposal on its merits, not be ramrodded by Congress into approving a boondoggle for the oil industry."
"What I do object is to protecting Koch from legitimate scrutiny."
"This pipeline, and the legislation that supports it, will enable the oil companies to charge American consumers more for their gasoline while increasing carbon pollution and endangering precious water..."
"The KXL pipeline scheme is a big oil wolf hiding in Canadian sheepskin."
"This KXL scheme is equivalent to a $4 billion-a-year tax on the oil we are already getting from Canada."
"Piping Canadian oil across America does not make it American oil."
"The data show that the KXL pipeline will do nothing to reduce our reliance on oil from hostile nations."
"Mr. Waxman, you invited them and they refused to come?"
"Why do you think we should change our law?"
"The last thing this committee should do would be to set an artificial deadline and pressure the Department into granting the permit."
"I hope we listen closely to their advice."