Henry Waxman

My greatest concern is that Keystone XL would make us more reliant on the dirtiest source of fuel currently available.

We all want more jobs. And that is why I support... the President's jobs program, which is being blocked by the Republicans...

The Institute's conclusion is that the pipeline will produce far fewer jobs than has been claimed.

It is imperative that we start to move to a clean energy economy now. Keystone XL will take us in the opposite direction.

It is the majority party in this House--your party, Mr. Chairman--who have stated that it is their number-one priority, their highest priority, their definite chief aim, their main goal is to make President Obama fail.

If this was truly solely about jobs for my Republican colleagues, then they would not be trying to stifle each and every aspect of every job-creating program that President Obama has been begging, pleading, and pushing the Congress to act…

I believe that it is entirely appropriate, even necessary, for the administration to conduct a thorough review of the pipeline's new proposed route before they issue a final decision.

It is hard for me to believe that a party that espouses States' rights wants to trample over the rights of the State of Nebraska.

The first year of the 112th Congress posed substantial budgetary challenges for the minority of the committee.

It seems to me you've done more than you could possibly do to answer every question.

Mr. Chairman, I move the committee do now adjourn.

I think it's abusive to have the Secretary, any Cabinet-level Secretary here and then make him wait another 45 minutes.

This is a distraction from the work that we should be doing.

What Congress ought to be spending its time doing is trying to get Americans jobs and back to work.

You're on the right side of this debate, and I think you are on the right side of history.

The Republicans accused you of granting the Solyndra loan to benefit a campaign donor, George Kaiser, but the record before this committee shows you acted on the merits.

One of my colleagues earlier said, well we ought to change the law, that's what we thought we were doing.

Well, the Republicans have accused you of acting illegally in subordinating the loan, but I just don't think that's a case they can sustain.

All of Congress, in passing the bill, as they said, they appropriated $10 billion to cover for loan losses.

You said publicly that you were going to set aside some loan guarantees for higher-risk projects, which you said were projects that had a default rate as high as 10 to 30 percent.

Members on this committee say they are shocked--shocked--that you would invest in a company as risky as Solyndra.

Investing in Solyndra involved risk, but it was a risk that you thought was worth taking because of the importance of clean energy to our economic future; is that right?

No, the climate is changing, and there is much compelling evidence to suggest that a large part of it is due to human activity.

Something far more important is at stake today than scoring partisan political points.

It is time for House Republicans to stop dancing on Solyndra's grave and start getting serious about energy policy.