Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the remaining minute. The gentleman from Nebraska says, What's the problem? All the oil's going to stay in the United States. It's not going to China. That's what will happen if we don't build the pipeline. So they should vote for the Markey amendment because the Markey amendment could only be guilty of redundancy saying all the oil stays here in America. So if that's your purpose, that's what the Markey amendment says. We'll hold you to your word when we have the vote. But here's the real plan. TransCanada puts the dirtiest oil on the planet into the brand new pipeline Republicans are giving it; two, TransCanada sends that oil to the gulf coast where it can make billions more than where it currently sells it in the Midwest; three, refineries in the gulf coast re-export it to other countries at world oil prices and don't pay any taxes to the U.S. for doing so; four, Americans get higher gas prices and no increased energy security; five, TransCanada, Hugo Chavez, and the sheiks of Saudi Arabia laugh all the way to the bank. Please vote ``yes'' for the Markey-Connolly-Cohen-Welch amendment. I yield back the balance of my time.”