Eliot Engel actually said...

"Then what would be the benefit to the taxpayers who are taking this kind of risk if in fact, we are getting more oil but we are then exporting more oil as well?"

"If my constituents knew, for instance, that by having this pipeline they would get a reduction a year down the line or 2 years down the line, of a dollar a gallon in their gasoline, people would see s..."

"I have a lot of environmental concerns but I also have concerns about energy independence."

"I would like to know that if we are taking the risk we get the benefit and that the oil isn't simply going to come down the pipeline, be refined in Texas, and get exported to China."