"the expected costs to the American people are at least 10 times that of the expected benefits."
"the warning signs are all around us that this energy tax bill is going to lead to lost jobs, higher energy prices, and I think will do very little in terms of an environmental gain."
"It has contributed to a loss of over 3.1 million U.S. manufacturing jobs."
"This creates a system of overlapping and redundant requirements that will inhibit cost effective emissions reductions."
"There is no credible analysis that suggests that this bill will be a net job creator."
"This energy tax bill will be an American job killer as well."
"The $800 billion stimulus bill is not going to save the day."
"We must view the promises of green job creation made by the President and the authors of this bill with legitimate skepticism."
"I would like to do that, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank you for holding this very important hearing on one of really this Committee's highest priorities."
"I think it is an irreplaceable part of our energy portfolio."
"I think that basically the back-of-the-envelope calculations that I have seen... is that the U.S. as a Nation has decades' worth of storage in abandoned oil fields and centuries of storage in salt min..."