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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWaxman: “Are you calling the Koch brothers during the recess?”
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/oh-snap-congressmen-brawl-over-subpoenaing-koch-brothers-to-testify-on-keystone-pipeline/Im The Chairman! Congressmen Brawl Over Subpoenaing Koch Brothers To Testify On Keystone Pipeline
Congressional throwdown! In a heated hearing Wednesday on Capitol Hill, Democratic Congressman Henry Waxman called upon the billionaire Koch brothers to be subpoenaed over their alleged monetary interests in the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. Republican Congressman Ed Whitfield angrily cut off Waxman. Were not going to be subpoenaing the Koch brothers because the Koch brothers have nothing to do with this project, Whitfield snapped.
Point of order! Waxman exclaimed. You cut me out in the middle of a sentence!
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CurtEastPoint
(18,641 posts)Contributions to him: low, average and high estimates of contributions: Whitfield, Ed (R-KY) $200,002 $350,001 $500,000
gateley
(62,683 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)JBoy
(8,021 posts)I could tell that Whitfield was *this* close to blowing his top. You could hear the rage suppression in his voice.
His deflection by spouting off Hannity talking points about Solyndra was lame.
pacalo
(24,721 posts)suspected.
KansDem
(28,498 posts)Horseshit!
Consider these two offices in Wichita, Kansas
Koch Industries, Inc.
4111 E. 37th St N
Wichita, KS 67220
Trans Canada Keystone Pipeline
8200 E 34th Cir N #1603
Wichita, KS 67226
3 miles apart. Riiiight, Kochs won't have anything to do with the pipeline...
Oh, and consider this--
The good folks over at InsideClimateNews have been tracking the assault by Koch Industries on the environmental and health regulations and global climate science.
Now theyve come across a link between Koch Industries and the Keystone XL Pipeline project and tar sands oil development. And the link was sitting there in plain sight.
Much of the focus on the tar sands oil extraction and the various legs of the Keystone XL Pipeline was naturally on the companies that extracted the oil and the companies involved in the pipeline construction and operation. But the obvious question was, whos buying the tar sands oil and shipping it through the pipeline? Well, the answer is, an affiliate of Koch Industries. From InsideClimateNews:
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http://firedoglake.com/2011/10/05/report-koch-industries-oil-affiliate-has-major-interest-in-tarsands-keystone-xl-pipeline/
I would say Rep. Whitfield is a liar...
A-Schwarzenegger
(15,596 posts)Ellipsis
(9,124 posts)Koch Brothers has Partnership Agreement with ONEOK who is Tied to Keystone XL and TransCanada, ONEOKs Gas Pipelines Connected to TransCanadas Oil Pipelines the Potential Fireball and Ruptured Pipelines
http://fredericacade.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/koch-brothers-has-partnership-agreement-with-oneok-who-is-tied-to-keystone-xl-and-transcanada-oneoks-gas-pipelines-connected-to-transcanadas-oil-pipelines-the-potential-fireball-and-ruptured-pip/
Koch company declared 'substantial interest' in Keystone XL pipeline
Document filed with Canada's Energy Board appears to cast doubt on claims by Koch Industries that it has no interest in the controversial pipeline
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/05/koch-keystone-xl-pipeline