the time has expired. i would also tell the gentleman we will certainly accept the letter and we will follow the rules but we are not going to be subpoenaing the koch brothers and not asking the koch brothers to appear because the brothers have nothing to do with this project. at this time i would like to . point of order, mr. chairman. you made a statement you were not recognized for the time. you cut me out in the middle of the sentence. i would like to know the substantiation . your time was up. i m joined by robert greenwald, that was an interesting exchange, there are people on capitol hill who for lack of a better term are protecting the koch brothers. what would be so bad about bringing them in for testimony about their connection. what do you think of the exchange in i think it was a good exchange.
the chairman has gotten 25 or $30,000 from the koch brothers. so there is a very direct connection between the people they are funding and what the elected officials will do in pursuit of the koch s economic self-interest. as the president said, they ve made billions just in the last few years. you ve got a film coming out about the koch brothers influence on american college and university campuses. they are setting up a paernt where universities are expected to give up their values in exchange for money. programs that they start tend to be one point of view only. they now have financial agreements with over 150 colleges and university enoughs. spent tens of millions of dollars to get their point of view instilled in classrooms, among faculty members, and in students.
to understand the situation better, i requested advice from the koch brothers or koch industries to come in and testify. we are not going to be subpoenaing the koch brothers and we re not asking the koch brothers to appear because the koch brothers have nothing to do with this project. which we fought and won world war ii in less time than it s taken so far to evaluate the process. the first piece is to identify what the alternative routes may be, so we don t even have a complete route for the pipeline which goes through the whole part of the central of, the center part of the country. bret: well, there was a hearing up on capitol hill today about the keystone xl popline that the obama administration rejected. i got fiery at times. there you heard the state department official saying that they still need time to talk about the routes. the state of nebraska which is really at the center of all of
and once in 2011. correct. the route has changed in that period. they are now asking the state even more reason to so let s all right. so the president said republicans insist as part of the tax deal that we have a decision by february. you know what? it s too quick. what do we hear today from the latest at the state department browbeaten by the republicans? you know what? we don t have the it s three-and-a-half years. alternative route it s not three-and-a-half years. alternative routes are less environmentally sensitive than the ones that that may be the case. give people a chance to look at it. why did vit to be part of the taxes, pressure. bret: we don t yell. we don t yell. let me say one thing quietly. [ laughter ] you know me. about the koch brothers. actually, if you knew my wife he is would appreciate that. let me say this about the koch
to mend our alliance with canada to have for us and secure source of oil long range and deny strategic asset to china. that is something we ought to reject because it might help the koch brothers. that s like saying if gaddafi s son owned a biotech company that discovered a cure for cancer, we would ban its importation because it helped gaddafis. if you can think of a more stupid, intellectually desperate argument on anything i d like to hear it. i would address that to congressman waxman with the highest all due respect. bret: we ll ask him to come on and respond. the invitation is out there. juan, the president didn t mention the keystone xl pipeline obviously in the state of the union. he did talk about energy. as this goes on, is this a vulnerability for this administration? is it a real that is why you see the republicans persisting in this thing. clearly, the president said there will be no decision until 2013 at the earliest.