On the September 29, 2012, edition of Moyers and Company, Pocan said, "ALEC is a corporate dating service for lonely legislators and corporate special interests that eventually the relationship culminates with some special-interest legislation and hopefully that lives happily ever after as the ALEC model.
On September 29, 2012, Moyers and Company featured Pocan stating that ALEC is a "corporate dating service" for legislators seeking to align with corporate interests, leading to legislation favorable to those interests.