Edward Markey actually said...

"We need a big national debate over this bonanza of shale oil and gas and see how we benefit most as a country."

"I do not think the analysis has been done. I think people are just throwing this out as some big idea."

"The more we become energy independent the stronger the United States is."

"I want to very strongly contest this idea that massive exportation of American energy is going to affect the Ukraine."