Edward Markey actually said...

If you think storms and drought conditions and catastrophic wildfires are just random freak events, then you are in deep, deep denial.

I want to thank Congressman Bishop for holding this hearing today to consider legislation to combat wildfires.

This flash drought of 2012 is also man made, but not because we failed to learn the lessons of the land.

You can put a band-aid on it here and there, and you try to put together policies that deal with the band-aid, but you have to step back and...