Edward Markey actually said...

"I think we absolutely, as part of that rulemaking, should look at the appropriate role of State and local governments in the process."

"It is ridiculous that people who are relatively well off, someone like myself, would be in a similar position for someone who was impoverished."

"So I ask this question in the context of the world in which we are living, looking at the Middle East--"

"These programs are going to have to be adjusted."