Edward Markey actually said...

"Because of a relic of the Cold War, the Cuban embargo, American oil companies cannot drill in this area that could contain as much as five billion barrels of oil."

"It wasn't like that at the beginning, as Congressman Bonner I am sure will remind me, but we have greatly accelerated this process."

"I know of no case in history--I can't think of one--where a company voluntarily put up $20 billion to resolve claims."

"This is a huge, unprecedented science experiment that took place at BP's hands dumping all the chemicals in with the oil."