Edward Markey actually said...

"And how much of a distraction is this investigation that this Committee is trying to conduct thus far, with no avail at all, no evidence at all?"

"The Gulf had to be protected. That is what President Obama did to minimize the economic harm to the region from the spill."

"These rigs did not leave. These rigs kept their employees."

"The Majority has claimed that the economic impacts of the 6-month moratorium were worse than the economic impacts of the spill itself."