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 5 billion barrels of oil."

"I would urge my Republican colleagues to drop their opposition to all mythical moratoriums and all pretend permit-oriums and instead join me in supporting the repeal of an actual embargo that prevents..."

"The Majority has been so focused on a make-believe moratorium on drilling in the Gulf, that they've apparently missed the actual decades-long moratorium on American companies drilling off of Cuba that..."

"We should end the Cuban embargo so that American companies and American workers can reap the benefits of drilling so near our shores."