Ed Markey actually said...

"lifting the crude export ban would reduce the investment in the U.S. refining sector by nearly $9 billion over the next decade"

"we are simultaneously talking about exporting the most precious of all raw products, and it will go to China because they will be the high bidder"

"there is no question that his views represent how a lot of people think about this."

"We sincerely apologize to them, and extend our deepest and heartfelt sympathies."