Ed Markey actually said...

"I hope as you go about your responsibilities, you will make sure that this long tradition of overlooking oceans and coasts gets whittled back."

"You are going to do a great job. Thank you."

"Our coasts are seeing unprecedented hazards from sea level rise, from warming of the seas, from upheaval in the biota in the fisheries, and from really catastrophic storm risk."

"I think you can sense we know her and we love her."