Ed Markey actually said...

"The Senate Committee will be accepting questions from Chairman Carper, Ranking Member Capito, and Senator Inhofe and other members who have a concern on this."

"Well, I thank the NRC for extending the comment period on the rule to August. We appreciate that."

"Those suggestions were disregarded. And the frustration you hear from stakeholders and residents is the result of that disregard for the requests which had been made."

"Well, if the NRC doesn't have to consider and respond to public comments on a plant's decommissioning process, the rulemaking just sets up a show trial."