Edward Markey actually said...

"I don't want any audience that is watching or listening to this hearing to go away with the impression that your caution... doesn't have any support in reality out there."

"While the discovery of new gas resources creates a domestic energy and economic opportunity... we must also ensure that this exploration and production of natural gas is done safely and responsibly."

"For communities around this country the expansion of natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing has meant contamination of water supplies, loss of property value, deteriorating health conditions, d..."

"I appreciated what Representative Waxman said about big companies complaining, it is actually the opposite."