Edward Markey actually said...

"Together, the changes that were included to improve on the safety issues raised by the Union of Concerned Scientists resulted in proposed changes that have considerably improved this legislation."

"The bill's authors balanced their desire to enable nuclear innovation by reforming the NRC's licensing process with the public interest in nuclear safety."

"You and I, we don't agree on climate change, but we do agree that we have to be committed to cleaning up old industrial contaminated sites so that they can be reused."

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."