Edward Markey actually said...

"Have you asked for negotiations with the North Koreans?"

"So what the administration is saying, then, is that you believe in a negotiated settlement of this issue of the development of nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles by North Korea, b..."

"We believe that the United States needs to make it crystal clear that our country will impose unprecedented economic pressure on North Korea and its enablers."

"I believe that continued diplomatic drift only increases the risk of unintended war, with potentially grave consequences."