Edward Markey actually said...

"I think that the sooner we actually begin to look at that $1.8 billion to $1.9 billion, and just decide we are going to fund it, is the less likely we are going to have catastrophic consequences."

"So these governments just have to know how important this issue is to us, because it is killing thousands of people across the United States on a yearly basis."

"the planet is dangerously warming, and the science is clear."

"the United States, as the historically largest contributor to greenhouse gases, ... we have a responsibility to be the leader to reduce the risk to this planet."