Edward Markey actually said...

"Since 1976, the Magnuson-Stevens Act--and, by the way, as that bill emerged from this Committee, it was called the Studds-Young bill after Congressman Gerry Studds and Congressman Don Young."

"Unfortunately, the fishing industry hit rough waters in the 1990s, battling a perfect storm of depleted fish stocks, pollution and warming seas."

"I would just give one example. We had the worst oil spill in world history last year, and it was on public lands in the jurisdiction of our committee in the Gulf of Mexico."

"Demand among our colleagues for approval of legislation within the jurisdiction of the Natural Resources Committee remains exceedingly high."