Edward Markey actually said...

"If the Republicans vote to allow the exportation of America's natural gas in their transportation bill, all they will be constructing is an expressway to higher prices for American families and busine..."

"The Majority rejected my amendments in this Committee to ensure that natural gas produced from public lands cannot be exported."

"The Majority said their drilling bills were necessary to pay for transportation funding. Yet, the three bills reported out of this committee would generate less than 10 percent of the revenue shortfal..."

"The Majority should not be imposing a de facto natural gas tax on American agriculture, manufacturing in chemical, steel, and plastics by allowing our natural gas to be exported."