Edward Markey actually said...

You don't have to be Dick Tracey to see the speed-over-safety pattern running through the offshore drilling bills.

Even the simple and commonsense requirement that oil companies pay for the inspections of their own rigs has been rejected by the Republican...

the majority's discussion draft doesn't provide any dedicated funding stream for the Bureau of Ocean Energy.

this proposal, because the discussion draft differs from the reorganization of the department, will only delay permitting of drilling.