Edward Markey actually said...

"The Gulf had to be protected. That is what President Obama did to minimize the economic harm to the region from the spill."

"We should find out who did it. We should have them sitting here under oath, the CEOs of each of those companies."

"Instead, the Majority is wasting the Committee's time on this trivial and baseless investigation of an investigation."

"This is what Secretary Salazar and others in the Administration were trying to stop."