Ed Markey actually said...

"The Clean Water Act is one of America's great success stories."

"It is time to restore much-needed certainty, consistency, and effectiveness to the Clean Water Act."

"The conferees fully intend that the term `navigable waters' be given the broadest possible constitutional interpretation."

"To me, the notion that the U.S. Government has no role in protecting a downstream State and its members from upstream pollution is an extraordinary idea."