Edward Markey actually said...

"Let me state very clearly that these hearings will lead to action by this Committee."

"The fact is that the Obama Administration is issuing new permits in both shallow water and deepwater."

"The fact is that domestic oil production has been increasing overall, and in the Gulf of Mexico under the Obama Administration."

"This hearing is apparently taking place in a parallel universe where we did not suffer the worst oil spill in our nation's history last year..."