Edward Markey actually said...

"But we are not going to hear about the spill. We are not going to hear about the damage. We are not going to hear about BP or Halliburton or Transocean."

"And how much of a distraction is this investigation that this Committee is trying to conduct thus far, with no avail at all, no evidence at all?"

"I am giving my remarks today while playing the BP Spill Cam. I am doing this not because I like watching millions of barrels of oil gush into America's waters and pollute our shores, but rather to hel..."

"This is the greatest crime in the history of America against the environment."