Edward Markey actually said...

"These bills would once again place drill rigs off our beaches up and down the East and West Coasts."

"I oppose it and ask instead that you join the nearly 1 million people from every State in this union who just this past week expressed to our government that no oil drilling should take place in the A..."

"Unfortunately, we also take reckless actions as a government."

"Over 1,000 scientists wrote and said the Coastal Plain is uniquely sensitive to disturbance, making it virtually impossible to mitigate the effects of oil development."