Edward Markey actually said...

"I would hope my Republican friends could agree that it is time for us to put a fee on this."

"If the ice starts breaking off Greenland and goes into the ocean, there is no place to go, and it results in flooding, higher temperatures, more water hitting our coastline."

"I know your side wants to defund the NASA satellites so that they cannot tell us what is happening any longer because it is inconvenient for certain special interests, but that is a dumb way to go."

"I ask for an aye vote on Senator Whitehouse's amendment just so you can protect us against this ice going into the water and endangering our coastlines."