Edward Markey actually said...

Over the past 10 years in the leasing of the last 10 leases in the Gulf of Mexico dating back to August of 2005, the Interior Department has offered more than 39,000 tracts to oil companies to drill.

Context

Markey highlights the lack of interest from oil companies in offshore drilling leases.

11/15/2011

https://congress.gov...

More Edward Markey Quotes

the single biggest step the United States has taken to reduce our carbon pollution.
3/28/2017
the less CO2 that goes up into the atmosphere is the less danger there is going to be to any of this infrastructure.
3/28/2017
my hope is that the Department of Transportation leadership, no matter what their party affiliation, would recognize the importance of takin...
3/28/2017
a vision without funding is a hallucination.
3/28/2017

View All Edward Markey Quotes