Edward Markey actually said...

"Instead of choosing safety, you chose savings. Instead of choosing action, you chose to cut corners."

"We owe it to the American people to put in place requirements to ensure that no natural gas company is allowed to shortchange safety ever again."

"What we saw in Lawrence and what we are continuing to see from the industry is unacceptable."

"Saving money as a way of increasing profits but at the expense of safety leads to disaster."