Edward Markey actually said...

"What price? How buyable are Americans? How low do we get when we start taking our key heirlooms and we start selling them to Dutch Royal Shell or British Petroleum?"

"If I may, Mr. Chairman, just to say I felt that we needed this hearing so that the deficit reduction aspect of that hearing that we have already had was properly inserted into the record."

"We need to not only end polluter subsidies, but also end of the Bush tax cuts that are largely responsible for our current budget crunch."

"Congress, in my opinion, has a moral responsibility to help save Eisenhower's Arctic sanctuary--a wonder like Yellowstone, the Tetons, Big Bend, and the Grand Canyon--for future generations to enjoy."