Ed Markey actually said...

"There is no one on the National Security Council whose job it is to deal with sanctions?"

"Although I would say that we did over-legislate on sanctions on Iran."

"I was always a very strong supporter of sanctions on Iran, just to send the signal that this was just not some diplomat coming from the State Department, but the Congress itself was making sure to emp..."

"It is time to act on this, because it is not just this election. We have seen this movie before, sadly. And the time is now to act."