Edward Markey actually said...

"Will you commit to not preventing NOAA scientists from speaking publicly about their work on climate change science or retaliating against those scientists who do?"

"Challenging is a euphemistic way of describing the overwhelming challenge that the planet is going to face but especially the coastal communities in America."

"the scientists in the Federal Government are increasingly paranoid that because the President has pulled out of the Paris Agreement..."

"The President's proposed budget cut proposes big cuts to NOAA, including a $250 million cut from NOAA's coastal research programs."