Edward Markey actually said...

"And how much of a distraction is this investigation that this Committee is trying to conduct thus far, with no avail at all, no evidence at all?"

"I am giving my remarks today while playing the BP Spill Cam. I am doing this not because I like watching millions of barrels of oil gush into America's waters and pollute our shores, but rather to hel..."

"This is the greatest crime in the history of America against the environment."

"The Majority has claimed that the economic impacts of the 6-month moratorium were worse than the economic impacts of the spill itself."