Ed Markey actually said...

"For years, the Majority has said we need to 'drill here, drill now, pay less.' But it appears the real Republican energy plan is to 'drill here, sell there, and pay more.'"

"It's not the Obama administration holding back more domestic production, it's the oil companies that are currently warehousing roughly 26 million acres offshore that hold billions of barrels of oil."

"If the Republicans vote to allow the exportation of America's natural gas in their transportation bill, all they will be constructing is an expressway to higher prices for American families and busine..."

"The Majority said their drilling bills were necessary to pay for transportation funding. Yet, the three bills reported out of this committee would generate less than 10 percent of the revenue shortfal..."