Edward Markey actually said...

"I want to commend Congressman Markey for his legislation that I believe was introduced yesterday for taking on some of these subjects."

"The Republican plan to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling would not offer us any refuge from red ink."

"Leave it. Leave it alone. Let it be what it has always been. Natural. Undisturbed."

"This is not a Democratic issue or a Republican issue--it is an issue of legacy and common sense."