Edward Markey actually said...

"I believe it should remain an unmolested U.S. wilderness sanctuary, public land used for outdoors recreation by world citizens."

"The 1872 Mining Law is perhaps the grandfather of all anti-environmental giveaways."

"the oil industry and the mining industry, as they right now get away without paying their fair share of the dues to live in our country."

"What price? How buyable are Americans? How low do we get when we start taking our key heirlooms and we start selling them to Dutch Royal Shell or British Petroleum?"