Ed Markey actually said...

"My answer would be, of course, it makes it harder to discourage other countries, the deeper we get involved in the industry ourselves even indirectly, as you are saying here."

"At the end of the day, we wind up being part of this with that wink and nod to this ultimately very dangerous technology that some day very well could come back to haunt the whole planet."

"By saying that we give permission for Norway to take our nuclear materials to France, we are just sending a dual message that would be hard to miss by the French."

"I do not agree that this agreement in any way encourages Norway to pursue such technology."