Edward Markey actually said...

"we are simultaneously talking about exporting the most precious of all raw products, and it will go to China because they will be the high bidder"

"lifting the crude export ban would reduce the investment in the U.S. refining sector by nearly $9 billion over the next decade"

"But there is no uniform enforcement, Mr. Gray."

"I agree with you. I think it is the new frontier for doing good but it is also the new frontier for potentially endangering Americans, especially children, and we have to do a lot more about it."