Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 11, 2011
Holding a hearing on the impact of a safety check following an unimaginable oil spill is a little like holding a hearing on the impact of wearing a cast after shattering your leg without looking at the accident that required the cast.
Said by
Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey criticizes the focus on safety checks instead of the oil spill's actual impacts.

Share & report

More from Ed Markey

Jul 1, 2025

This 99-1 vote sent a clear message that Congress will not sell out our kids and local communities in order to pad the pockets of Big Tech billionaires.

cnn.com
Apr 2, 2025

Mr. President, I thank Senator Kaine for his leadership on this issue. President Trump's new tariffs are not ``Liberation Day''; they are ``Obliteration Day.'' They are going to be remembered as something that raised taxes on every…

Congressional Record · 2025-04-02
May 9, 2025

Let us not be fooled into thinking that we are different from Rumeysa.

cbsnews.com
Apr 21, 2025

Through the Trump administration, ICE feels they have a right to take people from across our country, and to put them into facilities like this here in Louisiana.

cnn.com

Other voices in this conversation