Ed Markey actually said...

"Autonomous vehicles are just computers without drivers. That's all they are."

"By ignoring that discussion, we ignore the central concerns that families will have about safety and there will be a lot of concerns families are going to have about autonomous vehicles and the safety..."

"I think the history, though, shows that with airbags and with seatbelts, et cetera, unless there's a mandate, it's just not accomplished unless you actually pass laws out of this committee nationally."

"The standard could keep getting raised, but to have no standard would be extremely dangerous."