Edward Markey actually said...

"Since 1976, the Magnuson-Stevens Act--and, by the way, as that bill emerged from this Committee, it was called the Studds-Young bill after Congressman Gerry Studds and Congressman Don Young."

"Unfortunately, the fishing industry hit rough waters in the 1990s, battling a perfect storm of depleted fish stocks, pollution and warming seas."

"Further cuts in the committee's budget could, as Chairman Hastings has noted, seriously impair our ability to hire and retain the skilled professional staff we need."

"I would just give one example. We had the worst oil spill in world history last year, and it was on public lands in the jurisdiction of our committee in the Gulf of Mexico."