Edward Markey actually said...

"Instead, the Majority is wasting the Committee's time on this trivial and baseless investigation of an investigation."

"We should find out who did it. We should have them sitting here under oath, the CEOs of each of those companies."

"The core function of IGs is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of Department programs, and to uncover fraud, waste, and abuse."

"It is bad enough that the Republican House has not passed a single piece of legislation to improve the safety of offshore drilling."