Ed Markey

I rise to claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Massachusetts is recognized for 5 minutes.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Massachusetts will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Bucshon The Acting CHAIR. It…

Could I inquire from the Chair how much time is remaining on either side? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Washington State has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, strike the period at line 12 and insert a semicolon, and after line 12 insert the following: unless…

Can you provide to the committee the Pentagon policy on eradicating all information that is gathered by 7,500, you know, drones flying over the United States of private American citizens

So it is important for us to find ways of efficiently, in these 20 years later--it is only actually like 15 years.

Back in 1993 when I was chairman of this subcommittee, we held hearings on reclaiming spectrum from the military from other government agencies, and it was necessity.

Natural gas is killing coal in the free market.

We did. We extended it.

How can the American people trust that energy policy to really be all of the above instead of oil above all?

Subsidies for oil and no subsidies for wind is market-based? I don't think so.

I authored the language here in the House of Representatives. That is 3 million barrels of oil per day.

That is a disaster for our country. That is the single largest domestic source of energy in our country, wind and solar, 20 and 30 years from now.

That is a good record for Obama.

That is not all of the above, that is oil above all.

I think the fear is that the Republicans are so tied to the oil industry, you know, that they can't give up those tax breaks.

We went to 10.2 percent unemployment under the Bush recession. Now it is at 8.1 percent.

A little arithmetic. When Bush left, 750,000 jobs a month were being lost.

That is why the polling says that Obama has a 10- to 13-point lead over Romney on energy issues.

Good luck trying to twist that around. Good luck. Good luck on that arithmetic.

Now, that is a real tribute. That hasn't happened ever.

The majority of this Committee has refused to invite the CEOs of largest oil companies to testify on what changes they have made as industry leaders to improve the safety of offshore drilling following the spill.

So, again, there is no evidence that Secretary Salazar ever wanted any political cover. He made the decision. He stood up. He said, let's call a time out, make sure we know what we are doing. And he did so boldly, courageously…

It was his decision.

To the best of my understanding, the Secretary has consistently said that the moratorium decision was his decision.