Ed Markey

I just hope that the record is clear out there and this gets reported as the real story.

You innovate or you die.

They said no. They said no. They said no over and over again to innovation.

The free market is beating coal.

Please understand that the majority of people in Appalachia are against mountaintop removal coal mining.

In reality the fact is mountaintop removal is killing people.

The coal industry was allowed to do as they please during the 8 years of the Bush Administration.

In George Bush's words 'We need this coal, our homeland security depends on it.'

The Spruce No. 1 permit is one of the first examples of steps that the EPA has taken to STOP irresponsible mining practices which were ignored during the Bush Administration.

The reason that coal has been on a massive decline in recent years has less to do with President Obama than with the inability of the coal industry to innovate and its inability to compete.

Natural gas is cheaper. It burns cleaner.

We actually had to have a hearing here in 1987 when the Federal Communications Commission was actually considering a proposal that would have per-minute charges up on the corner of the screen on the Internet rather than an all-you-can-eat…

The decisions taken in Dubai in December have the potential to put government handcuffs on the net.

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. 12 Offered by Mr. Polis The Acting CHAIR. It…

Again, could you, Mr. Chair, tell me how much time I have? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from California has 2 minutes remaining.

Could the Chair inform me as to how much time is remaining on our side? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 3 minutes remaining. The gentleman from California has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Again, none of that has happened.

We did not pass that legislation, either.

Creating a dedicated funding stream paid for by the oil industry for offshore regulators, that area has been woefully funded, historically.

I don't really understand how you can say that... when we do the same thing off the Atlantic Coast and say we shouldn't have drilling.

I really call on the Department to earnestly listen to the concerns and opposition.

There isn't enough potential in the Atlantic to offset the potential damage to the tourism and economy.

Seismic testing is the first step in the direction of opening up the Atlantic Coast to oil drilling.

The time and resources that the Department of the Interior is allocating to seismic testing could be better used on higher priorities.

I strongly oppose the plan to move forward with seismic testing in the Atlantic Ocean.