Ed Markey

I believe very strongly that the farther you go out and the deeper you are, the more dangerous it becomes.

Only big oil will claim that they can drill safely and look to expand drilling in the wake of our country's worst environmental disaster and the finding of their systematic failures.

What you have alluded to, both of you, is the fact that somewhere along the line, there is human error; something wasn't read.

This is not a time for half measures or tinkering around the edges; this is a time for bold reforms.

It is vital to our nation's energy future that we examine the causes of this tragedy with clear eyes, assess the lessons to be learned with open minds, and commit ourselves to fundamental reform with firm resolve.

While I applaud the Chairman for holding this hearing today, I am also deeply saddened that this hearing is necessary.

If we are shortsighted and complacent, today's hearing will be an end. If we are visionary and engaged, today's hearing is only the beginning of having America have the safest and most productive oil and natural gas industry.

While my colleagues on the Republican side may not have liked all that was in that legislation, it is my hope that now the Commission has made many of the same recommendations, that we can work together in a bipartisan effort to craft new…

This is a time for bold reforms. The lives lost and the damage done as a result of this tragedy require nothing short of fundamental change in the way we conduct the business of offshore oil and gas development and production.

It is vital to our Nation's energy future that we examine the causes of this tragedy with clear eyes, assess the lessons to be learned with open minds, and commit ourselves to fundamental reform with firm resolve.

We, on this side of the aisle, look forward to a productive working relationship with you and with the majority, occasionally punctuated by knockdown drag-out fights over issues that we all care about deeply.

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We have to make sure that people don't, basically, allow themselves to be lulled to sleep by the ads by BP on every television station.

I think it is important for there to be a public dissemination of the assumptions of the federal government, so that the independent scientists can do, in real time, that peer review work.

What Woods Hole Oceanographic has found is that they there were underwater plumes that were created after this spill began.

My view is that the -- the algorithms, the assumptions should be released right now so that independent scientists can do an evaluation as to whether or not they believe that the assumptions that were made by NOAA and the other agencies…

I think that we need to ensure that there is a cop on the beat. We have to make sure that people don't, basically, allow themselves to be lulled to sleep by the ads by BP on every television station.

My concern is that -- that, while this report was released last week, we have yet to really see the backup work, the homework that was attached to it. And now it will be peer-reviewed.

I am pleased that the House was called back into session to take up and pass this critical jobs measure today. This bill will bolster working-class Americans, ensure that our teachers are protected from layoffs and reduce the deficit…

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