All statements involving Edward Markey
"We only have 2 percent of the oil reserves in the world, and we consume 25 percent of the world's oil on a daily basis."
"Right now every single one of the (oil) companies here today and dozens of others are drilling for free in the Gulf of Mexico on leases that will cost American taxpayers more than $50 billion in lost royalties."
Says the Congressional Budget Office estimates a cap-and-trade program would cost the average family the equivalent of "a postage stamp a day."
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