Honorable Ed Markey
United States Representative, Massachusetts, Democrat
Representative Markey, of the Seventh District of Massachusetts, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976. He is the Ranking Minority Member of the Natural Resources Committee and a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee. The following is from the July 26, 2011, House floor debate on H.R. 1938, the North American-Made Energy Security Act. I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 1938. We are debating whether to expedite the approval of a pipeline that will import the dirtiest crude oil on the planet to the United States of America by melting the oil out…
