Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., right, accompanied by Rep. Nick Lampson, D-Texas, center, and Rep. Rahm Emmanuel, D-Ill., left, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 24, 2008, following a House vote on a bill to deploy light crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Rep. Nick Lampson, D-Texas, center, accompanied by Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., right, and Rep. Rahm Emmanuel, D-Ill., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 24, 2008, following a House vote on a bill to deploy light crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
WASHINGTON - JUNE 08: Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) (L) greets EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson (R) at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill June 8, 2007 in Washington, DC. Johnson is expected to testify about global warming before the House Select Energy Independence and Global Warming Committee.
European Commission President Portuguese Jose Manuel Barroso (C) shows the way to US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi (R) as US Chairman of the Energy Independence and Global Warning Ed Markey (L) looks on, before convening for talks, 30 May 2007, at the EU Commission's headquarters in Brussels
Rep. Rahm Emmanuel, D-Ill., second from left, accompanied by, from left, Rep. Nick Lampson, D-Texas, Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 24, 2008, following a House vote on a bill to deploy light crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Rep. John Hall, D-N.Y., left, accompanied by, from second from left, singer Bonnie Raitt, Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-NV, Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass. and activist David Fenton, speak on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007, prior to a news conference urging Congress not to approve federal loan guarantees for new nuclear power plants.
WASHINGTON - JULY 12: (R-L) U.S. Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) talks to House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) prior to a news conference at a gas station on Capitol Hill July 12, 2006 in Washington, DC. Congressional Democrats held a news conference to discuss rising gasoline prices. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Ed Markey;Rahm Emanuel;Nancy Pelosi