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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Oct 18, 2023

This year alone, we have seen severe flooding, costly storms across the country. We know that climate change is only going to make those disasters worse, more water, more often.

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Bill Keating
@billkeating· Democratic · MA· Oct 18, 2023

The United States stands behind Israel in the face of these barbaric attacks and condemns Hamas in the harshest possible terms.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Oct 18, 2023

We are just beginning to understand the impact of air pollution and environmental justice on the brain.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Oct 18, 2023

From the Sackett ruling, we are supposed to think that the upstream headwaters don't have any relation to the downstream bodies of water that we fish in, swim in, and enjoy, but we know that water rolls downhill, so any problems in that…

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Bill Keating
@billkeating· Democratic · MA· Oct 18, 2023

discrimination against one is discrimination against all, an important lesson that we should remember today.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Oct 18, 2023

Do protected wetlands help keep stormwater from flooding chronically underinvested communities with aging or limited infrastructure?

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Oct 17, 2023

Do you agree that the Sackett ruling is likely to intensify damage from flooding at a time when we actually need greater storage capacity from our wetlands, thanks to climate supercharged storms?

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Oct 17, 2023

None of those authorities are affected at all by the Sackett decision.

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Jake Auchincloss
@jakeauchincloss· Democratic · MA· Oct 17, 2023

The solution is devolution. Congress should leave highway taxation and spending to the states.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Oct 17, 2023

trans rights are human rights, and I am never going to stop fighting for essential research and investments in the care.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Oct 17, 2023

LGBTQ people are living in a national state of emergency.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Oct 17, 2023

Since the passage of the National Alzheimer's Plan Act and Alzheimer's Accountability and Investment Act that Senator Collins and Senator Warner and I have worked on, NIH research has contributed to significant advancements to understand…

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Oct 17, 2023

This year alone, we have seen severe flooding, costly storms across the country. We know that climate change is only going to make those disasters worse, more water, more often.

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Jake Auchincloss
@jakeauchincloss· Democratic · MA· Oct 17, 2023

The Highway Trust Fund is running such a massive deficit that the gas tax couldn't meet its needs even if it were five times higher.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Oct 17, 2023

Is it true that building over wetlands will also contribute to heat surges, amplifying the urban heat island effect that we had a hearing on recently?

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Seth Moulton
@sethmoulton· Democratic · MA· Oct 17, 2023

The Government Accountability Office has found that under payment into the Highway Trust Fund by the trucking industry distorts the competitive environment within the freight transportation sector.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Oct 17, 2023

Almost two-thirds of our wetlands are now at risk of development and destruction, thanks to this misguided Supreme Court ruling.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Oct 17, 2023

Do protected wetlands help keep stormwater from flooding chronically underinvested communities with aging or limited infrastructure?

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