Edward Markey actually said...

"Are we in a paradoxical situation where many of these municipalities might have acted themselves and there is a State law that the broadband companies have that prohibit them from acting on their own?"

"It is crystal clear that climate change is a threat to our networks, while our communications infrastructure is, itself, fueling this ever-growing crisis."

"Senators Markey and Wyden have introduced a bill that would address many of the problems of network resilience."

"That is why Senator Wyden and I have introduced legislation to tackle both ends of the problem, the Generating Resilient and Energy Efficient Network Communications Act, or the GREEN Communications Ac..."