Ed Markey: “We have had hubris and now we have to have humility.”

The health and safety of America’s children must not be sacrificed for political theater and ideology.

I will not give a nickel to an authoritarian who is handing over our government to billionaire and corporate interests that have raised the cost of living so high that human rights become commodities that working families cannot afford.

While this news is deeply welcomed, it is long overdue. It is a tragedy that it took Robert’s near-death condition for his case to receive the attention that it required for his release to be negotiated.

This dangerous deal is the starting gun for a Middle East nuclear arms race.