Ed Markey

Thank you for your good work and all the people who work for you.

You can't put a dollar value on a life. And I think consistent funding, if it saves lives, is money well spent.

We should work to stop these tragic events before they happen.

However, these programs do not have stable funding.

These trainings are heavily valued by fishermen and have spread from coast to coast.

The fishermen of the State of Massachusetts would like to thank the Commander of District 1, Admiral Steven Poulin, for his great work.

In fact, they have been quite the opposite. Automakers found that making more energy efficient vehicles allowed American companies to better compete not just here at home, but overseas as well.

These standards are reducing the amount of oil we import by 2 million barrels per day and will save American drivers nearly $1.7 trillion in gasoline costs that they will no longer have to buy.

Despite decades of Federal Government funding for advancements in automobile fuel efficiency technology, it wasn't until after Congress increased fuel economy standards in 2007 that consumers really started to see the benefits.

The 2007 compromise crafted by our colleagues, including former Senators Ted Stevens, Dianne Feinstein, Ed Markey, who is in and out of here today, and myself increased the fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks and vans for the…

No one human being should ever have that power.

Disobeying such an order would be considered a violation of Federal law under the United States Uniform Code of Military Justice.

There could be plans in place right now in the White House given to the President to launch a preemptive war against North Korea using American nuclear weapons without consulting with, informing Congress whatsoever.

The President would have that authority under Article II to defend the country.

I fear that in the age of Trump, the cooler heads and strategic doctrine that we once relied upon as our last best hope against the unthinkable seem less reassuring than ever.

There is, in your opinion, a constitutional responsibility for Members of Congress to have to have voted on that before such a nuclear war is commenced by the United States.

The Founding Fathers believed that Congress has an integral role in any decision to start a war.

Absent a nuclear attack upon the United States or our allies, no one human being should have the power to unilaterally unleash the most destructive forces ever devised by humankind.

Nuclear weapons are for deterrence, not warfighting. Launching nuclear weapons first would be an unprecedented act of aggression and war.

The President's bombastic words could turn into nuclear reality.

They are the source of fentanyl in the United States. In Massachusetts, it is now killing 75 percent of our opioid overdose victims.

Are you saying that these 500,000 people are parasitic?

Will you agree to recuse yourself from these lawsuits which Murray Energy brought against the EPA not just for 1 year, but for the entirety of the time that you are the Deputy Administrator of the EPA?

I just think it is an unfortunate and cruel characterization of all of these workers.

Renewables are a false hope that simply won't work.