Political Quotes

Ed Markey

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Edward John Markey is a United States Senator from Massachusetts, having served since July 24, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Markey previously represented Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives from April 14, 1976, to July 24, 2013. Throughout his career, he has been a strong advocate for environmental issues, telecommunications, and technology policy. Markey played a significant role in the development of legislation aimed at addressing climate change and promoting renewable energy sources.

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Nov 7, 2017

I am just afraid you are going to wind up as the plaintiff, defendant, judge, and jury in one of these five matters, and I just think it would be wrong.

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Nov 7, 2017

Intermittent renewables are parasitic on backup power from reliable fossil fuels.

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Nov 7, 2017

And instead of toughening those laws this year, there was a weakening, a serious weakening.

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Nov 7, 2017

But that's going to be the environment within which we're working right now.

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Nov 7, 2017

And that's, in fact, what the American people want. They want real teeth to be put into these laws.

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Nov 7, 2017

Light-touch means hands-off, light-touch means no protections, light-touch means free rein

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Nov 7, 2017

The public wants us to do more to protect their privacy and security

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Nov 6, 2017

We want them to adopt an RSA standard. We want them to adopt a top standard.

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Nov 6, 2017

If you have no standards, then the only person that ultimately gets hung is the consumer.

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Nov 6, 2017

The problem is not the ones who are doing it. The problem is the ones who aren't doing it.

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Nov 6, 2017

The Cyber Shield Act will establish an advisory committee of cybersecurity experts.

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Nov 6, 2017

Cybersecurity will continue to pose a direct threat to economic prosperity, privacy, and our Nation's security.

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Nov 6, 2017

The Internet of Things could also be considered the Internet of Threats.

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Oct 31, 2017

That is just a fact of the matter and the world depends upon, we are the supreme court of climate modeling.

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Oct 31, 2017

Will you pledge that you will not in any way punish any NASA climate scientist for speaking publicly about their own views?

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Oct 31, 2017

I would say that climate is changing. It has always changed.

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Oct 30, 2017

Mr. Bridenstine continues a tradition of nonpartisan approaches to space activities.

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Oct 30, 2017

The Trump administration, however, rolled them back in August 2017, concluding current efforts were sufficient.

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Oct 30, 2017

It is absolutely imperative that these safety scores are made available. Then the public can decide.

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Oct 30, 2017

It is just something that takes us in the wrong direction, and it is something that we are going to fight for to make sure that there is full funding in the years ahead.

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Oct 30, 2017

A cut of $600 million in funding actually would make the problem worse.

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Oct 30, 2017

Safety is at the core of Amtrak's mission, and I think it is absolutely imperative that we ensure that this issue and issues like it get addressed as quickly as possible.

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Oct 30, 2017

I sent a letter with Senator Warren and Congressman Richie Neal from western Massachusetts calling on Amtrak to help to address this matter.

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Oct 29, 2017

No one person should have the power to launch a first-use nuclear strike without congressional approval.

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Oct 29, 2017

In my opinion, no human being should have the authority to use nuclear weapons if there has not been an attack.

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