Ed Markey

The first and foremost goal that we had to have was just to make sure that all these children didn't have other equivalents around the United States

It's really leveling the playing field, as I best understand it.

I think for the record, it would be very important for us to understand what NOAA believes the state of play is with regard to illegal fishing, seafood fraud.

Absolutely, we need as much research as possible in the climate change area, in the ocean acidification.

Ocean acidification does have a profound impact, especially on shellfish.

The Gulf of Maine, where Massachusetts is and where we do our fishing, is the fastest warming body of water on the planet.

I intend to offer the following motion to H.R. 1628, and I ask unanimous consent that it be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Motion to Commit With…

I intend to offer the following motion to H.R. 1628, and I ask unanimous consent that it be printed in the Record. The motion is supported by Senators Carper, Warren, Casey, Brown, Hirono, Stabenow, Menendez, and Van Hollen. There being no…

Boston is the fourth most vulnerable city in the United States to climate change.

From my perspective, the same winds that brought the pilgrims to Massachusetts can also power our industry and our homes.

Senator Whitehouse and I have introduced legislation to extend the tax credits for offshore wind through 2025.

When Henry Waxman and I constructed the Waxman-Markey bill that passed the House of Representatives in 2009, we actually included $200 billion for carbon capture and sequestration in that piece of legislation.

Today's hearing is about the development of advanced clean energy technologies, and we should be talking about the next frontiers in the clean energy revolution.

I just think it spotlights something that is critical for us to deal with on a bipartisan basis.

International cooperation, especially with developing economies in Asia, is essential to reducing the amount of waste in our ocean.

Marine debris... is a threat to this vital oceanic wonder and also to the industries in New England and other East Coast states that have sustained families in their employment for generations.

The Atlantic Ocean... is also an economic engine supporting hundreds of thousands of jobs in key industries such as fishing and tourism.

President Kennedy was right when he once said at the shores of the Atlantic Ocean that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean.

A negotiated solution remains the best chance at resolving this problem

I think sanctions are important, but they have to be married with negotiations.

Our view is sanctions--my view is sanctions with direct negotiations.

I think the President has to become tougher on the Chinese. They are the safety valve.

I think ultimately, unless we get more real about what is happening, then we are just on a collision course with a North Korean nuclear weapons-armed, ICBM-capable posture for the rest of our lives.

Can we change the calculus in the North Korean regime's mentality that they do not want to have a repetition of what happened in Libya and Iraq affect them...

So when you look at this recent dramatic increase in trade between North Korea and China, what is your message to the Trump administration in terms of what they have to do...