Ed Markey

Can we talk about community college for a second just to make sure that we kind of discuss this skills gap?

The single biggest step the United States has taken to reduce our carbon pollution.

I think it's critical. I think it's central to the long-term responsibility the Department of Transportation is going to have to our country.

The less CO2 that goes up into the atmosphere is the less danger there is going to be to any of this infrastructure.

Hurricane Sandy is a good example of where if it was just off by a couple of degrees and hit Boston, hit Cape Cod, we would still be digging out.

My hope is that the Department of Transportation leadership, no matter what their party affiliation, would recognize the importance of taking the consequences of climate change into account

That was the decision at the Supreme Court in 2007 where the Supreme Court ruled that the EPA had to make a determination as to whether or not there was an endangerment to Massachusetts.

I guess my recommendation to you, sir, would be that you should recuse yourself in all cases where your independence is in question.

I know that Senator Blumenthal asked you to voluntarily recuse yourself from matters involving former clients and issues you worked on.

You've also demonstrated hostility to environmental regulations designed to protect our air, our water, opposing greenhouse gas emissions regulations.

Mr. Rosen, you have a long history both in government and on the private sector of defending private industry against regulations designed to protect consumers.

Yes. That is a big, big issue.

I introduced an amendment to the Burma human rights bill that would enhance accountability mechanisms for sexual and gender-based violence and conflict.

Representatives of the United Nations Security Council are now considering whether the UN Security Council should refer Burma's brutal campaign to the International Criminal Court.

I just think there should be more forceful condemnation of what is happening in the Philippines, how Duterte conducts himself.

The President has refused to criticize the Duterte government's use of extrajudicial killings

China has constructed, in clear violation of international law, military bases on artificial islands in disputed areas in the South China Sea.

My hope is that the recommendation for next year's budget kind of reflects that in terms of the goals which the administration has.

Over the weekend, President Trump said in a tweet that the Commerce Department should find a way to give Chinese telecom company ZTE, quote, a way to get back into business fast.

This system's ability to overcome the unique characteristics of the Indo-Pacific have proved its staying power.

It is clear that a growing network of countries from the Indian Ocean through the Pacific yearn to participate in a regional system, an American system that keeps them secure and allows them to prosper.

These systems, built out of the devastation of a world war, have been bastions of American values and influence throughout the world.

Out of the ashes of World War II, the United States and its allies set out to create a set of rules, norms, and structures around the world that would not only promote U.S. interests but also benefit others as well.

And again, Senator Gardner and I have introduced legislation----

I think we still have influence with them on steps that can be taken.