Ed Markey

I cannot imagine a greater self-inflicted wound than walking away from an agreement that we shaped, that is in our interests.

But I do not think any of us ever envisioned that it would be the Chinese that would implement such a strategy.

$60 billion in Chinese smart grid investment just through 2020.

The 'One Belt, One Road' initiative is not just an economic initiative. It is a geostrategic initiative.

The concern in Beijing and in Seoul was that it was precisely for what we would rather not have it be for, namely a hedge against a decision that they might have to take, they would think, to acquire nuclear weapons.

Post-Fukashima, the nuclear future as an electrical generating source is going to be quite limited.

Meaning it costs a lot less for offense than it does for defense.

The Defense Authorization Act that Congress passed last year contains a provision that expands the scope of the U.S. national missile defense.

A change in the regime but not regime change. In other words, we need the regime to change the way it treats its own people, but not a regime change.

You die. So how do you deal with that dynamic?

So a preventive strike strategy in your opinion leads more likely to miscalculation and accidental nuclear war.

Statements about plans to target North Korea's leaders and its nuclear arsenal heighten that risk.

They intend to dominate this space. They are doing a very good job of it right now.

This is a quite scary prognosis you are making for the gap that could be opened in clean energy job creation between the United States and China.

China is already moving to take advantage of the opportunities posed by these defining issues.

We thank you so much for holding this very important hearing.

It is hard to dispute that American leadership in the Asia-Pacific has brought sustained stability and unprecedented economic growth.

I think this series of hearings which we are going to be having is just going to lay the foundation for our ability to be able to make some intelligent decisions about what the role of the United States should be going forward.

However, according to information published by the Census Bureau, the trade deficit with Mexico went from a surplus to a deficit, and it has continued to grow since NAFTA went into effect.

Both countries have worked jointly to further advance and protect democracy as well as to support democratic institutions in other parts of the western hemisphere.

As neighbors, we need to tackle security challenges together.

Senator Markey and I have introduced the INTERDICT Act, which would provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection with better tools to detect and stop fentanyl coming into the country.

Because they will not do it.

I just hope we don't have to repeat history again, because there are too many people depending upon us.

It was where all the contaminated wells were, where all this residue had just been left behind.