Ed Markey

A wall across our southern border will not keep the fentanyl out. It is going to take much tougher action if we are going to save ultimately two Vietnams per year of deaths inside of the United States from that one drug.

The terrorist that is going to kill Americans on the streets of our country are the terrorists who are selling fentanyl.

We need to elevate this issue, Mr. Secretary, to a much higher level of importance in our country.

Negotiations towards reducing the nuclear threat rather than having a nuclear arms race is much better for our country and the global security.

When warned that this could trigger an arms race, he replied, 'Let it be an arms race.'

Would you commit to working vigorously to ensure that no additional country on the planet obtains a nuclear weapons capacity?

It would not be a bad thing for us if Japan, South Korea, or Saudi Arabia acquired nuclear weapons?

Do you commit to ensure that no employee of the State Department is influenced to take action because it would be favorable to business interests associated with the President-elect or his family?

Do you believe that it should be a priority of the United States to work with other countries in the world to find climate change solutions?

We cannot be a laggard. We must be the leader.

I think, Mr. Tillerson, it would be far better for you just to say that for the duration of your time as Secretary that you will not allow for your own personal involvement to be a part of any decision about anything that affects…

I believe that these allegations, if true, demand more and stronger sanctions against Russia.

I was actually successful in having an Amendment pass out of this Committee last year.

That calls for 54.5 miles per gallon, which is by the year 2025, which has been reinventing the automotive sector in our country.

I am the author in 2007 of the law which required the dramatic increase in the fuel economy standards of the vehicles which we drive.

Let me go first to this revolution that's taking place in the automotive sector where automobiles are very rapidly turning into computers on wheels.

Thank you. I yield to Senator Daines. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Young). The Senator from Montana.

The President has requested that Congress work with the administration to address the JCPOA's flaws.

So my problem, Mr. Chairman, with this entire area is that there are now auctions in Mexico: 3 cents a kilowatt hour for solar--3 cents a kilowatt hour--below coal, below natural gas.

So it seems that, at this point, the Trump administration has forgotten this.

We have made clear that Iran's continued malign activities in the region... have undermined the expectations set out in the JCPOA.

Do you believe the administration is meeting its requirement to keep Congress fully and currently informed about its current 123 negotiations with Saudi Arabia and Jordan?

In Iran, we have experienced firsthand how incredibly difficult it is to curb nuclear proliferation once the ball is rolling inside of that country.

The President has threatened to 'tear up' the Iran nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Does the Trump administration believe the gold standard, the commitment not to enrich uranium or reprocessed plutonium, is a requirement in order to conclude terms for 123 agreements with these countries?