Ed Markey

But it was in response to a policy that we put on the books. Is that correct?

They said they would do it.

The administration has sought to further water down our nonproliferation policy by admitting India to the Nuclear Suppliers Group.

Pakistan actually has the ultimate responsibility for its dangerous nuclear policies, but the United States played a role.

These weapons are meant to make it easier for Pakistan's military to pull the nuclear trigger.

I am very concerned about the risk of nuclear war between India and Pakistan.

So, you agree, this is just a political statement that they are making. Do you agree with that?

I have watched, through the years, and the responsibilities of the United States Senate have eroded.

We want to make sure that we do everything we can together to preserve the prerogatives of this committee, preserve the prerogatives of the United States Senate in being able to carry out our responsibilities.

I just want to make sure that we are not allowing an administration on the way out the door to do something that ends up binding us, through customary international law, down the road.

No Senator Ed Markey blames the revision on lobbying pressure from the amusement park industry. He's been trying since 1999 to restore that federal oversight, but it hasn't happened.

A stitch in time saves nine. But here a billion dollars now could save $10 billion later.

The United States is now going to have long-term responsibility for the care of these children.

Now, this ultra-low-volume insecticide, have you used it in Puerto Rico?

Can I go to the pesticide issue and what breakthroughs we might be making in pesticides?

And so how would the FCC's rules protect that personal information that I just outlined amongst thousands of other potential examples?

So how about if I need a loan and I've gone to one of those websites?

And common carriers have always been.

I guess the way I would view it is you put HIPAA on the books, you put FERPA on the books----

In other words, the ISP says, 'Please give us the right to sell all of your private information.'

The ISP has a special relationship, it's the only way you can get online.

They're there as a section of the law, and they're acting under that section of law, so it's not a rewriting of the laws, it's an interpretation of the law reflecting the change in technology, but not a change in the authority under which…

So how can ISPs use the information in a way that could harm the consumer?

Now, the daughter or the mother, they know that they went to the religious website, so they know what they're doing.

So if a mother is searching for information about her 13-year-old daughter's anorexia----