Ed Markey

So, can you talk a little bit about how disadvantaged communities need a little bit more help from the Federal Government is they are going got be able to deal with these environmental issues that endanger their children?

A report released this week by the National Resources Defense Council states, 'At State and Federal levels, resources for the enforcement of the Safe Drinking Water Act have been decimated by poor funding and bureaucratic indifference.'

We can't policy our way out of it. Someone is going to innovate, and it needs to be us. We need to lead.

So really, today's new cars are just computers on wheels. That's all they really have become.

That is why I introduced legislation with Senator Blumenthal, the Security and Privacy in Your Car act, or SPY Car Act.

The Internet of Things leads also to the Internet of threats, because, obviously, every device that has the Internet built into it then becomes subject to hacking.

But haven't you found over the years, Mr. Kass, that if people can get away without building in the protections against hacking or privacy, that they just do it to save money?

Do you believe also that we should make owners explicitly aware of collection, transmission, retention, and use of driving data?

But again, I didn't get the correct answer from the auto manufacturers.

But if it evolves and it is still not installed, we should mandate that is installed?

I mean, seatbelts are good but not just yet. Airbag is good, but not just yet.

Accountability is fundamental.

If those five individuals and more are not severely punished and punished in a way that is public and clear, then there will be no discouragement in the other cities that we are trying to take.

People will not forget if they were not protected even if there is a tactical victory in any individual city.

This appears to be a moment ripe for aggressive political intervention.

I give great credit to the administration, our military forces that are assisting militias loyal to the new Government of National Accord, and our international partners for what appears to be progress against ISIS in Libya.

One of the highest ranking ministers said to us that Libya was going to make Syria look like a piece of cake

So, in general, what you are saying is that GAO and the inspector general at the department at the EPA have a very similar view of the speed with which EPA does respond.

In addition to fighting fraud, waste, and abuse of power, they ensure that Government works the way Congress intended.

These watchdogs must be independent, non-partisan, and maintain the highest ethical standards.

In the last 7 years EPA has received over 1,700 recommendations from the inspector general.

For the EPA to properly evaluate and regulate toxic substances, it is essential that they have the most up-to-date chemical and toxicity data available.

The Government Accountability Office and the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of the Inspector General are a vital component of governmental integrity.

Predicting the future is a very perilous terrain for politicians.

You know what my father used to say? If two people agree upon absolutely everything, then you don't need one of those people.