Ed Markey

It doesn't mean that enough justices aren't going to come together to look at the accuracy of the argument being made by the Administration that they are upholding existing law and acting under existing law.

It is the same culprit. It is the same rear view look at history, and we were trying to give them a bridge to the future so they did not have to go into bankruptcy.

I just think it is premature and not a good use of our time to be projecting what the Supreme Court is actually going to decide.

TSCA is an historic achievement.

One second. I just wanted to reinforce what the Senator just said. On the House side, Fred Upton, Frank Pallone, Nancy Pelosi, and Steny Hoyer, that incredible staff, Mary Frances Repko, over there, just indispensable. That is why it…

Empower Treasury and State officials to turn up the pressure on banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions to know their customers and stop turning a blind eye to doing business with kleptocratic regimes on the continent.

This is why we strongly support S. Res 479, introduced by Senators Markey, Durbin, and Murphy, which calls for targeted sanctions on President Kabila's inner circle.

I think there is a common goal, here, to make sure that Kabila and the Congo get that message.

Although I would say that we did over-legislate on sanctions on Iran.

There is no one on the National Security Council whose job it is to deal with sanctions?

I was always a very strong supporter of sanctions on Iran, just to send the signal that this was just not some diplomat coming from the State Department, but the Congress itself was making sure to emphasize their need to change their…

It is time to act on this, because it is not just this election. We have seen this movie before, sadly. And the time is now to act.

If you extrapolate that over now into Congo with their elections on the way, knowing the ramifications in Kenya and other countries, if an example is set, which will be hard, then to say is something that the next country should not do.

Some of the actions going on there are unacceptable.

Maintaining yourself in power by repressive techniques is unacceptable.

Continuation in office is a destabilizing act and will lead to very dangerous instability in the DRC.

We have to begin this effort. We just cannot allow it to continue, domino after domino, to fall.

If I was a U.S. Senator trying to contemplate this, I would want to know two things.

I have introduced, calling for targeted sanctions on the DRC.

The U.S. is prepared to look at sanctions across a rather broad stream of people who are significant politically.

We believe Congress can play a strong role in helping to move this effort forward by passing the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act

Sanctions are about making clear to the Congolese people that we will not help entrench strong men, but will always lend a helping hand to people working to build strong institutions and prosperous societies.

Those sanctions, I believe, should be targeted at those officials in the Government of DRC who are responsible for violence and human rights violations and undermining the democratic processes or institutions.

I think we have to make absolutely clear that the United States stands with the people and democracy, and will not tolerate leaders who use force or manipulation to hold on to power or break their most fundamental promises to their own…

Africa does not need strong men, it needs strong institutions.