Ed Markey

I would leave it to the scientific community to make the decisions.

'Congressional expert' is an oxymoron. It's like 'jumbo shrimp' or----

The very fact that we're now able to talk about these telecommunications technologies in this new dynamic is only possible because of an investment in a 'loser science project.'

To some extent, this could have been viewed as 'loser science' for years and years and years and years.

LIGO truly is transformative, for all the reasons you mentioned.

Unanimous consent that those letters be included in the record. And I thank you for that.

A recent version of COMPETES released by the Republicans over in the House has singled out certain sciences as winners, and other sciences as losers.

Our funding decisions for basic science research should be guided by the possibilities promised by science and technology, and not by politics.

We are home to the best research universities in the world.

I hope that we make it very clear to him that we will not accept that.

I sent a letter to Secretary Kerry in February suggesting that the U.S. should communicate to President Kabila to publicly state his intention to respect the constitution to step aside at the end of his second term in December.

I just think we are on a thin edge here. We just have to be very careful, especially if the government does not control adequately its own military.

It has to be multifaceted.

Chuck Rosenberg and the DEA agents are heroes, but heroes need help.

Americans are going to die from this. This is a national defense risk that is far greater than any other that China poses to us.

I do not think anyone in China knows the name of the head of the DEA in the United States.

I just think it is critical that this conversation take place at the highest level, and that they know, Xi knows, and everybody else knows, that this is the top priority.

These are ticking time bombs, the nuclear materials and the fentanyl. These are the things that are going to kill people--kill them.

I do not know what the authority is that the DEA has to tell China to cut it out, to just stop it or else--or else--or else--or else.

We just cannot allow China to continue to steal U.S. nuclear secrets with impunity.

These alleged thefts of U.S. technology are deeply alarming.

It is just important to know that we purchased the nuclear warhead material from the Soviet Union, thank God we did, 500 metric tons.

Mr. Chairman, may I have 30 seconds?

I think that we have got, obviously, a huge problem here. 27,000 Mexicans have disappeared over the last 10 years, that the government has done little to investigate.

I would just urge you as strongly as I can to elevate fentanyl to the top priority which you have.