Ed Markey

And thank you, to the two victims who are here. Your experiences are harrowing to hear about.

Well, the cod and lobster--they need cold water. And the lobster are voting with their claws as they move northward, and the cod are voting with their fins as they move northward.

Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing may account for up to $23 billion per year loss to the global fishing industry.

The truth is that my mother is a Sullivan. You are a Sullivan. We were probably fishing in Ireland.

The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act brings together these two subjects to support healthy fisheries and the fishermen and coastal communities that depend upon them.

Well, the New England fisheries are already feeling the effects of climate change. The Gulf of Maine sea surface temperature is rising faster than almost anywhere in the entire world. And these changes pose significant challenges to our…

In order to protect American consumers and fishermen, are there specific provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Act that can be enhanced to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing?

Their forests are ultimately central to, like the Amazon, providing the lungs for the planet.

This is an opportunity for us to inoculate this fragile democracy from the challenges.

When given the opportunity to express their views at the ballot box, the Burkinabe people again stood up and voted in record numbers in elections in 2015 and 2016, elections that were judged widely as free, fair, and transparent.

Doing what is right and not what is easy, Burkinabe civil society with the support of friends, including the United States, stood firm and faced the guns of the presidential guard who attempted to seize power in 2015.

The Burkinabe people bravely demonstrated their commitment to democracy in 2014 by standing firm to stop ex-President Campaore from undermining the constitution and extending his 27-year rule.

Nigeria faces... an extraordinary terrorist threat from Boko Haram.

The Power Africa legislation and the Electrify Africa effort that you all backed can make a profound difference on the continent.

We welcome profoundly President Buhari's call to fight corruption and to make steps towards achieving that goal.

Some of the most vibrant and entrepreneurial people in the world are there.

Burkina Faso, which translates in English to the land of the upright people, also offers reasons for optimism about the future of West Africa.

But our visit also showed a dynamic and hopeful Nigeria. In Lagos, I met many brilliant young entrepreneurs whose innovative startups are creating a new knowledge-driven economy.

When many think of Nigeria, they think of the security threats of Boko Haram and other extremist groups in the northeast or from piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. These threats are real and they are serious.

Each of these countries presents important opportunities to advance American interests while helping to ensure peaceful and prosperous lives for hundreds of millions of people in two of the world's most dynamic and fastest growing regions.

Constituencies know very quickly whether or not you are on their side or you are not on their side.

I cannot tell you how important this is going to be from a political perspective.

Now, Mosul is going to be a much more difficult military proposition than Tikrit or Fallujah or Ramadi.

Are you convinced that Abadi is putting in place then a set of judicial procedures that are going to give confidence to the Sunni majority?

So are we pushing Abadi to back these Shia away, and is Abadi doing that?