Ed Markey

Citizen suits provide a mechanism for the public to ensure that agencies meet statutory deadlines.

I agree with you 100 percent. And it is just something that I think we have to continue to monitor, because there are tremendous benefits, even reducing the Federal deficit, of having the proper accounting standard.

I am a big believer in incentive auctions, and I am delighted that you wrote the bill.

I think your bill with Senator Fischer is a terrific idea.

We had to act in a bipartisan fashion to kind of work with the telephone companies to try to figure--let's solve this problem.

Our airwaves are extraordinarily valuable, but our accounting systems for measuring them in the legislative process don't appear to be fully up to date.

We need to internalize the cost of spectrum that our Federal agencies use.

Spectrum is the oxygen of the wireless world, and we have to make sure that we continue to accelerate the pace at which we accomplish these goals.

We moved over 200 megahertz of spectrum to create the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth cell phone companies.

I do not think there is enough funding.

The next step comes when you go back again after proving the success of the use of technology and trying to get more wireless technology.

You should talk to Google about that as well.

This is an issue which is near and dear to both of our hearts, and I think it is a timely and very important hearing.

I think some of these appropriations, particularly on intelligence-based criminal network disruption, would be really helpful for us right now.

You do not think there is enough funding.

Science is the key, your science and technology.

You were saying that this amount of poaching could not be done without some acquiescence or some knowledge certainly at higher levels.

The Fish and Wildlife Service now has a ban in place for the import of sport trophies from Zimbabwe, which is a good thing because of that management.

This is a bipartisan issue that Congress can and should work together to put solutions in place.

But the main threat in the savanna area is all the links with the Janjaweeds, with South Sudan and the Lord's Resistance Army.

So give us a recommendation in terms of the enforcement tools that you would like to see put in place.

Wildlife poaching and trafficking is a global problem but one that has local solutions.

President Obama launched his national strategy to combat wildlife trafficking. That has had a huge impact globally.

I do not have any questions. These are two outstanding candidates and I think they are going to serve our Country extremely well.

As Senator Markey mentioned, on 9/11 my fellowship cohort was in orientation when word came about the attacks on our Country.