Ed Markey

It does make them do a separate analysis for every type of product that contains that chemical.

I am not looking for your political judgment. I need your technical judgment.

We should not in any way downplay the role the States play here.

If a chemical is dangerous, we should be acting as quickly as we can to protect our people.

We have to be very careful what we do here to make sure that there is true enforcement.

If it takes 12 years to finish work on the first 25 chemicals, do you agree that given the Udall-Vitter bill's pace and today's methods for assessing chemical risks, it will take more than 100 years to finish studying the 1,000 chemicals…

So the chemical industry could pick those chemicals that would not be in fact subject to jurisdiction by the States.

The Massachusetts Attorney General, Maura Healy, recently sent me a letter describing the way State authority to set strong chemical safety standards and enforce existing laws is preempted in the Udall-Vitter bill.

I thank Senator Boxer for her partnership on this bill, and I look forward to working with all of my colleagues to advance TSCA reform that protects the most vulnerable amongst us from the harm they are exposed to.

The Udall-Vitter bill allows, allows the chemical industry pay extra money, pay extra money for EPA to classify a chemical as high priority.

The job that we have on this committee is to make sure that there is a bill that does give protections for the next generation, that we have to put in place learning the lessons of the past.

There is no question in my mind that there will be more Jimmy Andersons unless EPA is given clear authority, resources and deadlines to take action on chemicals that have already been proven to kill.

Unfortunately, the bill we are discussing today does not meet that test. It handcuffs States attorneys general, who are our chemical cops on the beat.

The technology today, Senator, has something called priority and preemption.

We believe that that particular capability really differentiates FirstNet from commercial networks today.

I have always supported FirstNet, because it fulfills one of the most important recommendations of the 9/11 Commission.

Deploying this network, as you indicated, it's important that we do this in an urgent fashion.

We must ensure that FirstNet is reliable across the entire country.

We understand very well how important it is to have a strong, reliable first responder network.

I mean, the position of the United States was clear, and that is that he has given up the legitimacy of governing people who he is oppressing.

Our goal is to remove Assad.

I think that was a serious breach of protocol and exercise in bad judgment, especially at this very sensitive time.

These weird winters are what scientists have predicted would happen as the levels of carbon pollution buildup in our atmosphere from burning fossil fuels.

To continue that growth and investment, the advanced biofuels industry needs policy certainty.

Senator Sessions, they have a big stunning development in Massachusetts. It is that temperatures off the coast of Massachusetts and the Atlantic have been measured at 20 degrees above normal.