Ed Markey

I think the President's statement that he is willing to use all means necessary to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon is clear.

Ambassador Jeffrey, in your testimony, you call for an advanced authorization for use of military force against Iran to prepare for the possibility that they will violate an agreement that has not yet been reached.

We will move quickly to reimpose sanctions.

The same chemicals that save and improve the quality of our lives can also take lives away.

The chemical sector is a testament to American ingenuity.

An analysis I am releasing today shows that according to EPA data, there are thousands of facilities in this Country whose contents endanger the lives of millions of Americans.

I think we should strive to foster local solutions.

Do you think it would be helpful if there was a larger U.S. presence in the other two countries given what has now happened in Liberia, that if we ramped up a larger U.S. presence in the other two countries, that it could make a big…

Thank you for having this very important hearing.

I never would have envisioned that the health care bills would now have risen to over $1 trillion.

I never contemplated that it would authorize 2.5 million American military personnel to go to Iraq and Afghanistan.

That is what the American people want. They want a diplomatic resolution of this issue amongst the people who live in both Iraq and in Syria and the surrounding countries.

I never would have envisioned that 670,000 of them would now be declared officially disabled.

I never would have envisioned that 270,000 of them would be treated for post traumatic stress syndrome.

I am one of the few members of Congress who voted for the authorization of military force in 2001 and who voted for the authorization of military force in 2002.

I was absent from the rollcall vote on the nomination of Joseph F. Leeson, Jr. to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Had I been present, I would have opposed his nomination. ____________________

The more the public knows where the defects and problems are, the more they get to make their personal choice about what to do.

It is entirely unacceptable that Takata is refusing to accept this common sense resolution of this issue.

Do you disagree that if the public knew about all of the deaths and serious injuries caused by exploding airbags at the time that the companies knew, that it is possible that some of the later deaths and injuries caused by this defect…

Well, Senator Blumenthal and I have authored legislation to require more information to be publicly available to NHTSA's early warning reporting data base.

You must force the automobile companies to comply with a nationwide recall. There is no choice.

Then there is a disagreement between the committee and the agency.

Should it be able to be free to pursue any investigation is my question to you?

A profound misunderstanding of Congress' investigatory power that they misstate court decisions, they ignore overwhelmingly contrary case law that supports the committee's right to receive the materials.

Should they have the ability to be free to pursue any investigation?