Ed Markey

For USAID, climate variability has the potential to affect our entire portfolio of work on development, affecting billions of people.

The world has changed and we are just trying to be realistic about what is happening out there.

IER would fully support Senator Markey if he chooses to promote such broad-based tax reform.

America's truest contribution to the world, to our allies, and our best export is technical knowledge and innovation.

The difference between oil and gas and other commodities is these energy commodities are strategic commodities.

There has not been any accusations of rampant corruption. Moreover, we have actually seen a 40-percent reduction in greenhouse gases.

The U.S. Government should leverage its full resources in assisting Ukraine to improve its energy efficiency, increase its domestic production, and reform its energy markets.

The emphasis I would highlight is on planning for the effects of climate change, not to make predictions, but to be prepared.

We need to have a clearer and better and deeper understanding of the role that energy is playing in decisionmaking around the world.

It strikes me as an imperative for this country to get serious about using less energy, which is a win-win.

Iraqi oil production recently rose to 3 million barrels per day, a level higher actually than the pre-United States invasion levels.

Senator Markey's proposal will not provide efficient tax reform but instead will simply be a tax hike on one of the few sectors of our economy that has been consistently producing jobs since the recession began.

No country has ever grown its supply of anything by restricting its export.

I do not think America would be happy with that.

If there is any crook in any part of the energy sector anywhere in the world, that they should be cuffed, tried, and jailed.

I applaud all of your work. This is a crisis happening and waiting to happen at an even greater level.

The bottom line is that we fight trade wars over automobiles or over computer chips. We fight real wars over food and energy.

How do we study in classrooms if we do not have energy in a lot of aspects of that?

With the wise stewardship of resources, and by fostering private innovation and investment to expand energy access, we can ensure that the world's energy resources become a sustained driver of growth and stability, and not conflict.

In December 2010, a Tunisian street food vendor lit himself on fire in protest of government corruption and extreme poverty.

But when I look at USAID I see a lot of focus on food, on agriculture, on energy.

Stability and well-being overseas often directly helps ensure U.S. national security.

Climate change is an inherently global problem, and will require us to work closely with our allies, partners, and other countries across the world.

But two major factors have emerged in the modern era that act to strain the strands of stability until they snap--climate change and energy security.

America can lead the way. We can fix this.