Ed Markey

A lot different than you are, to be honest with you. A lot different.

But energy drinks have been linked to severe adverse health effects.

To provide more information about the ingredients used in these products

We support recommendations by Congressman Markey and Senators Durbin and Blumenthal that energy drink manufactures immediately take steps to provide additional information and warnings on product labels.

We do think that there has to be a dramatic change in the marketing practices of this industry

Senator Durbin made reference to smoking. It is right on the money. That is exactly what is happening.

To address growing concerns over energy drinks, the marketing of these products to children and provide more information about the ingredients used in these products.

Over the last few years, a class of caffeine-laced beverages popular with teens and known collectively as 'energy drinks' has taken the marketplace by storm.

The American Medical Association approved a resolution endorsing a ban on marketing energy drinks to children and teens.

This data is particularly troubling when examining the way energy drink companies market these beverages, especially to teenagers.

But not 13-, 14-, and 15-year-olds?

So what you are saying is that as those competitors are removed from the market, then there is less pressure to improve the service.

So what could be an unintended consequence of removing wireline protections from your perspective?

So your point is where a big company is an entrant as a new competitor, they want competitive principles in place, but where an incumbent is already there, their views toward competitive policies are not nearly as enthusiastic.

When you are creating policies, you just want to make sure that certain companies are not vindicated posthumously.

So you are saying that copper is a way of ensuring that there is real access, that there is competition, that there is a way for smaller companies to be able to compete.

You want to think through the policy so that in fact you are ensuring that as you are opening up a new world, you are not accidentally destroying something which was a vital part of the fabric of the communications system.

And that the incumbents would be providing. You need that competitive dynamic in order to ensure that there is a constant upgrade so that customers have choice.

Absolutely, Senator. We believe that the 1996 Act is technology neutral...

My bottom-line philosophy always has been that the whole key to this goal that we have to ensure that America is number one looking over its shoulder at number two, three, four, five in the world is that we have to constantly be…

So I would like to work through the chairman to work with you. Perhaps maybe we can make sure that policy works correctly.

I was operating under the misimpression that you were chairman over everything that comes under the purview of private commerce in the United States.

It is always in the purview of Government to do what is right in the public interest.

The utilities were almost all fully compliant with the mandatory standards that the industry develops.

What their responses revealed was that there is ongoing attempts to go after our electricity grid.