Ed Markey

The importance of transparency for the trust of the American people and also for the efficacy or the willingness of people to adapt to the E-Rate Program.

What are we giving to these kids? You know? And that's our obligation.

If coffee drinkers assume there will be a Wi-Fi at Starbucks, then students should assume the same when they walk into a school.

I believe E-Rate has done more than just connect our schools; it has spurred a broadband revolution.

Sequestration is having a very serious impact on their operations, and must be resolved.

CNN projects that Democratic Congressman Ed Markey has won the special election in Massachusetts to fill John Kerry's Senate seat.

In Massachusetts, the commercial fishing industry is responsible for over $2 billion in annual income and supports more than 73,000 jobs in the State.

Georges Bank is one of our Nation's most fragile and important marine ecosystems and a key economic driver for the region.

Protecting Georges Bank from drilling is critical to ensuring that efforts to rebuild and manage New England groundfish stocks are not in vain.

House Republicans already turned their backs on coastal communities in the Commonwealth earlier this year...

The ESA guards this bank, and ensures that rather than drawing down our principle, we will accrue interest by making economic development compatible with the survival and restoration of species.

All Americans, no matter if they live in Springfield, Massachusetts or Springfield, Missouri; Portland, Maine or Portland, Oregon, have a stake in conserving biodiversity.

Before the ESA granted federal protection to imperiled fauna and flora, state wildlife management policies had pushed species like the American alligator, gray wolf, and grizzly bear to the brink of extinction.

The title of this hearing suggests that state and local governments have forever been successful stewards of species, and that federal protection of biodiversity under the Endangered Species Act has only produced protracted litigation…

These provisions are unwise and unwarranted.

It would put a barrier to anybody challenging decisions by essentially imposing a poll tax, or a speech tax.

These bills are a relic of a bygone era.

The Republican bills would elevate speed over safety, while opening new, huge swaths of new public land.

These legislations... seem really unnecessary to see that these companies and interests are unanswerable to the public.

In 2010, Congressman Fred Upton and Congressman Ed Markey introduced the bipartisan GRID Act to provide FERC with authority.

The failure of utilities to heed the advice of their own industry-controlled reliability organization raises serious questions.

The findings are sobering. Many utilities reported that the electric grid is a target of daily cyber attacks.

H.R. 740 would allow the Sealaska Corporation... to obtain its remaining land entitlement under ANCSA.

If confirmed, I would strive to ensure that this policy is upheld on all issues my bureau works on.

I think it is important that each of you provide strong stewardship over American taxpayer dollars, demonstrate professionalism and good judgment, and vigorously work to advance the priorities of the United States.