Ed Markey

Fifteen seconds. We drill for natural gas off of our beaches, our pristine beaches and we find it, we take the risk, those States take their risk, that natural gas should stay here in America. ExxonMobil shouldn't be able to pack it up and…

I have an amendment made in order under the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: SEC. __. REQUIREMENT TO OFFER GAS FOR SALE ONLY IN THE…

I thank the gentleman. The minority has no objection to the amendment by the gentleman, and we urge support of it.

I am the final speaker on our side. If the gentleman from Washington State is ready to conclude debate, so are we in the minority.

Today, I am releasing a report that torches the myth that citizens engaging in democracy are turning our forests into tinder boxes.

An analysis of the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management projects to reduce the risk of fires reveals that these Republican accusations are just a smokescreen.

This summer tens of thousands of people have had to evacuate because of wildfires.

It is time for rational management of our Nation's forests.

I voted for that measure.

I have suggested that we rename it Denier Island, where those who question the science behind global warming can spend the summer cooling off.

But no amount of money will be sufficient, unless we acknowledge the link between climate change and wildfires.

Today I am releasing a report that torches the myth that citizens engaging in democracy are turning our forests into tinder boxes.

As this fire season has heated up, so has the rhetoric from the Majority.

You must lead it in an absolutely critical time when it is faced with a daunting task of responding to the lessons of the Fukushima nuclear meltdowns

Don't be afraid to stick to your guns and do what is right for the American people

And by the way, this chart looks exactly like the spike in the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere and the rising temperatures on the planet since the dawn of the industrial age.

There is a difference between just warming the average temperature and changing the climate...

Climate change is increasing the risk to all parts of the country.

You can put a band-aid on it here and there, and you try to put together policies that deal with the band-aid, but you have to step back and look at the larger kind of climate cancer that is out there and say, what can we do to reduce the…

I think you are just trying to be reflective of what is happening in explaining the bark beetle and why it is now reproducing not once a year but twice a year, why the change in temperatures are causing that to happen, why it is expanding…

This flash drought of 2012 is also man made, but not because we failed to learn the lessons of the land.

I want to thank Congressman Bishop for holding this hearing today to consider legislation to combat wildfires.

If you think storms and drought conditions and catastrophic wildfires are just random freak events, then you are in deep, deep denial.

My bill also recognizes our constrained fiscal environment and gives the federal agencies additional authorities they desire to stretch the federal dollars further.

I have suggested that we rename it Denier Island, where those who question the science behind global warming can spend the summer cooling off.