Ed Markey

Congressman Ed Markey is demanding they prove it.

I think that BP has lost its credibility, and if they make any further assertions, they should have to provide the documentation before the public.

We realize that we're really not talking about MIT here. We're really talking about the PGA.

I would note that one of the first completed, and least controversial, sections of that landmark legislation was Title IV.

Representative Markey encouraged us to work with the disability community.

I want to sincerely thank both Representative Ed Markey (D-MA-7) who introduced H.R. 3101 and especially today Senator Pryor and Senator Kerry today for trying to help individuals with sensory disabilities deal with the problems of access…

I’m here today to ask you to make the 'Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act,' S. 3304, the strongest possible legislation.

The requirement for the FCC to develop a National Broadband Plan... was designed to produce a roadmap to a broadband future open to all Americans.

Now, what is the result? Well, interestingly, when people turn on their TV set and they go to closed captioning... the immigrant community can now turn on the closed captioning and their children can actually read along with the words.

The time to solve the problem, in our judgment, is now.

The goal is very clear: to ensure that Americans with disabilities have the opportunity to access and use communications services and infrastructure just like the rest of us.

Now is the time to break down these walls of exclusion of the Digital Era.

The guiding principles of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act that I have introduced in the House... is to bring existing federal laws requiring communications and video programming accessibility up to date.

Too many of the applications transmitted over the existing devices and facilities are inaccessible to people with disabilities.

We were able to identify more precisely the needs of the disability community.

Americans with disabilities should have access to the new telecommunications technologies of the 21st Century as well, and delay is unacceptable.

I want to congratulate you, Senator Pryor, and Senator Rockefeller, on the leadership which you are showing on this very important issue of affordable, universal access for all Americans to the latest technologies of the 21st century.

Our bill aims to require several things, that beginning with the largest firms that control access and entry onto the Internet, they, at minimum, make a good-faith effort at accessibility.

It is wrong that a soldier blinded in combat can come home and, because of the absence of video devices, not being able to fully access some of what is on the television, including emergency information.

In that debate, we were told that mandating closed captioning on all television sets would cost $20 per TV set. It would crush the industry.

We believe that, today, access to the Internet and the ability to communicate over smartphones and computers is an essential service of the 21st Century.

This commercialization focus program complements existing R&D initiatives. Strong, long-term support for basic and applied research is critical to developing the scientific breakthroughs needed to meet our energy challenges, but additional…

It is more like 'Project Runway.' They -- they -- they are now taking nylon stockings and beginning to fill them with hair as a way of sopping up the oil out in the Gulf.

No one has any idea when the -- this leak is going to ultimately be plugged.

I did not detect the level of humility which I think they should have.