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Edward John Markey is a United States Senator from Massachusetts, having served since July 24, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Markey previously represented Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives from April 14, 1976, to July 24, 2013. Throughout his career, he has been a strong advocate for environmental issues, telecommunications, and technology policy. Markey played a significant role in the development of legislation aimed at addressing climate change and promoting renewable energy sources.
I do so again to urge my colleagues reluctantly to oppose this bill. It does not have the balance which it needs in order to ensure that while we advance the electronic commerce revolution which is transforming the American economy, that…
This is a significant advancement with respect to privacy. There is no question about it. The gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) had two options, to offer an amendment as a substitute for this, and I think this would have been…
This is a revolution that we are unleashing in today's legislation. We are going to make it possible for the first time for people to buy an 18-inch satellite dish and get their local TV stations over the dish. They will be able to…
Mr. Speaker, the only reason that I seek recognition at this time is because of an unfortunate omission in my original listing of saints that deserve credit and I just want it to be known that the honorable gentleman from North Carolina…
If they subscribe to satellite, they cannot get the local channels. The gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Tauzin) and I, and the other members of our committee, we are going to try to rectify this. If Tip O'Neill was here today and looking at…
When I was going down the litany of saints who helped to make the satellite policy possible, I did forget Hugh Halpern and I forgot to mention Mike O'Rielly. And I think in order for us to have a complete and definitive list of those who…
I just wanted to publicly recognize them for all the excellent work which they have done.
When we pass legislation out here mandating better appliance standards, after all, what is a utility? What is a coal or oil or nuclear power plant? All it is is the combined demand of refrigerators and stoves and toasters. If we make them…
This matter should never have been pursued by Ken Starr, it should never have been pursued by the Committee on the Judiciary, and it should never have reached the floor of the House of Representatives
I absolutely did. And it is an incontrovertible truth. That is how the tax benefit breaks, if you look at it over the 10-year period, as we should have done with the Reagan tax break in 1981, which ultimately turned out to be that kind of…
In each and every one of these areas I think they have a big decision to make in 1996, and thanks to the gentleman, I think millions are having it explained to them here today.
It is interesting to see candidate Dole suddenly expressing concern over the prospect of Iraqi oil hitting the world market. Where was candidate Dole over the last 6 months when the big oil companies, like a reckless driver on a bet, drove…
I respect the work the gentleman has done. The gentleman did good work at the subcommittee. I supported the gentleman's work. It should have come through the full committee and out here on the floor in a comprehensive way. We should not…
It is a pile as high as the Moon because ultimately this technology will never produce any final product which was an unfortunate experience which we had with the Clinch River Breeder Reactor. It never resulted in a final product.
Is it not true that out of the 270,000 cases in Federal district court that this bill is only going to touch 300 of them, which only affects 125 companies per year, and yet the number of tens of thousands we are talking about a half of a…
If I may reclaim my time, it is not the SEC we are talking about in this particular legislation, it is the investor, him or herself who will be limited in their ability to sue to get money back for themselves.
If I may ask the gentleman a question, Have there been any allegations that any municipality in the United States has filed a frivolous lawsuit? Is there any allegation that has ever been made that they should be prevented under this…
I think it is a pretty big step for Fortune to take to say that CEO's of the companies do not even understand them, and we are talking about the companies that are selling them as well as buying them. I think that we should give the…
We have here Fortune magazine. This is not some populist perspective on this issue. Here is the headline in their magazine, ``The Risk That Won't Go Away.'' ``Like alligators in a swamp, derivatives lurk in the global economy. Even the…
I am only using the Bush administration numbers that there would be $35 billion that would need to be spent in order to finish this project, and additional tens of billions of dollars if an alternative Brilliant Pebbles project was adopted…
Mr. Chairman, nothing could be further from the truth. The way the IAEA works is accounting principles. They get to stand at one door and check as it goes in and then the back door to check if it comes out. If it does not come out, which…
I rise in support of Senate Joint Resolution 56, to designate the week of April 11, 1994, as ``National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.'' I am pleased to announce today that 224 of my colleagues join me in support of this resolution…
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