Ed Markey

I know that he in his public life is animated by the values that his mother and father instilled in him. I know that he tries every day in our committee to ensure that those principles are in fact fulfilled. I know that those values are…

I hope that we can pass this TREAD bill this year so we do not have to come back. I wanted to make sure that everyone understand how important it is that we move together to pass this legislation this year.

This has been a piece of legislation which obviously has had to move very quickly. I thank the majority for their cooperation, including three amendments that I was particularly interested in: Dynamic testing so that we would be able to…

I was given an ironclad commitment by the other side when we were debating the financial services bill last November that they would have hearings all this year in the Committee on Banking and Financial Services on financial services and…

I am pleased to join with the gentleman from California (Mr. Cunningham) and a bipartisan coalition of other Members in introducing the 'Energy Efficient Buildings Incentives Act.'

Consumers who want to exercise their right to be placed on a do-not-call list or to take a telemarketer to small claims court after being called are often frustrated when they cannot get the Caller ID information from the telemarketer to…

Mr. Speaker, this issue is historic in its nature. Many on the other side contend that they support the historic mission of the public broadcasting stations across the United States. Yet, in their amendment, their bill, they are going to…

Mr. Speaker, just so we can once again clarify, under existing law, the way we have operated for the last 50 years in this country, Christmas mass can be on a public television station. Handel's Messiah can be on a public television…

Under existing law, religious broadcasters are able to operate public television stations in the United States. However, they do so accepting the responsibility that they must serve primarily the educational needs of the entire community…

But the reality is that once his language is adopted, once a television station, a public television station, can be primarily religious, then necessarily that test is incorporated into the historical set of criteria which must be looked…

The bottom line on this bill is that under current law the FCC decides whether the programming is educational. That is their job: Does, in fact, the public TV station fulfill the educational requirement to serve the entire community. If we…

Mr. Speaker, let me begin this debate by clarifying for anyone who may be listening what we are fighting about. In the United States, we have two types of television stations. We have commercial television stations. On commercial…

There is sufficient excess capacity in these facilities in order to accommodate the oil. We would probably wind up with the Federal Government leasing part of the facilities that are now controlled by these oil companies in order to…

The capacity ultimately is unlimited. We are talking about unused storage facilities all across the Northeast that could be used for these purposes.

I agree. The conferees did not intend that the ``reasonable demonstration'' requirement would substantially burden either consumers or the person providing the electronic record. In fact, the conferees expect that a ``reasonable…

I believe in the New Economy, but I believe in a New Economy with Old Values. I believe in full commerce with China, but I believe in commerce with a conscience. I rise in opposition to permanent normal trade relations with China. We…

Now, in section 101(c), the bill provides that an analogous formula shall be used where funds are distributed directly to political subdivisions smaller than a State. Consistent with our shared purpose to eliminate any unintended incentive…

Mr. Speaker, I do believe that this bill, in its present form, has yet to reach its pluperfect form of acceptability. However, I think that for the time being, as it moves through this floor consideration, that it perhaps does merit the…

Mr. Speaker, this satellite revolution is something that is changing the very face of the video marketplace in the United States. Back in 1992 when we passed the programming access provision, the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Tauzin) and I…

America is completely entranced by the television show, ``Who Wants to be a Millionaire?'' I think that is the game that is being played out here on the floor today. The Republicans, they are starting the game kind of with the faster…

I think people have to understand that part of the Contract with America is the pledge to abolish the Department of Energy. So the Department of Energy, in 1995, 1996, 1997, they were just fighting to exist, not to put together an energy…

Mr. Speaker, this is a very, very historic evening. Tonight, as we pass this legislation, we break down the final governmentally-sanctioned monopoly that had been granted over the last decades to private telecommunications companies. We…

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…