Ed Markey

President Biden aptly referred to [airline fees] as 'junk fees' in his recent State of the Union address.

So, we have to end these junk fees, including a ban on parents having to pay any kind of fee to have their children sitting next to them.

I have been beating this drum on this issue for years.

It is time for Congress to act.

Last year saw a 1,000 percent increase in refund related complaints compared to 2019.

I am fighting to pass my Cash Refunds for Flight Cancellations Act.

We applaud the Department of Justice and the Department of Transportation for opposing this harmful acquisition.

On PCBs, asbestos, lead, they continue to poison our schools, households, workplaces across the country.

Obviously, the U.N. this week made it very clear that the world is now on thin ice, and that we have to do even more.

Strong new regulations send the right signal to the rest of the world that we are serious about this.

It is important to be looking at additional efficiencies, additional ways you can lower this price.

But now the list price of COVID vaccines may more than quadruple, and the cost of high drug prices is that families may need to pay higher health care premiums.

Even one person not getting vaccinated because they can't afford is a health system failure.

The real workers are saying that your company has failed to ensure their health and safety, and they fear retribution.

Two person crews make our trains safer, and I wish that you would commit to that today.

Those safety issues are not just a threat to the communities where rail companies operate, they are a threat to rail workers.

It is clear that for too long, the rail industry has been raking in profits and putting safety on the sidelines.

How necessary is this increased budget if we want EPA to actually be able to address toxic substances in communities?

I only had two unions endorse me in my first race for Congress. One of them was the Asbestos Workers.

On PCBs, asbestos, lead, they continue to poison our schools, households, workplaces across the country.

Obviously, the U.N. this week made it very clear that the world is now on thin ice, and that we have to do even more.

Strong new regulations send the right signal to the rest of the world that we are serious about this.

Senator Markey made the point that I think millions of people appreciate, you can come up with all the great drugs in the world, we appreciate that, but if people can't access them, they go broke or they go bankrupt hoping to buy them, it…

A drug that is unaffordable is a hallucination to ordinary people in our Country.

It is important to be looking at additional efficiencies, additional ways you can lower this price.