Ed Markey

There is a serious problem. In total, the airlines caused 53,000 cancellations in the first 11 months of 2022, more than double than before the pandemic.

In response to what happened, Senator Blumenthal and I called on Southwest to provide a cash hardship payment beyond refunds.

It is their choice. Would you give them a cash payment in order for them to fly on another carrier rather than Southwest?

Because you did not listen to those warnings, catastrophic conditions were created for passengers by the hundreds of thousands.

We have seen new lows in customer service, despite a $54 billion taxpayer bailout during Covid-19.

We have seen new lows in customer service, despite a $54 billion taxpayer bailout during Covid-19.

We have seen new lows in customer service, despite a $54 billion taxpayer bailout during Covid-19.

Let us use more producer responsibility, such as we do with ink cartridges for printers, to have a system in place that ensures far more of the stream of waste actually gets recycled.

I think that is not an acceptable formulation for the accountability that we bear as legislators to the people of the United States.

It is my sense that plastics may well pose a very significant risk to human health.

Let us eliminate single use plastic that is absolutely unnecessary in the first place.

We have thousands of chemicals deep in our lungs, in our breast milk, in our consumption, and we don't really understand all of the effects of those chemicals.

I think we have a responsibility to our children, to the generations to come, to thoroughly understand this and address this challenge.

We have done nothing to verify the videos and the evidence of cluster munitions, of white phosphorus, of--which are illegal.

Money is fungible. Whether it is direct assistance that can hurt Armenia or not, money is fungible.

Has the U.S. Government taken steps to assess whether any Azerbaijani units who currently receive or have received in the past U.S. security assistance engaged in recent fighting against Armenia?

It seems to me that the United States is in bed with Azerbaijan.

You have to recognize when there is an aggressor.

You have established that as a fact?

September, I sent a letter with my colleagues to Secretaries Blinken and Austin asking them to prevent any U.S. security assistance from going to Azerbaijan until Armenia and Azerbaijan reached a permanent lasting resolution to ensure…

The transportation sector accounts for an estimated 31 percent of total carbon emissions in the United States in 2021.

We need to drastically cut our transportation related emissions, starting now.

I am looking forward to working with you as the Federal Highway Administration finalizes its Greenhouse Gas Emissions rule.

No project is more worthy of Federal funding than that project.

We have to ensure that our streets are safe for all road users.