Ed Markey

So do you agree that there is a need to replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund so that minority-and women-owned restaurants who got pushed to the back of the line have the support they need?

We are definitely tied to the ability to get these ideas out into the market, creating jobs, and giving us an edge over other countries in the world.

Senators will be allowed to submit written questions for the record through the close of business on Wednesday, April 20th.

I hope that is the goal the TVA will adopt as well.

The key to any agency is accountability and oversight.

If confirmed, you would prioritize efforts to keep TVA jobs local and support the use of union labor?

I found troubling that in 2020 TVA tried to outsource more than 200 of those union jobs during the pandemic.

I love this subject, if I can go into the way back machine a little bit, it was 1978, and all the cable companies...

I have seen directly the benefit of what union membership has on our Nation's workers and their families.

In Massachusetts, it was up to 16 percent were renewables, and 14 percent of all our electricity in Massachusetts was solar last year.

I believe that the nominees before us today, who are extremely qualified for these positions, will be well equipped to consider these important questions in their service on the TVA Board and as TVA Inspector General.

The smarter we are at avoiding the need to build these plants, the better it is for the consumer out there, so they keep more money in their pockets.

The TVA has pushed for several decades more fossil fuel energy at the expense of potentially cheaper renewable sources, which pollutes our communities and exacerbates energy burdens for TVA customers who already pay some of the highest…

I think that is very important.

In the United States last year, 13 percent of all electricity came from wind and solar, up from pretty much zero in 2009.

I am the author of the Green New Deal. I didn't take any of that criticism personally.

Oklahoma, to its credit, has a higher percentage of wind generated electricity than the TVA does, and it is not a federally subsidized agency the way the TVA is.

There is more that the Authority can do to ensure that it serves its intended role as a national leader in technological innovation.

Again, my goal is to just keep the TVA cutting edge, the way I was raised in Massachusetts to think about it.

In recent years, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has detailed how TVA management allowed for a chilled work environment.

Do you think wind and solar are reliable and sustainable?

I would like to note that there is a history breaking moment that has just occurred.

I am deeply concerned about the impact that such decisions could have on affordability, long term resilience of our energy system, and our meeting our targets to address dangerous climate change.

The core mission of the TVA is just as relevant today as it was when the Authority was created nearly 90 years ago.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand in recess under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 4:24 p.m., recessed until Monday, April 4, 2022, at 3 p.m…