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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.
Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the remaining time. I agree with the gentleman from Louisiana; I am not an expert on drilling. We are congressional experts. And that is an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms, like ``jumbo shrimp'' or ``Salt…
I thank the gentleman from New Jersey very much, and I thank him for his leadership on these issues. We're partners in this effort to try to move toward a new energy direction. So last week we had a debate on the issue of whether or not…
I yield myself 2 minutes. Mr. Chairman, here is the BP Blue Ribbon Commission report that was conducted to investigate and to make recommendations as to what the causes were and what can be done to prevent it from happening again. Right…
Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 4, after line 6, insert the following (and redesignate accordingly): ``(3) Other safety and…
I yield myself an additional 30 seconds. This is their agenda. Nothing on safety; nothing on wind and solar; nothing on corralling the speculators. And what do they say? What they say is they're going to in fact go into the Medicare budget…
I yield 2 minutes to the ranking member of the subcommittee, the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Holt).
I yield myself such time as I may consume. One year ago today, we were 2 weeks into the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. We were 2 weeks into what would ultimately become the worst environmental disaster in our Nation's history, with…
Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio). Mr. DeFAZIO. We are headed toward $4.25, $4.50 a gallon by Memorial Day, the usual oil company run-up when the driving season starts, crushing the dreams of…
I yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from Santa Barbara, California (Mrs. Capps).
I yield myself 3 minutes. This is the wrong debate to be having here today. The Republicans are debating more drilling without more safety even though the BP spill commission that examined what went wrong last year concluded that there was…
I thank the gentleman very much. The oil companies are making windfall profits right now. Look at what just happened in the last 3 months: ExxonMobil made $10 billion; Shell, $8 billion; BP, $7 billion; $6 billion for Chevron; $3 billion…
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