The Public Record
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.
Madam Chair, I, as the designee of Mr. Waxman, rise to offer an amendment. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Amendment No. 1 offered by Mr. Markey of Massachusetts: Page 3, lines 12…
I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. All time for general debate has expired. Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in the bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of…
Madam Chair, I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Chair, again, let me summarize. Home Star is a 2-year energy efficiency program that will save $9.2 billion in consumer energy costs, create or save 168,000 jobs when our country…
Would the Chair inform us as to the order of completion of debate. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Massachusetts has the right to close.
I yield myself 1 additional minute. The result of this will be a concomitant reduction in energy bills, in importation of energy, and kind of the sense that America has that we are losing control of our ability to control our own energy…
Madam Chair, I yield myself 2 minutes. Mr. Welch has just gone down the litany of organizations, from the National Association of Manufacturers, to the Chamber of Commerce, the steelworkers, the communications workers, utility workers…
Madam Chair, I yield myself 1 minute. The point here is that what the United States, over the years, has done is to not properly focus upon the things that we can do in order to avoid ever having to import oil from Saudi Arabia, from OPEC…
Madam Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Butterfield).
We have just heard from the Republican sponsor of the bill, and now we hear from the principal Democratic sponsor, the gentleman from Vermont, who has been giving us the leadership on this issue for the past 3 years. I yield 3 minutes to…
Madam Chair, I yield myself 1 minute at this time. Madam Chair, this is really a tremendous piece of legislation. It's a win-win-win. It will ultimately wind up with $9.2 billion worth of energy savings for American consumers because of…
Madam Chair, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman), the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee.
Politicians like Ed Markey
