Ed Markey

To me, that is far more powerful.

I will not take any extended time except to just recommend Scott Nathan as just an exemplary public servant, someone who will make a huge difference.

The administration is putting human rights at the center of foreign policy and seeking concrete human rights improvements in Egypt--a goal I strongly support.

I urge swift confirmation for Erik, an adopted son of the Commonwealth, for this important post.

The treatment of Uyghurs in China is just one brutal example of the Chinese Government's long-standing disregard for basic human rights.

I share your concern with the high rates of hunger and chronic malnutrition around the world, which have only deepened during the pandemic.

The violence committed against Rohingya is truly horrifying.

The best way to achieve a world without nuclear weapons is through a process that takes into account the international security environment.

I will urge Singapore and other ASEAN members to hold the Burmese regime accountable to the Five-Point Consensus and urge the military to immediately cease the violence, release all those unjustly detained, and restore Burma's path to…

While I understand and share the desire to make progress toward a world without nuclear weapons, the TPNW is not the right way to achieve that goal.

There should be little doubt that the right basic framework for thinking about our relationship with China today is strategic competition.

I truly believe that China today, led by the Communist Party and propelled by Xi Jinping's hypernationalism, is unlike any challenge we have faced as a nation before.

U.S. support to Bosnia and Herzegovina is critical to maintaining peace in the Balkans and moving the country towards a better future.

The modern U.S.-Austria relationship forged in the aftermath of World War Two is built on a commitment to our shared values of democracy, rule of law, and the protection of human rights.

If confirmed, rebuilding the workforce of the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance (AVC) would be my top management priority.

That's why we need to expand the Child Online Privacy Protection Act. That's why we need to pass the KIDS Act that Senator Blumenthal and I have introduced.

The reason why Facebook hasn't officially permitted kids 12 and under to use its platform is because the Child Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 that I'm the author of exists.

But we also know that as time has moved on they've become even more sophisticated so that the KIDS Act is necessary to stop children and teen apps from being features, such as likes and follower counts that quantify popularity.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for your incredible leadership on this issue.

Ultimately children are not commodities.

What does that do? Well, it says to all the television networks in America stop preying upon children, stop using all of your power in order to try to get young children in our country hooked on the products that are going to be sold.

They've always been given historically special protections.

Facebook and its Big Tech lobbyists are blocking my bills to protect kids because it would cost them money.

Your time of invading our privacy, promoting toxic content, and preying on children and teens is over.

Congress has to enact these special protections for children and teens to stop social media companies from manipulating young users and threatening their well-being.