Ed Markey

Maybe ensure, on a regional basis, that this is an ongoing, educational process for those communities, so they are brought up to speed, and know that this risk is real

The CIA and FBI wouldn't have been coming to me in 2009 if it was a new issue.

I have been working with the Army Corps on developing a comprehensive study for addressing Boston's climate resiliency, we are right in the crosshairs of this climate crisis.

We want to make sure that we undertake additionally critical work to shore up the sea walls that can prevent these surging tides.

We need help, and in light of those concerns, could you explain how... you are going to enhance comprehensively and expand the capacity of the Army Corps to combat these threats to coastal communities in the United States?

We need to replace these two bridges. It is very important, because 250,000 people who live on Cape Cod are dependent upon those bridges.

This Committee also has a concomitant responsibility to ensure that we are funding the solutions to this climate crisis.

We are seeing rising tides; we are seeing massive erosion; we are seeing intensification of the storms which are impacting us.

Twenty percent of Newburyport falls within FEMA's 100 year flood zone with the risk exacerbated even further for the oceanfront residents.

It was a sad day for our country, sad day for the United States Senate and a very sad commentary on our nation when it just broke down on a completely partisan basis, Democrat versus Republican, red versus blue, when passing laws that make…

It`s hard to watch all of these red states across the country passing laws which we know are intended to suppress the ability mostly of black and brown individuals in our country from successfully voting in our country.

Well, obviously, we`re going to be trying to work very closely with Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema and all of the Democrats to put together a package which can get those 50 votes so Kamala Harris can break the tie.

The planet is running a fever. There are no emergency rooms for the planet.

We absolutely need rules on resiliency. It is not going to happen on its own, and we have 10 years of evidence--20 years of evidence now to prove it.

We also need strong resiliency rules on the books, to require better preparedness before and after the inevitable disasters strike us.

I believe that we must address issues at the intersection of climate change and telecommunications policy.

Are we in a paradoxical situation where many of these municipalities might have acted themselves and there is a State law that the broadband companies have that prohibit them from acting on their own?

Scientists have projected that sea level rise will submerge more than 4,000 miles of fiber optic cables within the next 15 years.

Oh, you are definitely winning the metaphor contest today in the Commerce Committee. But I love each one of them because they are accurate, in terms of where we are.

It is crystal clear that climate change is a threat to our networks, while our communications infrastructure is, itself, fueling this ever-growing crisis.

That is why Senator Wyden and I have introduced legislation to tackle both ends of the problem, the Generating Resilient and Energy Efficient Network Communications Act, or the GREEN Communications Act.

Senators Markey and Wyden have introduced a bill that would address many of the problems of network resilience.

As I hear it thus far, I have not heard language that talks about environmental justice, dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, creating millions of new union jobs. I cannot support a deal that does not have a climate at its…

If the infrastructure bill isn’t just negotiated or voted on and passed and on the president’s desk before the August recess this year, then they shouldn’t take their August recess. They should just cancel it.

The U.S. Government's view is that as Beijing seeks to disrupt the status quo by upping the pressure, it is incumbent upon us to further reinforce our support for Taiwan.