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Ed Markey

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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.

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Jan 13, 2021

His finger is still on the nuclear trigger, he is a completely unstable human being, then we will have to begin when the Democrats are in the majority, right after the inauguration, to begin the trial of Donald J. Trump, President of the…

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Jan 13, 2021

I was very proud of the way in which the House of Representatives conducted the debate and ultimately cast the correct historical vote to impeach Donald Trump.

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Dec 29, 2020

We have to think big. It will be very helpful if we have the majority, because we have to think big, we have to act big. That's what Joe Biden wants to do.

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Dec 29, 2020

I think it could have an impact in the Georgia two run-offs, if the Republicans block a vote on helping ordinary families.

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Dec 29, 2020

People are in a crisis. It's an unemployment crisis. It's a health care crisis. There's an addiction crisis. It's a food crisis. There's a crisis of faith in the American government right now.

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Dec 29, 2020

We can push it at least until New Year's Day. And so we're going to continue to use every procedural tactic at our disposal in order to ensure that the Republicans are under the maximum pressure to give help to ordinary American families.

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Dec 29, 2020

Well, we already know, as I said, that Donald Trump does, in fact, want to give a $2,000 check.

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Dec 29, 2020

They are the only obstacle right now. Trump supports it. It's now passed the House of Representatives. And it's Mitch McConnell and Republican leadership who are holding up a vote which would give a $2,000 check to each American to deal…

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Dec 29, 2020

We have a moral responsibility to move.

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Nov 24, 2020

Joe Biden has proposed a $2 trillion green infrastructure bill.

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Nov 24, 2020

The climate crisis is now in the Situation Room.

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Nov 24, 2020

This is the national security, economic, environmental and moral issue of our time.

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Sep 20, 2020

Well, they essentially stole a Supreme Court seat.

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Sep 3, 2020

What do you call tax breaks for 100 years for the oil industry, the gas industry and the coal industry, dipping into the pockets of all of the taxpayers in our country? And it looks to me like it's socialism.

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Sep 3, 2020

That's why I think our country wants an FDR moment in 2021. They want a country that cares for every other family because Donald Trump only cares about one family, and that family is the Trump family.

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Sep 3, 2020

It is not enough that he's a racist. It's not enough that he's criminally negligent in the way in which he's handling the coronavirus and the great depression that our country has sunk into.

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Sep 3, 2020

History was made in Massachusetts Tuesday night when congressman Joe Kennedy, the grandson of Bobby Kennedy, became the first Kennedy in Massachusetts' history to lose an election in Massachusetts when Senator Ed Markey won the Democratic…

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Sep 1, 2020

Ed Markey defeats handily, Congressman Joe Kennedy III in a primary for United States Senate.

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Sep 1, 2020

We asked what we could do for our country. We went out. We did it. With all due respect, it's time to start asking what your county can do for you.

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Aug 31, 2020

I never had a doubt from the beginning that my progressive message was going to be successful in this campaign.

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Mar 11, 2020

Schools, libraries, healthcare providers, and other community anchor institutions need high-capacity broadband for distance learning, access to information, and telemedicine, but too often, anchor institutions' need for broadband service…

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Jan 15, 2020

That's what a trial is. It's not a grand jury proceeding. This is a real trial and you cannot, as those who are conducting a trial, blind yourself willingly to the information which is now available.

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Jan 15, 2020

It's clear that at that time that President Trump was paranoid about Joe Biden, that he wanted to discredit, undermine that candidacy.

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Jan 15, 2020

Parnas should have all of that information provided to the Senate. He, himself, should be made available so that he can be questioned as well.

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Jan 15, 2020

Well, he's only saying what Ambassador Sonland said that everyone was in the loop, everyone knew, everyone was completely and totally aware of the fact that the President was withholding $391 million worth of American taxpayer money in…

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