Ed Markey

Even the Trump administration's draft report acknowledges we will consume 500,000 more barrels of oil per day if we freeze these standards.

Will you make a commitment to this committee that earth science will remain a priority for NASA in the years ahead?

We want to search for faraway planets, but we also want to make sure that we do our work here on Earth correctly.

Thank you for having this extremely important hearing today with this incredible panel.

Investing in space is investing in our future and the future of our children.

I think it is an important and strong process that needs to be adhered to because it really allows the best science to come forward.

So thank you all for your service to our country and to the planet. Thank you.

I want to talk about NASA's mission prioritization process. We only have so much money.

I think it is really time to take a better look at it.

I think the Trump Administration made a big mistake. We will in fact put the laws on the books that we need.

We have to make this a national priority. We can't afford to demote this issue or make it a boutique issue.

I have introduced similar legislation in Congress, the Cyber Shield Act.

The future viability of the Internet as a platform for commerce and social good depends on that platform's security and the long-term stability of cyberspace.

It's not only in the Gaza that Hamas will be able to download these guns, creating a national security set of issues.

Anyone with Internet access will be able to simply print a semi-automatic weapon with a 3D-dimensional printer.

The settlement that the Trump Administration entered into last month to allow for the online distribution of downloadable guns should be deeply disturbing to us all.

Regrettably, 37 percent of rail-related fatalities occur at grade crossings, where a railway line intersects with a road or a path.

For long-haul Amtrak trips where passengers could travel for several hours, adequate meals become an essential part of the trip.

Would you be concerned if the FCC decreased the amount of E-rate funding?

I have a very strong interest in the E-rate program.

I think they should expand.

What would you think of an incentive auction as a concept?

Federal agencies love to hoard spectrum. I mean, it's an absolute rule, right? Just the power of stasis.

I think that's right on the money.

The FCC, in 2014, wisely expanded the E-rate program.