Ed Markey

I think that the current process is working, and we are skeptical of upsetting that balance.

We have prevented 99 percent of listed species from going extinct because of the Act, but it always depends upon the best science.

I do not see--think the meeting, in and of itself, signifies progress. I think it is a first step.

If China is now playing into this, then ultimately the likelihood of them actually making the concessions are very slim.

There is no evidence that it is working. In fact, there is evidence that it is not working.

If the Chinese are loosening the trade sanctions against North Korea, then complete and irreversible denuclearization becomes less likely, not more likely.

We are not going to get the result which we want from North Korea if China is playing games with the trade sanctions.

We must take swift action to eradicate the environmental contaminants of the 20th century and invest in infrastructure for the 21st century.

I introduced the Clear Drinking Water Act, which would authorize more than $1 billion in Federal grants to help small and disadvantaged communities replace contaminated water infrastructure.

The Trump administration's infrastructure proposal, $200 billion of Federal funding that would presumably come from budget cuts, fails to deliver on the President's promise to invest $1.5 trillion in our Nation's infrastructure.

I think this is the Committee that should be realistic, that we should be practical.

$200 billion simply is not $1.5 trillion.

Low-cost Federal loan programs are one important tool in our infrastructure toolbox that can help us modernize our Nation's roads and rail and water infrastructure.

Somehow or other we have to bridge that gap, though, because like you are saying, in the hands of parents, without some kind of instruction given to them, unfortunately, it will not ultimately, in many instances, be effective.

With as many as 50 billion IoT, Internet of Things devices... projected to be in our pockets and homes by 2020, cybersecurity will continue to pose a direct threat to economic prosperity, privacy, and our nation's security.

Americans right now are suffering from the dark side of the digital revolution, and cybersecurity experts have determined that defects in computer chips have made virtually every computer in the world vulnerable to cyber attacks for the…

My bill will establish an advisory committee on cybersecurity experts from academia, industry, consumer advocacy, community, and the public to create cybersecurity benchmarks for IoT devices.

There has been some talk about weakening those rules or changing them in a way that could undermine that goal.

The goal ultimately is just to make sure that poor kids, you know, lower-income kids, have the same access as upper and middle income kids have to the Internet.

What do you do for the kids that otherwise could be left behind.

It is critical that it remain at full funding, increased funding if possible.

I was the House of Representatives author of the E-Rate program.

I commit to you that I deeply value this program and will guard it, value it and cherish it.

I have made clear that inclusion is one of the Agency's core values, and that non-discrimination towards beneficiaries is a basic principle of development.

I recently introduced the International Human Rights Defense Act, which would permanently establish a Special Envoy at the State Department to focus on the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons.