Ed Markey

We would like to see those steps reversed.

If I am confirmed, I will bring the strong message of Congress and the administration, work with all stakeholders.

I am particularly concerned with the attacks on all independent voices, but especially the free press.

In my opinion, you cannot be too tough on Burma. You cannot hit them hard enough. You cannot call them out enough.

The administration's recent decision to cut 200 million dollars in Economic Support Funds to civilians in the West Bank and Gaza will deny Palestinians, mostly women and children, access to clean water, food, education, and medical…

Many of the crises to which USAID is responding are a byproduct of exclusionary politics, poor governance, corruption and impunity.

Improving a country's citizen-responsive governance will inevitably bolster its long-term stability.

No, I emphatically do not accept the premise that de-emphasizing efforts to improve democratic systems will increase stability.

I think it is absolutely critical.

Taiwan is a democratic success, a reliable partner, and the United States will continue to support Taiwan.

I saw people who were fleeing, who were fleeing conditions that were absolutely inhumane.

Unless we do something different, then we just should not expect anything to change.

It is one of the worst countries in the world when it comes to violent crime.

It is clear that there is now a deep-seated problem down there, and that the U.S. historically has played a role in this condition that has been created.

If confirmed, I will aggressively advocate for the protection of unique defense technologies which are critical for our national and economic security.

You are going to be given the job of implementing this existing terrible policy.

This new era has now opened. And, from my perspective, until the President agrees to reverse this policy...

I went to sleep last night, hoping that President Trump would exercise his power to just stop the implementation of this new policy.

Do you agree that ISIS recruits would probably avoid buying guns online or at gun shows if they could print them at home instead?

If not for the efforts of eight attorneys general, including Maura Healey, the attorney general from my own State of Massachusetts, anyone, including criminals and terrorists, would now be able to download a computer file and print a…

It is deeply important to me that we make preventing and responding to discrimination and violence against the LGBTQ community a foreign policy priority.

Now is not the time to back off the pressure.

The Europeans are our closest allies, and we need them on other initiatives, as well.

The EU remains deeply concerned about what it views as protectionist U.S. trade policies.

Europeans, obviously, suffered through the German invasion, the Nazi occupation, and, subsequently, the Soviet Union occupying much of Europe.