WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), the ranking Democrat on the Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today responded to the proposed acquisition of BellSouth by AT&T:
"Twenty years after the government broke up Ma Bell, this deal represents a mother and child...
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“This is Santa Claus negotiating. The goal seems to have been to give away as much as possible.” -George Perkovich, Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
"Basically the nuclear establishment of India dug in its heels, Prime Minister Singh backed them up, and the administration...
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"In a last minute rush to get a nuclear deal with India at any cost, President Bush appears to have caved to Indian demands and compromised U.S. security by blowing a hole in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
“The United States has now pushed over a nuclear domino that falls against 187 other nations – all signers of the...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), co-chair of the Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation and senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee made the following statement in response to reports that President Bush agreed to break several U.S. laws and undermine the world’s most powerful nuclear...
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"Torture of any kind is unacceptable. And when it occurs it is the obligation of just nations to address known injustices. Not only was Maher Arar a victim of injustice when he was whisked away from his family at JFK in 2002 while returning to Canada from a vacation and sent to Jordan and Syria to be tortured, but once again he was...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the eve of President Bush’s visit to India, Representative Ed Markey (D-MA), co-chair of the Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation and senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee joined by a coalition of groups opposed to the Bush nuclear deal with India including the Arms Control...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democratic Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today issued the following statement on the announcement by National Grid that it will be acquiring Keyspan in an $11.8 billion merger:
“Today’s merger announcement reflects the reality that the passage...
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WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, today announced that he will introduce legislation when Congress reconvenes next week to require more thorough investigations into proposed foreign takeovers of U.S. critical infrastructure such as ports. The need for the...
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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democratic Member of both the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Homeland Security Committee, today released a letter urging President Bush and his administration to comply with the 2002 Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act and ensure that KI (potassium...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Ed Markey (D-MA), co-chair of the Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation and senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee made the following statement in response to President Bush’s latest push for an exception to U.S. law and international nuclear weapons treaties:
“This...
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Washington, DC - Representative Edward J. Markey, senior Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee released the following statement in response to remarks by President Bush that he would veto any attempt to block the operation of major ports in the United States by a company controlled by a foreign government – the United Arab...
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WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Representatives Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) and Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), senior Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee released the following letter to Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) requesting him to bring port security legislation to the floor immediately upon our return from the...
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The Port of New Jersey, pictured above, is one of the six major seaports that the President plans to permit foreign governments to operate. Do you support this plan? Let me know how you feel by taking the poll below, or emailing me your thoughts. To learn more about this issue, read Rep. Markey's blog on the...
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Washington, DC - Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Committee on Homeland Security and long-time proponent of increased security safeguards both on cargo transported on airplanes in the United States and on cargo shipped to U.S. ports from overseas, made the following statement in response to news that the Bush...
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Washington, DC- Representative Edward J. Markey, a senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, reacted to President Bush’s visit to the National Renewable Energy Lab hours after the Administration had reversed cuts in the lab’s funding made in the president’s budget. The president’s budget initially called...
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Washington, DC - Rep. Edward Markey, a senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today noted the irony of President Bush visiting a Milwaukee company that's developing lithium-ion batteries for hybrid cars in his first stop to highlight alternative energy options.
“I wonder if any of the workers at this hybrid car...
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Washington, DC—Today, Representative Edward J. Markey, senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee said he would introduce legislation to ban the use of carbon monoxide gas to make packaged meat look artificially fresh if the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not immediately revoke its June 2004 decision to allow the...
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