Edward Markey Quotes (24 Quotes)

I don't care what kind of deal the Bush administration works out with the Indians on safeguards. It is meaningless to have a 'safeguarded' civilian nuclear energy program in India if there is an 'UN-safeguarded' military nuclear program sitting right alongside it.

Americans are really playing cargo roulette every time they get on a passenger plane.

This legislation creates an Internet playground. I think it will be a useful tool to millions of parents and families ... and the private sector as well.

The war was based on the false premise that Saddam Hussein had an active nuclear weapons program, ... manipulating facts.

It is not too late to learn how other intelligence failures since 911 can be corrected.

We have the issues of poor people and privacy left over because all the big boys have already gotten what they want,

This family has had a powerful impact not only upon our country, but upon just about every other country in the world, ... They are the most important political family in the world for the last 50 years, and I think we all really feel this sense of loss.

George Tenet's CIA failed to track this terrorist, with tragic consequences, ... Coupled with Mr. Tenet's previous admission of responsibility for allowing misleading information into the president's State of the Union address, it is clear that we need to start over again with new leadership at the top of the CIA.

bad for consumers, bad for competition, and bad for innovation.

Now that Russia and China have agreed to adhere to the Nuclear Supplier Groups requirements, the United States is going to ignore the rules, ... What will Russia say when they want to supply more nuclear materials or technology to Iran You can be sure that Pakistan will demand equal treatment. Will the Bush administration soon be announcing nuclear cooperation with them.

In keeping with his design to gut our country of national treasures, the chairman has put the home of America's foremost park-maker ... on the list of national parks to be cut, ... He is trying to sell the park-maker's park.

The National Amusement Ride Safety Act does not single out this industry, ... Our purpose is to ensure that this industry is treated no differently than any other when it comes to basic consumer safety oversight of activity that places small children on large machines.

If you choose nevertheless not to release home heating oil from the reserve, I respectfully request an explanation of the reasons why the administration has chosen not to provide relief to consumers in the Northeast,

How can any of you justify no testing of these tires after two years I want to hear you justify to American families with two kids strapped into the back seat How can you justify that you have not done the tests

The Bush administration has given a pass to the cargo industry,

With one decision, Bush has made a mockery of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and the likelihood that any other country in the world will take it seriously.

The public deserves to know whether this is a case of FDA incompetence and a lack of diligence, or whether the FDA made a decision to protect the company's confidentiality over the public health, ... Either way, we have a serious problem on our hands.

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 did nothing to reduce our dependency on foreign oil or relieve the burden of consumers at the pump.

The Republican leadership has every intention of putting language allowing drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge back into this bill in conference,

We are going to have to exponentially increase rail security, ... to give the cities and towns across our country the security they need.

Now more than ever, the money is gushing into the pockets of the oil and gas industry, ... The five largest oil companies have recorded profits of over 46 billion during the first six months of this year.

We're breaking huge monopolies. It just can't happen overnight. The time is takes is dependent on how long it takes to get rules on the books and whether or not the (Baby Bells) take the rules to court which is their right. Without question, consumers are going to get the competition Congress and the president promised,

We have a virtual approval of a nonexistent document,

When 70 million television sets go black on December 31, 2008, three years from now, I can tell you people are going to have very strong opinions about it.