Edward John Markey Quotes

• Well, as you know, General Motors does not make hybrids. Ford only made 4,000 hybrids last year.

  Edward John Markey

  Topics in Uncategorized

• We must vote for hope, vote for life, vote for a brighter future for all of our loved ones.

  Edward John Markey

  Topics in Future

  Tags in Ourselves, Brighter

• We know that al Qaeda is seeking radioactive materials and technology to launch a devastating attack, and that hundreds of radioactive sources have been lost or stolen in the U.S. and around the world.

  Edward John Markey

• We can no longer tolerate losing one more innocent child or putting one more firefighter at risk in a fire that could have been prevented at the cost of pennies by making a couple simple changes to the construction of a cigarette.

  Edward John Markey

• The segregated schools of today are arguably no more equal than the segregated schools of the past.

  Edward John Markey

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Segregated, Schools

• The Republican Party is bringing out here onto the floor of Congress an all-out assault on the protection of the rights of people who work in the fields of our country, in the factories of our country, in the offices of our country.

  Edward Young

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Republican, Party, Politician

• The problem is, is that President Bush and the Republican leadership in the Congress have resisted attempts to increase dramatically our fuel economy standards over the last five years.

  Edward John Markey

• The photographs of Iraqi prisoners being subjected to degrading and humiliating treatment by their captors, and the reports of acts of sexual abuse, physical abuse, and other acts of maltreatment shock the conscience.

  Edward John Markey

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Iraqi, Prisoners, Humiliating, Treatment

• The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.

  Edward John Markey

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Falsification, Scientific

• The Christians had a better chance against the lions than the American consumer has against the OPEC cartel.

  Edward John Markey

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Christian, American, Consumer

• The Brown decision promised that every child, regardless of the color of his or her skin, would have unequivocal access to quality education and an equal opportunity to pursue his/her dreams.

  Edward John Markey

  Topics in Education, Opportunity

  Tags in Dreams

• That’s the premise of the Saudi Arabians. He’s holding the president’s hand with one. In the other hand, he’s got his hand in the pocket of American consumers.

  Edward John Markey

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in American, Consumers

• Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all.

  Edward John Markey

  Topics in America, Technology

  Tags in Scientists

• People really feel that, when they go to the gas pump now, that the oil cartel is holding them by the legs and tipping them upside down and shaking money out of their pockets.

  Edward John Markey

• Our nation’s security, economy, and place on the world stage depends on the success our educational system.

  Edward John Markey

  Topics in Success

  Tags in Nation, Educational, System

• Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard.

  Edward John Markey

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in New York, Safety, Standard

• Just this week, Syria broke off all relations with the United States military and the CIA.

  Edward John Markey

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in United States, Military

• It is common knowledge that smoking is considered one of the nation’s leading causes of preventable death, but it’s less widely known that cigarettes are also the leading cause of fatal fires.

  Edward John Markey

• In Uzbekistan, hundreds of protesters were recently killed under the corrupt regime of President Karimov in what human rights groups are calling a massacre.

  Edward John Markey

• If we fight our enemy using the same inhumane and morally bankrupt techniques that we are trying to stop, we will simply become what we have beheld.

  Edward John Markey

  Topics in Enemy

  Tags in Bankrupt, Techniques

Edward John Markey (27)

Birth:	11th July, 1946
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

About

Edward John "Ed" Markey was born in Malden, Massachusetts, USA. He is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts, in office since 2013. From 1976 to 2013 he served as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. He previously served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1973 to 1976. He graduated from Boston College in 1968 with a Bachelor of Arts, and from Boston College Law School in 1972 with a Juris Doctor. After graduating, Markey worked as a lawyer in private practice.

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