Edward Markey
Edward Markey was elected to the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts in 2013 and previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Says HIV and AIDS rates have spiked "due to increased heroin and fentanyl use."
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"Trump looking to open up E Coast & new areas for offshore oil drilling when Congress has passed no new safety standards since BP"
"We only have 2 percent of the oil reserves in the world, and we consume 25 percent of the world's oil on a daily basis."
"Right now every single one of the (oil) companies here today and dozens of others are drilling for free in the Gulf of Mexico on…
Says the Congressional Budget Office estimates a cap-and-trade program would cost the average family the equivalent of "a postage stamp a day."