Honorable Ed Markey
United States Representative, Massachusetts, Democrat
Representative Markey, of the Seventh District of Massachusetts, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976. He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1973 to 1976. He sits on the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Natural Resources Committee, where he is the Ranking Minority Member. The following is from the September 20, 2012, House floor debate on H.R. 3409, the Stop the War on Coal Act. I rise in opposition to this bill. The Republicans are saying that there is a war on coal, but the only battle coal is losing is in the…
