Honorable Ed Markey
United States Senator, Massachusetts, Democrat
Senator Markey was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012. He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1973 to 1976 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1976 to 2012. He sits on the Natural Resources Committee, where he is the Ranking Minority Member, and on the Energy and Commerce Committee. The following is from the September 10, 2015, Senate debate on a resolution disapproving the Iran Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. For more than half a century, the United States has led global efforts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. Since the 1970s, the international…
