mr. markey: reserving the right to object. mr. president, senator thune's bill is problematic, both substantively and procedurally. there have been no committee hearings on his proposal and it is not ripe yet for consideration here on the senate floor, and as a result, mr. president, i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. thune: mr. president, what you just sherd an objection to -- heard is an objection to having a reasonable debate. the point that the senator from massachusetts made, clearly the unanimous consent request called for an opportunity to have amendments considered by both sides of this discussion. and that what -- and what that tells me, again, is that what this is about is not serious legislating, it is about, again, the political theater associated with this congressional resolution of disapproval which has absolutely no future, is going nowhere, and does nothing to address the fundamental underlying problem which colleagues on both sides acknowledge need to be addressed. so i will, for the record,

mr. markey: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. markey: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, are we in a quorum, mr. president? the presiding officer: yes, we are currently in a quorum call. mr. markey: mr. president, i ask for a vitiation of the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. markey: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, today is a monumental day. today is the day the united states senate votes on the future of the internet, the most powerful platform for commerce and communications in the history of the planet. today we show the american people whose side -- who sides with them and who sides with the powerful special interests and corporate donors who are thriving under this administration. today we vote on my congressional review act resolution to save net neutrality. net neutrality may sound complicated, but it's actually very simple. after you pay your monthly internet bill, you should be able to access all content on the web at the same speed. no slowing down certain websites, no blocking web

mr. markey: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i want to thank you and thank all of my colleagues here today. this has been a very important debate to have on the floor of the united states senate. it's a debate over whether or not we are going to continue to have a free and open internet. this vote is a test of the united states senate and the american people are watching very closely. this vote is about small businesses, librarians, school teachers, innovators, social advocates, youtubeers, college students and millions of other americans who have spoken with one voice to say, access to the internet is our right, and we will not sit idly by while this administration stomps on that right. this vote is our moment to show our constituents that the united states senate can break through the partisanship and break past the powerful outside influences to do the right thing. the right thing for our economy, the right thing for our democracy, the right thing for our consumers, and the right thing for our future. this is commo

mr. markey: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, to you and all of my colleagues here on the floor this afternoon, we are about to have a huge debate in this country, and we are taking to the floor as a chorus of americans across the nation who are going to go to the phones and their devices to support our principle of net neutrality in this country. we are speaking out because the american people know that it the internet is the most powerful platform for commerce and communications in the history of the planet. they know that the internet is for everyone and was invented with the guiding principle of nondiscrimination. the internet is designed to democratize access to in fact everything to opportunity. they know that the health of our economy, our civic life, our educational system and so many other parts of today's american experience all depend on the internet being free and open to everyone, not just those who can afford big telecom's price of admission. they know that strong, clear, and enforceable net neutrality ru

markey: mr. reed? mr. reed: we support the four principles of net neutrality and are looking forward to having a solution that holds up over the length of time. sen. markey: so, you would not put the existing rules back on the books? is that what you are saying? mr. reed: we do not have a version of the books that go on with more than 5,000 members as we are looking at it. sen. markey: i just wondered if you wanted the strongest version. that's the version we are going to vote on tomorrow. the strongest version. mr. koch: it is us being a small company. we want equal representation and to have the same speed and access as everyone else. sen. markey: and, as you know, the court struck down the rules of title one. so, i know what your preference is. but, the courts actually struck them down when they moved in that direction. so, so, this is a big historic vote that we are going to have tomorrow. and, again, in the wildest world, it is going to be absolutely imperative that you can't be discriminated against.

mr. pompeo: i think your point about you and senator markey working together demonstrates the policy toward taiwan over multiple administrations. that hasn't changed under president trump, the same one policy -- one china policy is still american policy. i am aware of the taiwan act which was passed during this administration. i do not see any change there. mr. gardner: as it relates to china and south china sea activities, can you talk about the administration as it relates to china's militarization? mr. pompeo: i will leave the details to secretary mattis but yesterday, we decided to disinvited the chinese from an exercise they were invited to participate in in response to the weapons systems put islands that the chinese had agreed not to do. we are working along multiple fronts, not the least of which is my diplomatic effort to convince the chinese that it is not in their best interest nor the world's to expand throughout the south china sea. it is important to ensure that they remain available to us. mr. gardner: i look forward to working with you on the asia initiative reassurance act.

speakers include two south massachusetts senator ed markey. mr. kemp: good morning, and welcome. i'm fred kemp, i'm president and ceo of the atlantic council. and thank you all for joining us for the 2018 atlantic council east asia foundation strategic dialog. they say timing is everything. and we certainly are gathering together here at a historic moment. i want to especially welcome our speakers, dr. moon, mr. kim, congressman kim, congressman parks, dr. park, for travelling all the way from the republic of korea. we are deeply honored to be the first venue in washington d.c. chosen for public engagement by high level korean officials since the inter-korean summit. atlantic council is proud to host this event in partnership for the first time with the east asia foundation at such a historic moment. if just the opening conversation we had as we were just preparing to come in this room is any indication of the kind of rich conversation we'll have now, hold onto your seats. as i watched the summit on the korean peninsula unfold, and i watched the amazing theatrics of the long conv

mr. pompeo: that is correct. r. markey: i ask you a question about having this committee receive a legal memo from 2017 regarding airstrikes in syria and you said, i promise i will work alongside you to the best i can to get that information and if it is classified, i will work to get you that and if it is unclassified, i will work to do that as well. two days after that, we carried out airstrikes in syria, we have not received the memo in any version and i would like to ask why and will you work with us so we can see the appropriate version? mr. pompeo: i will accept responsibility. that information and if it is lassified, i will work to get i have not turned to that. i will. mr. gardner: you have been busy but i do want your commitment. mr. pompeo: i made a commitment that i would do it and i will turn to it this week. i may have an extra day now. mr. gardner: thank you, mr. secretary. -- senator: you were talking about an american who was hit by what appeared to be a sonic attack. he said it bore signs similar to those

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markey. >> great. thank you very much. mr. rodriguez, welcome. scott pruitt is now attacking the fuel economy standards, which were reached as in agreement with california and all the waiver states, along with the epa and nhtsa in 2010-2011. that would reduce our imports of oil that increased 3.5 million barrels of oil a day, which is roughly equivalent to what we import from opec on a daily basis. seems like a pretty important thing to do to keep on the books. and it also is still the largest single reduction that any law, any country has ever put on the books to reduce greenhouse gases, that one decision. so, it is huge, and i take a great deal of pride in it because i was the house author of that legislation in the same way senator feinstein, senator stevens were the senate authors of that bill. that's a 2007 bill that was relied upon by d.o.t. so, what do you think about scott pruitt's statement that the standards are too hard to meet, that it's just an unfair imposition on the auto industry? do you agree with that? >> no. we did a very, very

markey. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, were you involved in the drafting of this letter? >> yes. >> then maybe you can help me answer some questions about it. the president wrote, "based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in north korea's most recent statement, i feel it is inappropriate at this time to have this long-planned meeting." mr. secretary, how did you expect north korea to react to comparisons between north korea and libya? between the fates of kim jong-un and gadhafi? why would you expect anything other than anger and hostility in reaction to these comparisons? >> i appreciate this question, because there's this misunderstanding that has taken place with this idea of the libya model. i h what transpired when the libyans chose to give up their nuclear weapons, it was quick, decisive, diplomatic work negotiated over all things relative, a relative short period of time in 2003. that's the libya model. >> the libyan model as kim jong-un has been interpreting it, is that it's one where the leader of the country surrenders their nuclear capability,

keynote speakers, the honorable senator edward markey and prove chung-in moon who is a friend of mine for a long time and i want to mention two members, mr. park beom-kye of the ruling democratic part and mr. kim, a members of the defense community and member of defense affairs. korean delegation is specially reinforced by their participation. as we have with the korean peninsula, it's been in the vortex of unprecedented changes which were unthinkable even three months ago. president moon jae-in and chairman kim jeunghun had an historic meeting last friday and made an important first step towards sustaining peace on the korean peninsula. i think all of you may know that as a result of the meeting, two leaders agreed that they will cease all hostile acts towards each other and take various measures to improve inter-korean relations. they also agreed to establish permanent peace regime on the korean peninsula by declaring an end of the war and entering into a peace treat this year and they also atreat to include tri-party talks between the two koreas and the u.s. and four-party talks involving the two koreas, the u.s. and china. now in kor

mr. markey: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. markey: may i ask for a vitiation of the quorum call? the presiding officer: absolutely. mr. markey: thank you very much. i learned that word at my sophomore year in catholic school, latin derivatives to be used as latin. you don't get to use it as often as you like, so i'm glad i'm in the senate. as we head into memorial day weekend and the summer driving season, gas prices are up nearly 25% since president trump took office. that means american consumers are paying $350 more per year to fill up than under president trump. and here's why. number one, president trump's incoherent foreign policy has been exacerbating the geopolitical risk premium on oil prices and driving them up. and president trump's decision to withdraw the united states from the iran deal is further roiling oil markets. because of these actions that increase risks around the world, gas prices could keep going up even more this summer. i call this the trump oil risk tax. and its im