Text of Letter (PDF) Washington (December 1, 2022) – As automakers move swiftly to meet rising consumer demand for electric vehicles (EVs), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today sent letters to 20 car manufacturers requesting that they maintain AM radio in their... Read More

Washington (November 30, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined his colleagues in a letter led by Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, in urging President Joe Biden to commute the sentence of Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist convicted of murder in 1977 following a... Read More

Washington (November 30, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, released the following statement after Massachusetts’ Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) approved a special permit allowing Eversource to bypass 14 environmental... Read More

Washington (November 30, 2022) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)... Read More

Five years after genocide in Burma, thousands of Rohingya children in Bangladesh still lack access to formal educationText of Letter (PDF) Washington (November 30, 2022) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, led his colleagues Senators Ben... Read More

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington (November 30, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to the Department of Education (DOE) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) stressing the need for stronger policies to avoid limiting students’ access to higher education based on their disability through the use of involuntary... Read More

Washington (November 28, 2022) – Today, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Representatives Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18) and Steve Scalise (LA-01) applauded the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) recent, unanimous decision to prohibit the importation or sale of communications... Read More

Washington (November 25, 2022) — Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) urged the Biden administration to address the ongoing shortage of amoxicillin, a widely-used antibiotic for bacterial and respiratory illnesses. The senators highlighted how these shortages are... Read More

In filed comment, Senators urge DOT to require airlines to cover secondary costs incurred after delayed, cancelled flights – including hotel rooms and meals Text of Letter (PDF) Washington (November 23, 2022) – With more than an estimated four million people travelling through U.S. airports this Thanksgiving season, Senator... Read More

The tool, which Senator Markey secured funding for in the Inflation Reduction Act, was updated and strengthened following his and stakeholders’ feedback Washington (November 22, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety,... Read More

Washington (November 22, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today joined Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, in a bipartisan letter to Senate Appropriators underscoring that Congress must fully fund the CHIPS and Science Act in the Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriations... Read More

“An investigation alone does nothing for the stakeholders already harmed by Live Nation’s market dominance and seemingly ongoing anticompetitive behavior,” the senators wrote. Washington (November 21, 2022) – Following the disastrous launch of ticket sales for the Taylor Swift Era’s Tour, Senators Edward J. Markey... Read More

  Text of Letter (PDF) Washington (November 21, 2022) – With the gift-giving holiday season approaching and Black Friday around the corner, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, and Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chair of... Read More

Washington (November 20, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate and Nuclear Safety, today issued the following statement in response to news that the COP27 conference in Egypt concluded with a commitment from more than 200 nations around the world to... Read More

Washington (November 17, 2022) - Following recent alarming developments at Twitter after Elon Musk’s takeover of the company, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined his colleagues in a letter led by Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to conduct vigorous oversight and enforcement of... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (November 17, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and author of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA), and Representative Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18), senior member of the House Energy and Commerce... Read More

Washington (November 16, 2022) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07) in introducing the Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act. The SAFE Lending Act will protect consumers from deceptive and predatory... Read More

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington (November 15, 2022) – On the first anniversary of the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today led their colleagues Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.),... Read More

Washington (November 14, 2022) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, and Congresswoman Grace Meng (NY-06) issued the following statement calling on... Read More

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington (November 11, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today sent a letter to Twitter Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk demanding the company explain the procedures in place for its “blue checkmark” verification process. The query... Read More