Boston (October 23, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the Trump administration announced that it will open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in America’s Arctic—the nation’s largest national wildlife refuge—to oil and gas drilling. “The Trump... Read More

Washington (October 22, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today joined Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Representatives Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) and Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.), along with 12 Senators and 10 House members, in writing to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and U.S Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee,... Read More

Washington (October 22, 2025) – The U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee yesterday advanced bipartisan legislation—introduced by Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in July—to reauthorize the Young Fishermen’s Development Program. The program,... Read More

Washington (October 21, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Representative Lori Trahan (MA-03) today applauded the inclusion of their pipeline safety priorities in the PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025, which was reported favorably out of the Senate Commerce Committee today. In... Read More

Washington (October 21, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Science, Commerce, and Transportation Committee, today successfully passed four amendments to the ROTOR Act, bipartisan legislation from Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) in response to the January collision between an Army Black... Read More

Washington (October 21, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today successfully helped pass four amendments through the Committee as part of the Foreign Robocall Elimination Act. These amendments continue Senator Markey’s long-running work to crack down on unlawful robocalls,... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (October 20, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today wrote to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Postmaster General Dave Steiner, Chair of the Postal Board of Governors Amber McReynolds, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott, urging the United States Postal Service (USPS) and the... Read More

Unless action is taken soon, there will be no agreed limits on U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear forces for the first time in decades Letter Text (PDF) Washington (October 17, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.)—co-chairs of the bicameral Nuclear... Read More

Senator Markey joined by health care providers, advocates at Upham’s Corner Health Center Watch: Senator Markey, attendees discuss what GOP cuts mean for Mass. residents Boston (October 10, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today hosted a press conference at the Upham’s Corner Health Center in Dorchester to highlight the impacts of the... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (October 10, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today wrote to Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, urging the Department of Energy (DOE) to ensure that our nation’s nuclear arsenal is protected during the federal government shutdown. The Trump administration has claimed that it will temporarily suspend certain... Read More

Washington (October 10, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after voting against the $1 trillion National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026. “Yesterday, the Senate voted to give the Pentagon a trillion-dollar spending package while the Trump administration and MAGA Republicans play politics with... Read More

Washington (October 9, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today released the following statement after reports that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened an investigation into Tesla’s Full-Self Driving (FSD)... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (October 9, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today introduced the Right to Override Act, legislation that would protect patients and health care workers by requiring an option for human override of artificial intelligence (AI)-based systems that recommend clinical decisions in health care settings. AI is... Read More

Washington (October 9, 2025) — Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today joined Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and California’s former Secretary of State, and Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio-03) in announcing the introduction of new bicameral legislation aimed at preventing the... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (October 9, 2025) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) wrote to Former Governor Chris Sununu, the Chief Executive Officer of Airlines for America, reminding Airlines for America’s members of their obligation to provide timely and hassle-free refunds to airline passengers whose flights were cancelled or significantly... Read More

Washington (October 9, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement on the announcement of an Israel-Hamas peace deal. “After two years of a brutal and deadly war, I welcome the recent progress on ceasefire negotiations. I am hopeful that we can end this tragic conflict, bring the hostages home, and provide... Read More

Trump State Department has failed to explain why “it took the U.S. embassy four days – longer than other governments whose citizens were detained – to visit and assess the care of American citizens.” “What steps will the State Department take to independently evaluate the accusations of mistreatment towards American citizens on the Global Sumud... Read More

Washington (October 8, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security and lead sponsor of the Warehouse Worker Protection Act, released the following statement during Amazon’s “Prime Big Deal Days” event, running October 7 and... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (October 8, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member on the HELP Committee, and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today introduced the Stop Medical... Read More

Washington (October 6, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released the following statement marking two years since the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel that saw the murder of 1,200 people: “It has been two years since Hamas’s heinous attack on Israel, and we continue to mourn with the families who lost loved ones that dark... Read More