‘Increasing offshore leases will do nothing to lower current gas prices, as the average offshore lease takes about five years to develop’ Washington (June 28, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today joined his colleagues in a letter led by Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) urging Interior Secretary Deborah... Read More

Washington (June 28, 2022) — Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined a bicameral group of lawmakers led by Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Monday asking the Biden Administration for information related to the scientific evaluations that the Department of Health and Human Services has conducted of fentanyl analogues. The letter expresses... Read More

Washington (June 28, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Donald Norcross (NJ-01) led a letter today to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen asking her to close a loophole in Treasury regulations that would extend health benefits provided under the Accordable Care Act (ACA) to support staff employed by contractors of... Read More

In letter to Zuckerberg, Senators call recent reports of Meta’s lax enforcement of gun sales ban “deeply disturbing,” argue that an unenforced ban is no ban at all Washington (June 24, 2022) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)... Read More

Washington (June 24, 2022) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today after the Supreme Court announced its decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. “What we have feared most has come to pass. A stolen, illegitimate, and far-right majority on the Supreme Court has destroyed nearly... Read More

Washington (June 23, 2022) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after the Senate passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: “Tonight’s passage of the first bipartisan gun safety agreement in decades should be viewed as the start of negotiations, not the end. We need more than... Read More

Washington (June 23, 2022) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen.“Just weeks after mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, the far-right majority on the Supreme... Read More

Washington (June 22, 2022) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) and Representatives Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Anthony Gonzalez (OH-16), co-leads of the Children and Media Research Advancement Act, released the following statement today after the bill’s passage in the House of Representatives.“Every... Read More

Senator Markey’s Preventing Health Emergencies And Temperature-related (HEAT) Illness and Deaths Act is favorably reported out of committee as the U.S. braces for more dangerously high temperatures this summer Washington (June 22, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a Member of the Senate Commerce, Science... Read More

Senators call for Commission to advance racial justice by protecting consumers, address discriminatory online practices, biometric surveillance, consumer predation, anti-competitive behavior Washington (June 22, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) led his Senate colleagues in a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair... Read More

Washington (June 21, 2022) – On the heels of World Refugee Day (June 20), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined colleagues led by Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA-33) in unveiling a resolution reaffirming the United States’ commitment to... Read More

Additional funding for the Emergency Connectivity Fund would prevent ‘great disconnection’ of millions of students from the Internet Washington (June 21, 2022) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Representative Grace Meng (NY-06) led their colleagues in a letter today urging... Read More

Washington (June 19, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), who introduced the Juneteenth Independence Day Act, released the following statement today in honor of Juneteenth, and in celebration of the first anniversary of Juneteenth’s commemoration as a federal holiday:  “Today, we are commemorating a historic... Read More

Washington (June 17, 2022) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Representatives John Garamendi (CA-03) and Donald S. Beyer (VA-08), the four co-chairs of the Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group, today wrote to Secretary of State Blinken urging him to send a senior U.S. official to participate in... Read More

Washington – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined colleagues led by Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Representative Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) in a letter to the CEO of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google, Sundar Pichai, urging him to take action to prevent misleading Google search results and ads that lead to anti-abortion clinics. In... Read More

Lawmakers urge the Department of Commerce to develop a strategy to protect consumers and mitigate e-waste, following lead of the European Union on universal chargers   Washington (June 17, 2022) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sent a letter to Secretary Gina... Read More

Washington (June 17, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today led his colleagues Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in a letter to the Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Gary Gensler urging the Commission to strengthen... Read More

Washington (June 16, 2022) – Today, on World Sea Turtle Day, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced the bipartisan Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Act, legislation to create a new grant program at the Department of Commerce to fund the rescue and recovery of sea turtles in the United States. All known sea turtle... Read More

“Good Jobs for Good Airports Act” would increase labor standards for service workers at airports that receive federal funding Washington (June 16, 2022) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Jesús G. “Chuy” García (IL-04) hosted a press conference [LINK] with airport workers and union... Read More

Senator Markey spotlights four preconditions for a visit, including accountability for murder of Jamal Khashoggi, tangible improvement in Kingdom’s human rights record, protection of civilians in Yemen, and ceasing its reported illicit ballistic missile cooperation with China   Washington (June 14, 2022) – Senator Edward... Read More