Meta settlement comes in part due to violations of Markey’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Boston (August 27, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today called on Congress to pass his Children and Teens’ Online Privacy and Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) legislation... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (August 27, 2026) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Chris Coons (D-Del.) today wrote to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urging them to schedule a vote on H.R. 1689, a bill to designate Haiti for Temporary Protected... Read More

Senator Markey directly questioned RFK Jr. under oath about ties to measles outbreak in Samoa Boston (August 27, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, released the following statement after new reporting uncovered... Read More

Markey: “This dangerous deal is the starting gun for a Middle East nuclear arms race” Boston (August 26, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-chair of the bicameral Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group, today released the following statement after the Trump administration sent to Congress a nuclear cooperation agreement with... Read More

Letter to HHS, CMS (PDF) | Letter to DHS (PDF) Washington (August 18, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, and Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, along with Senators Cory Booker... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (August 18, 2026) — Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, along with Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Representative Kim Schrier (D-Wash.), and 88... Read More

Senator Markey, Rep. McGovern, and local elected leaders gather at GreenTech Park for groundbreaking Boston (August 14, 2026) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) yesterday joined Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) and the Worcester Business Development Corporation (WBDC) to break ground on the future public roadway at GreenTech Park in Worcester.... Read More

Washington (August 11, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement on the release of Massachusetts resident and former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman. “Over the past two years, my office has been working closely with the family of Robert Gilman – a Massachusetts resident and former Marine who has been wrongfully detained... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Boston (August 11, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Primary Health and Retirement Security Subcommittee of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today wrote to Linda McMahon, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, condemning the agency’s efforts to gut the Equity... Read More

Boston (August 10, 2026) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and the Environment and Public Works Committee, today called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to strengthen its proposed rule amending the “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS) loophole. The loophole... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (August 10, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today wrote to Laura Swett, Chairman of the Federal Regulatory Commission (FERC), urging the commission to reject NextEra Energy’s proposed acquisition of Dominion Energy. The acquisition would form the world’s... Read More

Washington (August 8, 2026) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after voting against the Continuing Resolution to fund Trump’s administration. “Voting for this Continuing Resolution would be signing a check for President Trump to continue his illegal, reckless agenda, including ICE raids, an unwinnable war in Iran,... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (August 7, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) reintroduced the Enhancing North Korea Humanitarian Assistance Act of 2026, which would expedite the efforts of non-governmental organizations to provide lifesaving medical care, sanitation systems, and other essential humanitarian needs to the people of North Korea.... Read More

Washington (August 7, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, today released the following statement as the Department of Justice continues to ignore the Senate’s unanimous criminal contempt referral for Steward Health... Read More

Markey report reveals some of the most expansive and damaging measures have unfolded largely outside of public view Report Text (PDF) Washington (August 7, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released a comprehensive new report, titled Under the Radar II: The Second Trump Administration’s Stealth Attack on the U.S. Immigration System,... Read More

Letter to ICE (PDF) | ICE Response to December 2025 Letter (PDF) Washington (August 6, 2026) - Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) again demanded answers from David Wesling, Acting Field Office Director for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Boston Field Office, after receiving an incomplete response from ICE to his December... Read More

Washington (August 6, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released the following statement on the detention of Massachusetts resident and former Marine Robert Gilman by the Russian government. “My office has been closely monitoring the detention of Robert Gilman–a Massachusetts resident and former Marine who has been held in Russia on... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (August 6, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and author of the Green New Deal for Health, and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) today reintroduced the Granting Resources for Eliminating Emissions Now in (GREEN) Hospitals Act. The... Read More

Washington (August 6, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and author of the E-Rate program, this week urged local leaders, librarians, library associations, teachers, school committee members, administrators, and advocates to submit comments in support of the E-Rate program. The... Read More

Washington (August 6, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after a lower court officially confirmed the end of Haiti Temporary Protected Status (TPS), following the Supreme Court’s June ruling greenlighting the Trump administration’s cruel termination. Senators Markey and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), along... Read More