Letter Text (PDF) Boston (May 5, 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 Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Boston (May 4, 2026) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today wrote to Eric Schmid, owner of Mountain Billy Gun Lab—formerly Wee1 Tactical—demanding the company cease all marketing of assault-style weapons directed at minors, withdraw related advertisements, and halt... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (April 30, 2026) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), co-chairs of the bicameral Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group, today reintroduced the Reactors at Risk Act, legislation that would direct the Department of Defense (DoD) and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to... Read More

Washington (April 30, 2026) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today released the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved a new rule that makes it harder for schools and libraries to access funds from the E-Rate program, which helps schools and... Read More

Resolution Text (PDF) Washington (April 29, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) today reintroduced their resolution to recognize the month of April as “Fair Chance Jobs Month” to ensure that formerly incarcerated individuals have a fair chance at securing good-paying, stable employment. The Fair Chance... Read More

Washington (April 28, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after voting in favor of the War Powers Resolution introduced by Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) to prevent Trump from starting an illegal war in Cuba. The vote failed 48-50. “With the United States engaged in President Trump’s illegal, expensive, and... Read More

High Court Will Take Up Trump Administration’s Effort to End TPS for Haiti, Venezuela, Syria, and Other Nations in Crisis Washington (April 28, 2026) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) alongside Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), and a coalition of seniors,... Read More

Resolution Text (PDF) Washington (April 23, 2026) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, and Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) passed their bipartisan resolution unanimously designating April as “Community College Month.” Across... Read More

Washington (April 23, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) alongside Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12) and Congressman Ro Khanna (CA-17) reintroduced the Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act, legislation to raise hazard pay and strengthen protections for health care workers. The legislation, which was Rep. Lee’s first bill introduced in... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (April 23, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) today wrote to Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Todd Lyons, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration... Read More

Washington (April 23, 2026) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, offered an amendment on the Senate floor that would require action to lower electricity costs for working people, but was blocked by Republicans as they voted to give a $140 billion blank check through the budget reconciliation... Read More

Resolution Text (PDF) Washington (April 22, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senator Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) released the following statement today after the Senate passed their resolution designating April 22, 2026 as “National Assistive Technology Awareness Day.” “For... Read More

Washington (April 22, 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 following his questioning of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who appeared in front of the HELP... Read More

Washington (April 22, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey and Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-06) and Julia Brownley (CA-26), introduced the bicameral Climate Change Education Act, which would establish a Climate Change Education Program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide grants and technical assistance to... Read More

Washington (April 22, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after voting in favor of the war powers resolution introduced by Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.). The vote failed 46-51. “Trump’s war of choice on Iran is proving to be a wasteful, unjust, and useless mission as negotiations and the ceasefire remain... Read More

Washington (April 22, 2026) — Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) re-introduced the Youth Climate Leadership Act, legislation that would cement the existence of youth advisory councils within the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Interior, Department of Energy, Department of... Read More

Report Card (PDF) Washington (April 22, 2026) – Today, on Earth Day, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Representatives Summer Lee (PA-12), Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07) and Rashida Tlaib (MI-12)—Co-Chairs of the Senate and House Environmental Justice Caucuses—unveiled a bicameral report card... Read More

New bill would permanently authorize Southeast New England Program & Boost Multi-State Watershed Cleanup, Conservation, & Ecosystem Improvements SNEP Authorization Act would put $150 million on tap for public-private efforts to safeguard local watersheds in southern New England Washington (April 21, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey... Read More

Statements of Support (PDF) Washington (April 21, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, the Environment and Public Works Committee, and the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee—today announced the introduction of a package of legislation during Earth Week... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (April 20, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), members of the Environment and Public Works Committee, led 15 colleagues in a letter requesting that the Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations legislation include language that would prohibit the use of taxpayer funds to implement... Read More