Senators express concern that the Chinese Government will deny United Nations team access to people and places in Xinjiang Province to prevent release of additional evidence of crimes against humanity and of genocide   Washington (May 21, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific,... Read More

Washington (May 19, 2022) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement today after the Senate failed to pass the bipartisan Small Business COVID Relief Act of 2022, legislation that would have provided much-needed... Read More

Washington (May 19, 2022) – As the United States faces a gun violence epidemic, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) led his Senate colleagues in a letter to 28 shipping companies expressing their concern that lax shipping security measures could contribute to firearm theft and make it easier for criminals to get their hands on lethal firearms.... Read More

Washington (May 19, 2022) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), sponsor of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act of 2021, Bill Cassidy (R-La.), lead co-sponsor of the 2021 legislation, Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) released the following... Read More

Washington (May 18, 2022) – U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), today in sending a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging the agency to investigate evidence that ID.me — a provider of identity verification services widely used by federal and state government agencies — made... Read More

With Roe v. Wade under threat, sale of data was “simply unconscionable, risking the safety and security of women everywhere”   Washington (May 18, 2022) – United States Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and eleven of their Senate colleagues today in letters to SafeGraph and Placer.ai, two... Read More

Washington (May 18, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) led ten of his Senate colleagues in a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging the agency to open an investigation into the marketing of lethal firearms, including assault-style rifles, to children. The letter highlights marketing targeted at... Read More

Washington (May 17, 2022) — A bipartisan group of Senators introduced a pair of bills that would cement and build on the important progress that has been made to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s disease.   Alzheimer’s costs our nation an astonishing $321 billion per year, including $206 billion in costs to Medicare... Read More

Washington (May 17, 2022) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Congresswomen Lori Trahan (MA-03), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Assistant Speaker of the House, and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) led the Massachusetts Delegation, including Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representatives Richard Neal (MA-01), James P. McGovern (MA-02),... Read More

Washington (May 17, 2022) – As the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) makes headway in standing up the new Advanced Research Project Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to improve the federal government’s ability to speed biomedical and health research, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) led his colleagues Senator Elizabeth Warren... Read More

Washington (May 13, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) today urged public health officials at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to better prioritize the needs of... Read More

More than 1 in 3 COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. linked to lack of health insurance. WASHINGTON, May 12 – In the midst of a pandemic that has claimed nearly one million American lives – more than one third of which have been linked to a lack of health insurance –Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and... Read More

This bill comes as opportunistic corporations are using inflation as cover to abuse their pricing power and jack up prices for American consumers.    Bill Text (pdf) | One Pager (pdf)    Washington, D.C. - Today, United States Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.),... Read More

Senate unanimously passes Markey resolution to commemorate peace agreement and call on the Cambodian government to fulfill the democratic promise of the accords, as Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen participates in ASEAN Leaders Summit in D.C.   Washington (May 12, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman of the East Asia... Read More

Washington (May 11, 2022) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senate sponsor of the Judiciary Act of 2021, released the following statement after the Senate failed to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the Women’s Health Protection Act in order to begin debate.   “Today, the Senate failed to protect the rights of millions... Read More

Washington (May 11, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Alvaro Bedoya’s nomination to serve as Commissioner to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).   “The Federal Trade Commission... Read More

Washington, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and a group of 14 Senators to urge Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to cease efforts to undermine unionization campaigns occurring at the company’s locations, and instead support employee-led union efforts nationwide.... Read More

Bicameral legislation would reform the judicial ethics system including by: overhauling the judicial recusal process, imposing a code of conduct on the Supreme Court, banning federal judges from owning individual stock. One-Pager (pdf) | Bill Text (pdf) Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Elizabeth... Read More

WATCH: Senator Markey hosts field hearing in Plymouth, Mass. to discuss nuclear safety and security issues and state, local, and community stakeholder engagement      Boston (May 6, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear... Read More

Washington (May 6, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement upon the United States reaching the tragic toll of one million lives lost to COVID-19.   “There are no words to fully capture the loss of one million friends, loved ones, partners, family members, and those we did not know to... Read More