Urge transparency from Meta on its plan to integrate technology as Americans’ concerns over mass surveillance heighten Letter Text (PDF) Washington (March 17, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) today wrote to Chairman... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (March 17, 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 led members of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation—Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Representatives Richard Neal (MA-01),... Read More

Read the full piece in Newsweek Washington (March 16, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, and Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director under President Joe Biden, published an op-ed in... Read More

Washington (March 16, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the leading Congressional investigator into the BP oil spill disaster, blasted the Department of the Interior’s approval of BP’s Kaskida project, a $5-billion offshore oil project in the Gulf of Mexico, which will have significant negative consequences for nearby communities and... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (March 15, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr, urging him to resign over his latest social media post threatening to revoke broadcasters’ licenses if they do not... Read More

Washington (March 11, 2026) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today joined Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) along with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and 40 colleagues in pressing the Department of Defense to provide answers to the American people on... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (March 10, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today introduced the Support for Astrophysical Observatories and National High-Energy Astrophysics Hubs Act, legislation that would create national... Read More

Boston (March 8, 2026) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., ruled against the Trump administration’s efforts to terminate temporary protected status (TPS) for Haiti. Last year, Senator Markey led an amicus brief in the case, Miot v. Trump, urging the court... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Boston (March 6, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), today wrote to Ann Rendahl, President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC),... Read More

Washington (March 5, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and the Environment and Public Works Committee released the following statement after his Coordinated Federal Response to Extreme Heat Act (S. 325) and components of his Forecasting Optimization for Robust Earth Climate... Read More

Washington (March 5, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee today released the following statement after passing his Children and Teens’ Online Privacy and Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) through the Senate by unanimous consent. The legislation, introduced with Senator Bill Cassidy... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (March 5, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) today wrote to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Todd Lyons demanding a full investigation... Read More

Washington (March 4, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after voting to prevent the Trump administration from further military action against Iran without congressional approval. The vote failed, 47-53. “Donald Trump is conducting an illegal and reckless war in Iran. Congress has not authorized this war, nor... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (March 3, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) today led 60 members in the House and Senate in... Read More

“This abuse of your authority risks normalizing a future where Secretaries of State may summarily revoke visas based on speech, depriving individuals of their rights and whittling down the guarantees of the First Amendment” Text of Letter (PDF) Washington (March 2, 2026) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chris Van... Read More

Washington (February 28, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement following the news that the U.S. has attacked Iran without Congressional approval, with President Trump calling for regime change in the country. “Trump’s military attack on Iran is illegal and unconstitutional. It was not approved by Congress and... Read More

Washington (February 27, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee released the following statement after the Department of Defense (DOD) stated that it intends to terminate its contract with Anthropic and label the company a “supply-chain risk,” as direct retaliation to Anthropic... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) | One-Pager (PDF) Boston (February 27, 2026) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today announced the introduction of the Securing Help for Immigrants Through Education and Legal Development (SHIELD) Act, a bill that would strengthen the right to due process by addressing the urgent need for legal representation in immigration... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (February 27, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), member of the Appropriations Committee, today led a letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth urging the Department of Defense (DOD) to drop its week-long... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (February 27, 2026) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Representatives Greg Casar (TX-35) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) led 14 other members of Congress in reintroducing the Connect the Grid Act, which would require the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to connect to the nation’s major electric... Read More