The RISE Act would authorize nearly $25 billion in relief for research workforce and institutions Washington (February 5, 2021) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) today introduced the Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act to authorize nearly $25 billion in... Read More

  As Tax Day Approaches, Brown, Bennet, Durbin, Wyden Lead 44 Democrats in Introducing Legislation to Boost Child and Earned Income Tax Credits Bill would Benefit 114 Million Americans, Including 50 Million Children   WASHINGTON, DC – Ahead of tax day and the IRS Commissioner’s annual appearance before the Senate and... Read More

BOSTON – The Massachusetts Port Authority is pleased to announce that through the efforts of Senator Edward Markey (D-MA), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Congressman Stephen Lynch (D-MA) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) $35 million has been secured to help fund the ongoing Boston Harbor Dredging Project. The project is... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ed Markey (D-MA), and Jerry Moran (R-KS), along with Representatives Seth Moulton (MA-6) and Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-3), today reintroduced the Championing Apprenticeships for New Careers and Employees in Technology (CHANCE in Tech) Act.... Read More

Federal Grant Will Fund Construction of New Waste Water Treatment Plant in Buzzards Bay Washington, DC - Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, along with Representative William Keating, today announced that the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded a federal grant of $2,335,850 to the Town of... Read More

Lack of transparency may violate federal record-keeping law ‘It is essential to the functioning of our democracy that our government does its business in the open’   Washington, DC – Six Senators are calling out Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt for running the Agency under a veil of... Read More

Markey called on Trump administration to tap SPR to address refinery closures, increase in gasoline prices in wake of Hurricane Harvey   Washington (August 31, 2017) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the Department of Energy released 500,000... Read More

  Senator Cites Refinery Outages Following Hurricane Harvey And Rising Gasoline Prices    Washington (August 30, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today called on President Donald Trump to protect consumers from rising fuel prices in the wake of Hurricane Harvey... Read More

Washington (August 29, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Foreign Relations Committee and the Environment and Public Works Committee and co-Chair of the Senate Climate Action Task Force, released the following statement in response to reports that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson intends to eliminate or downgrade... Read More

Senators express “extreme concern” over plan that could lead to offshore drilling off of Atlantic and Pacific coasts, Arctic Ocean   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) led a group of 29 Senators urging the Trump administration to back off recently-announced plans to reopen... Read More

As Trump administration reviews draft climate science report, Markey joined at press conference by organizations calling for no politically-motivated attacks on scientists, scientific research   Boston (August 9, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to ensure that there... Read More

Bill would push back on Trump admin efforts that could cost taxpayers billions   Boston (August 8, 2017) – In the wake of the Trump administration’s decision to stop reforms of the broken federal coal program that has been costing American taxpayers billions of dollars, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) today announced that he will... Read More

Senators introduced legislation that would protect consumers from receiving abusive robocalls and robotexts on their mobile phones from government contractors   Washington (August 4, 2017) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Michael S. Lee (R-Utah) today sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) calling for... Read More

Senate officially designates September 25, 2016 as “National Lobster Day” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senaot Edward J. Markey joined U.S. Senators Angus King and Susan Collins announced that the Senate last night unanimously passed a resolution designating September 25, 2016 as “National Lobster Day.”  The resolution... Read More

Washington, DC – Today, the Senate confirmed Neil Chatterjee as a Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).  Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) met with Chatterjee before his confirmation to discuss the important role the Commission plays in the growing renewable energy... Read More

FCC has received more than 15 million comments on its proposal, previous net neutrality proceedings provided 60 days for the reply comment period   Washington (August 3, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today led a group of 21 senators in calling on the Federal... Read More

Senator calls for comprehensive immigration reform to help grow US economy, create pathway to citizenship   Washington (August 2, 2017) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement blasting President Donald Trump's endorsement of the RAISE Act, legislation introduced today by Senators Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and David... Read More

Washington – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senate Democrats today to write to President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Chairman of the Finance Committee Orrin Hatch, urging Republicans to come to the table and work with Democrats in a bipartisan way on the Senate’s next critical item –... Read More

The Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act would crack down on employers who steal wages from their workers   Employers steal more than $15 billion from workers every year, particularly from workers in low-wage industries     (Washington, D.C.) – Senator Edward J. Markey joined Senators Patty Murray (D-WA),... Read More

Boston Globe: Ed Markey hopes vote will ‘signal a new era’ in collaboration By Felicia Gans July 28, 2017 After hours of debating and voting on the Senate floor late Thursday night, Senator Ed Markey said he was relieved to see the Senate uphold Obamacare.   The 49-51 vote, which came out at about 1:30 a.m. on Friday, was yet... Read More