Washington (May 1, 2025) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) released the following statement after the Senate passed their resolution designating April 30, 2025 as “National Assistive Technology Awareness Day.” “Assistive technology, which includes communication devices, modified vehicles, glasses, and mobility devices,... Read More

LINK: Trump’s First 100 Days: Turning Main Street into Pain Street Washington (April 30, 2025) - Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released “Trump’s First 100 Days: Turning Main Street into Pain Street,” which lists 100 ways the Trump administration has upended the livelihoods of... Read More

Washington (April 30, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today celebrated the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) release of public broadcasting grant money that the agency froze in February. Public broadcasting stations are essential for communicating with the public during emergencies,... Read More

Washington (April 29, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Penn.), today reintroduced the Arctic... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) | One Pager (PDF) Washington (April 28, 2025) - Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) today announced the introduction of the New Start Act of 2025, legislation that would establish a five-year pilot program within the Small Business... Read More

Washington (April 28, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, applauds last week’s release of a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) titled Artificial Intelligence: Generative AI's Environmental and Human Effects. The release of this report comes after Senators... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (April 25, 2025) - Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today wrote to U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, calling on them to exempt U.S. small... Read More

Boston (April 25, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement to mark the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. “We join the Armenian community in remembrance of the 1.5 million Armenians who were systematically murdered by the Ottoman Empire in the first genocide of the 20th century. On this 110th anniversary,... Read More

Read the full piece in The New York Times Washington (April 25, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representatives Jim McGovern (MA-02) and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) this morning published an op-ed in The New York Times titled: “We Visited Rümeysa Öztürk in Detention. What We Saw Was a Warning to Us All.” This week, Senator Markey and... Read More

Senator Markey and Pope Francis meeting in 2014 to discuss climate change Boston (April 25, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) announced today that he will attend the funeral of His Holiness Pope Francis in Rome on Saturday as part of a bipartisan delegation of Catholic U.S. Senators. “It is a great honor to join mourners from around the... Read More

Lawmakers met with Öztürk, Khalil at Louisiana ICE facilities where they are illegally detained  Boston (April 23, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representatives Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Jim McGovern (MA-02) today held a press conference upon their arrival in Boston after meeting with Rümeysa Öztürk and Mahmoud Khalil, two... Read More

Resolution Text (PDF) Washington (April 22, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-author of the Green New Deal resolution and member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) today announced the Earth Month resolution to recognize the importance of environmental stewardship and climate action.... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Boston (April 22, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Representative Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote today to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons demanding answers about the Trump administration’s... Read More

Boston (April 21, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement on the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis, on Easter Monday. In May 2014, Senator Markey traveled to the Vatican and met with Pope Francis and high-level Vatican leaders and Cardinals to discuss the importance to act on climate change and to encourage... Read More

Markey to Congress: “Intervene immediately and reverse the Trump Tariffs, or risk the death of thousands of small businesses.”  REPORT: The Trump Tariffs: A Small Business Crisis Washington (April 18, 2025) - Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released a report titled “The Trump... Read More

State Dept memo reportedly reveals contradictions in Trump Administration’s rationale for revocation of Öztürk’s visa, detention Text of Letter (PDF) Boston (April 18, 2025) - After a recent report indicated that an internal State Department memo concluded that the key premise underlying Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk’s arrest and detention... Read More

Bill would help the 100,000 new U.S. victims & survivors each year better navigate & use available resources Washington (April 17, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) along with Congressman Dwight Evans (PA-03), today announced the introduction of the Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025, legislation that would help all... Read More

Boston (April 16, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and co-Chair of the Senate Climate Change Task Force, released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (April 15, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Acting Administrator Cameron Hamilton urging the agency to lift its freeze on grants that help improve the resiliency of public broadcasting stations. FEMA has... Read More

Report Text (PDF) Boston (April 15, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and co-Chair of the Senate Climate Change Task Force, today released a report titled “Extreme Weather & Extreme Cuts: The Trump Administration’s Attack on Our Ability to Predict, Prepare for, and Recover from... Read More