A five-year extension would limit Russia’s new super-weapons and lay foundation to eventually include China   Washington (August 6, 2020) –Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee led 16 of his colleagues on a Senate resolution calling on President Donald Trump to immediately extend for... Read More

WASHINGTON, August 6 – Today, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) introduced a 60-percent tax on the windfall wealth increases of billionaires during this pandemic in order to pay for all out-of-pocket medical expenses for every person in America for a year. The Make Billionaires Pay Act would... Read More

Washington (August 6, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and long-time Congressional leader on nuclear non-proliferation, released the following statement on the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima.   “Seventy-five years ago, a B-29, the... Read More

Boston (August 4, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today called federal Department of Justice officials and officials in New York state to conduct a renewed, thorough, and transparent investigation into the death of Danroy “DJ” Henry, Jr. On October 17, 2010, DJ, then a 20-year-old junior and football player at Pace... Read More

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) along with Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), William Keating (D-MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), Seth Moulton (D-MA-06), Ayanna... Read More

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) led the Massachusetts delegation, including Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Representatives James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), William Keating (D-MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), Seth Moulton (D-MA-06),... Read More

Washington (July 30, 2020) – Today, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report requested by Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). The Senators requested the GAO Report in February. They asked the GAO to identify what steps, if any, the Department of Defense and the National Nuclear... Read More

New bill will guarantee that children can sit with their parents on flights at no additional cost, an important safety measure during the coronavirus pandemic   Washington (July 28, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) today announced the Fly... Read More

The RISE Act would authorize $26 billion in relief for research workforce and institutions   Washington (July 23, 2020) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) today introduced the Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act to authorize $26 billion... Read More

  Coalition of endorsing organizations and Congressional co-sponsors grows for “Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act”   Washington (July 22, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), with Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley... Read More

  VIDEO: https://bit.ly/3eUbzmR   Washington (July 22, 2020) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey’s amendment with Senator Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) to cut America’s $740 billion military budget by ten percent to invest in jobs, health care, and education secured the support of 23 members of the Senate Democratic Caucus... Read More

Extreme heat legislation introduced as Massachusetts and states all along the East Coast face dangerous heat with triple-digit heat index values   Washington (July 22, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today announced he will introduce legislation to address the rising health risks of extreme heat. The Preventing Health... Read More

  House NDAA measure blocks the Trump administration from conducting the first nuclear weapons test in more than a generation   Washington (July 21, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a long-time Congressional leader on nuclear arms control and nonproliferation issues, applauded... Read More

Boston (July 18, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement on the passing of Congressman John Lewis.   “Congressman John Lewis knew better than anyone how to build and lead a movement that modeled the kind of world we want to create. He was a man of integrity, intelligence, and clarity of purpose,... Read More

  Boston (July 17, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement in response to the release of the Report of the Commission on Unalienable Rights and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s speech announcing the report.   “Mike Pompeo should be... Read More

  Thune and Markey Applaud FCC TRACED Act Mandate “Today’s action by the FCC to implement key provisions from our TRACED Act will help protect consumers from robocallers who are acting in bad faith.”   WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), authors of the Telephone... Read More

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) led the Massachusetts congressional delegation, including Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), William Keating (D-MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), Katherine... Read More

Boston (July 16, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after the Twitter accounts of several influential individuals were the subject of a massive Twitter hack on Wednesday.   “I’m extremely troubled by this hack of Twitter... Read More

Washington (July 16, 2020) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) today led the entire Massachusetts Congressional delegation in calling on the Trump administration to keep coronavirus relief higher education federal assistance in Massachusetts. Nearly $14 million in... Read More

Lawmakers cite recent construction projects, high COVID-19 rate, and historic sources of pollution   Massachusetts (July 16, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) wrote to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urging it to rapidly deploy mobile air monitors in Chelsea, Massachusetts, a... Read More