Washington (May 24, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, denounced the Trump administration’s decision reported in new media stories to intentionally bypass mandated Congressional review of U.S. arms sales abroad required by the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) in order to...
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Bipartisan resolution recognizes the continued importance of medical research, education, and awareness for ME/CFS
Washington (May 24, 2019) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) today commended passage of a U.S. Senate Resolution recognizing May 12, 2019 as International...
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Current New England Region Office represents six states, ten tribal nations, and 109 airports
Washington (May 24, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today led all New England Senators in strongly advising the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) against a plan to...
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), a member and former chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee and current chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), also a member of the Commerce Committee and author of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act,...
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WASHINGTON -- Today Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), along with Senators Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), filed bipartisan legislationbanning the exploitation of children through “pay-to-win” and “loot box” monetization practices by the video game industry. Senator Hawley announced the...
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Charter removed WWLP TV in April 2017 and WCVB TV in June 2018
Washington (May 23, 2019) – Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren, and Congressman Richard E. Neal (MA-01) today reintroduced federal legislation that will force the cable company Charter to engage in good faith negotiations with WWLP and WCVB to bring those...
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CLEARR Drinking Water Act would authorize more than $1 billion to help small and disadvantaged communities improve the safety of drinking water
Washington (May 22, 2019) – Washington (May 22, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) was joined today by twelve Senators, including all Democrats on the Environment and...
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Principles include measures to promote clean energy economy and mitigate dangers posed by climate change
Also introduces legislation to improve public water infrastructure for the 21st century
Washington (May 22, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-author of the Green New Deal resolution, today outlined a...
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Washington (May 21, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Climate Change Task Force, hosted this week’s meeting with CEOs leading the charge on climate change action. Leaders from Ceres, DSM North America, North America of Group Rossignol, and the Colorado Ski Country USA discussed the tremendous power...
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Cape Cod, Massachusetts is only accessible by two bridges spanning the federal Cape Cod Canal
Washington (May 20, 2019) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Representatives William Keating (MA-09), and John Garamendi (CA-03) today reintroduced the Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of...
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[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) wrote American Airlines Chairman and CEO W. Douglas Parker to urge the company to provide living wages to the 5,000 ground service agents employed by Envoy Air, a wholly-owned...
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) wrote to President Trump raising serious concerns about his Administration’s growing confrontation with Iran and asking a serious of questions about how he plans to deal with the Iranian...
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Amendments will support Mass. Maritime Academy, offshore wind supply chain, ocean research, and environmental protections
Washington (May 15, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) secured four amendments in the Maritime Administration Authorization and Enhancement Act that passed today in the Senate Commerce, Science and...
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Washington, D.C. Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., joined Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and 11 other Senate co-sponsors today to introduce an expanded version of Sen. Wyden's bill to protect American elections from foreign interference by mandating hand-marked paper ballots and setting new cybersecurity standards for all federal elections. The...
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MARITIME Act would establish grants for research harbor infrastructure, designate Maritime Academies as Centers of Excellence
Washington, D.C. (May 14, 2019) –Senators Edward J. Markey, (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) today introduced the Maritime Academy Reinvestment and Training...
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More than 47,000 Americans died of an opioid overdose in 2017, 17,000 involved prescription opioid painkillers
Washington (May 14, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) today introduced the Safe Prescribing of Controlled Substances Act, legislation that requires any prescriber of opioid...
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More than 47,000 Americans died of an opioid overdose in 2017, 17,000 involved prescription opioid painkillers
Washington (May 14, 2019) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) today introduced two pieces of bipartisan legislation to help combat the opioid epidemic. The first bill, the Lessening...
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Bipartisan FISH SAFE Act restores and extends federal funding for fishing safety programs for 2018-2021
Washington (May 10, 2019) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Angus King (I-Maine), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and...
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Potential children’s privacy violations alleged after experts review Amazon’s Smart Speaker for Children
Washington (May 9, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, along with Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Josh...
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Role of top-secret unit remained classified for more than four decades
Washington (May 9, 2019) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) today reintroduced bipartisan legislation to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 23rd Special Headquarters Troops and the 3133rd Signal Service Company, U.S. Army...
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