Media reporting massive mark-ups for products such as hand sanitizer and face masks   Washington (March 4, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today called on Amazon to stop and prevent coronavirus-inspired price gouging on Amazon.com. Media is reporting... Read More

  The Connecting America’s Active Transportation System Act authorizes $500 million each year for a nationwide network of safe walking and biking routes   Washington (March 4, 2020) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) today introduced the Connecting America’s Active Transportation... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senators Rick Scott and Ed Markey introduced a bipartisan resolution calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to move the 2022 Winter Olympics out of China and rebid it to a country unless Beijing addresses its violation of human rights. This resolution was also sponsored by Senators Jim... Read More

  Amendment would reform outdated 1872 Mining Law to set royalty rate for hardrock mining and fund abandoned mine cleanup   WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.), joined by U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Kamala Harris... Read More

  Call practice “a significant violation of the rights of unaccompanied children” and “at odds with professional norms”   Washington (March 3, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today led eleven of his colleagues in decrying the reported practice of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) sharing the... Read More

  Second query comes after company announced last week that its entire client list was stolen after being hacked   Boston (March 3, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today raised new concerns about Clearview AI’s facial recognition app. Senator Markey... Read More

  Lawmakers warn against bringing the “add-on” aviation fee model to rail transportation   Washington (March 3, 2020) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today sent a letter to Amtrak expressing their concern about the company’s decision to introduce... Read More

  First U.S. death linked to coronavirus comes as cases spread across the country   Boston (March 2, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today introduced legislation to conduct or support comprehensive research for the creation of a universal coronavirus vaccine. Senator Markey’s legislation calls for a total investment... Read More

  Commonwealth to receive more than $132 million in federal heating aid   Washington (March 2, 2020) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) release of an additional $18,098,515 of Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding... Read More

  Washington (March 2, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the House author of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), and Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.) and more than a dozen members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court urging the Justices to uphold the... Read More

  USPS has not put the Alzheimer’s semipostal research stamp back on the market as directed by Congress   Washington (February 28, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) today raised concerns over the United States... Read More

  WWLP has not been on Charter's channel lineup in the Berkshires since April 2017; Senator Markey has been working to bring back in-state programming to Berkshire viewers for nearly three years   Washington (February 28, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) announced today that he has helped successfully broker a deal between... Read More

  Washington (February 28, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) announced today his plans to introduce legislation to conduct or support comprehensive research for the creation of a universal coronavirus vaccine. Senator Markey’s legislation would call for a total investment of $1 billion – $250 million for each of... Read More

  Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today issued the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released details about its proposed fines against four wireless carriers for selling consumers’ location information. Earlier today, the Commission... Read More

Tsai Ing-wen was re-elected as Taiwan’s fourth democratically elected leader   Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia Policy, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, along with U.S. Senators Ed Markey (D-MA), and Jim Risch (R-ID)... Read More

  Washington (February 27, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.) are leading ten of their colleagues in calling on the Trump administration to withdraw its rewrite of a bedrock environmental law. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) ensures that major federal infrastructure projects... Read More

MLB has proposed eliminating or demoting 42 teams – including Norwich (CT) Sea Unicorns, West Virginia Power, Bluefield (WV, VA) Blue Jays, and Princeton (WV) Rays [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey [D-Mass.] a bipartisan group of United States Senators introducing a resolution supporting Minor League Baseball... Read More

  Trump admin’s planned nuclear weapons activities likely to break the budget   Washington (February 27, 2020) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee, formally... Read More

  Trump administration proposal to seize $37 million from underfunded LIHEAP program could help 75,000 vulnerable American households afford their energy bills   Washington (February 27, 2020) – Today, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called on the Trump administration to stop any proposal to... Read More

  Washington (February 26, 2020) – Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren reintroduced legislation today that would eliminate the total funding cap for the Essex National Heritage Area and extend its authorization by 15 years to 2036. When Congress created and authorized the Essex National Heritage Area, it placed a... Read More