Washington, D.C-- Today, Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Edward Markey (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight, are introducing the Alan Reinstein and Trevor Schaefer Toxic Chemical Protection Act, which provides...
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Report rebuts Republican attacks on Clean Power Plan, Obama climate vision
WASHINGTON (March 12, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today praised Secretary Ernest Moniz and the Department of Energy for their vital report on the future of wind energy in America. Senator Markey said the report shows America can aggressively and...
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Bill protects first responders, family members and volunteers who are educated to administer opioid overdose prevention drug like naloxone
Washington (March 11, 2015) – Every day, 120 people die as a result of drug overdoses fueled by prescription painkillers. Between 2000 and 2013, the rate of death from heroin overdoses nearly...
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Washington (March 10, 2015) – With asbestos-related diseases still claiming as many as 10,000 American lives every year, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill) to introduce legislation today that will help Americans avoid exposure to the potentially deadly substance by increasing the amount of information...
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Fishing, tourism industries at risk from spills; Oil companies already possess area offshore the size of Kentucky yet to be drilled
WASHINGTON (March 9, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and eleven of his Senate colleagues today pushed the Obama administration’s Interior Department to protect the Atlantic coast from new...
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Markey included Daylight Saving Time extension in 2005 Energy Policy Act
Washington (March 6, 2015) – Ten years after the passage of the 2005 Energy Policy Act that increased the portion of the year covered by Daylight Saving Time (DST), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), who authored the extension, said it was more welcome than...
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Gives consumers the right to stop data brokers from using, sharing, or selling personal information for marketing purposes
Washington (March 5, 2015) – Senators Edward J. Markey, Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Al Franken (D-Minn.) introduced legislation to require accountability and transparency for data...
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President should reject the pipeline outright, says Senator
WASHINGTON (March 4, 2015) – Following a vote to uphold President Obama’s veto of the Keystone Pipeline Approval Act, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement. Senator Markey offered...
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Washington (March 4, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after Senate Republicans voted to reverse the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule on union elections. Under this new rule, regulations for union election procedures will be modernized and streamlined so that workers can better exercise...
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Washington (March 3, 2015) – With the recently-released rules from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and White House governing the operation of commercial and government drones failing to adequately protect the privacy of Americans, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today introduced bicameral...
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Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey today announced that the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) will receive $6.8 million in rental housing assistance from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This Project Rental Assistance grant, awarded...
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(Washington, DC) – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) wrote to Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States and the U.S. Government Accountability Office, to request a formal investigation into the...
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WASHINGTON — Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and a bipartisan group of 15 Senate cosponsors called Monday for strong action after the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov Friday in Moscow. Johnson, Shaheen and their cosponsors introduced a resolution laying out the known facts not only relating to...
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Washington (March 2, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) announced she will not run for re-election.
“As the longest serving woman in the history of Congress, Senator Barbara Mikulski is both an extraordinary trailblazer and a wise congressional...
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Legislation would require state DMVs inform vehicle owners of recalls to ensure timely repairs
Washington (March 2, 2015) – It was a year of record motor vehicle safety recalls in 2014, with approximately 64 million vehicle recalls and service campaigns due to potentially deadly safety defects, including the GM ignition switch...
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Washington (February 27, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, praised President Obama for the nomination of Katherine Dhanani as the first United State Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia since 1991.
“I applaud the appointment of a U.S. ambassador to Somalia. As...
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Washington (February 27, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after the House of Representatives failed to pass a short-term continuing resolution to prevent the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at midnight tonight, when its funding runs out. Senator Markey spoke on the Senate...
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Lawmaker plans to introduce data broker bill to ensure accountability, transparency for consumers
Washington (February 27, 2015) – In the wake of today’s release of a draft “Privacy Bill of Rights” from the White House, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) plans to introduce legislation to require accountability and...
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As trade talks continue in the Senate, a group of senators dedicated to fair trade spoke on the Senate floor to discuss their priorities related to U.S. trade policy. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI),Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Edward Markey (D-MA), Sheldon...
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Lawmaker is author of the first net neutrality bill introduced in the House of Representatives
Washington (February 26, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement today after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s Open...
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