Washington (October 23, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) today reintroduced bipartisan legislation that will strengthen the Individuals with Disabilities Education (IDEA) Act to ensure that visual and hearing-impaired students receive the best education possible.... Read More

  Mandates interagency coordination for global health assistance and integration with other diplomacy, development, and defense efforts   Washington (October 23, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) and Chairman Brad Sherman (CA-30) today introduced legislation, the Global Health Coordination and Development Act, to create... Read More

  Legislation would help consumers protect their connected-homes and devices from cyber threats   Washington (October 22, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Ted W. Lieu (CA-33) today reintroduced bicameral legislation that would create a voluntary cybersecurity certification program for Internet of Things... Read More

  United States still stores roughly 50 nuclear weapons in Turkey   Washington (October 22, 2019) – In the wake of Vice President Mike Pence’s meeting last week with Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) is asking the Vice President if he raised nuclear weapons issues in the discussions. Last... Read More

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) today introduced the Scrutinizing White House Activities that Make Profits (SWAMP) Act of 2019, legislation that would prohibit any multilateral summits or meetings with foreign heads of state from being held at... Read More

Washington (October 18, 2019) – Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren, and Congressman William R. Keating (MA-09) have sent a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) calling for all necessary funding for the Cape Cod Canal Bridges to be included in the USACE’s Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2020. The... Read More

Over 40 Municipalities Have Suffered Ransomware Attacks This Year, Including Several in Massachusetts Lawmakers' Letter Comes During Massachusetts Cybersecurity Week Text of the Letter (PDF) Boston, MA - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P.... Read More

Senators Ask CMS to Launch Campaign to Educate Alzheimer’s Clinicians, Patients, and Families about Resources Available to Them   WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Susan Collins (R-ME), Ed Markey (D-MA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and a bipartisan group of Senators urged the Centers for... Read More

  Under current law, Medicaid will not pay for health care services for an individual in custody who has not been convicted of a crime   Washington (October 17, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) today introduced legislation that would protect continuity... Read More

  Washington (October 17, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement on the passing of House of Representatives Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings.   “No one understood the power and the responsibility of Congress to uncover the truth and deliver justice for the American... Read More

  Comes as Trump also reportedly promised silence on Hong Kong protests to China’s President Xi Jinping   Washington (October 16, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the East Asia Subcommittee, and Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), members of the Senate Foreign Relations... Read More

  Known crew member program expedites passenger screening while protecting against insider threats   Washington (October 16, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Security, today sent a letter to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) expressing his concern over... Read More

Washington (October 15, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement regarding U.S. nuclear weapons still stored in Turkey. According to public reporting, the United States stores roughly 50 B61 nuclear weapons at Incirlik Air Base, about 250 miles from... Read More

  [WASHINGTON, DC] — U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today released the following statement after the Joint Authorities Technical Review (JATR)—an international panel—issued its report on the two Boeing 737 MAX... Read More

  Boston (October 11, 2019) – Just days after President Donald Trump used ending America’s involvement in overseas wars as an excuse to abandon the Kurds in Syria, media is reporting that the Pentagon will deploy approximately 1,500 additional troops to Saudi Arabia along with three missile defense systems, two squadrons of fighter... Read More

  Eliminating 2020 standards would cost $14 billion every year, more than $100 per household annually   Washington (October 11, 2019) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) today blasted the Trump administration for its attack on lighting efficiency standards, which will result in consumers paying billions... Read More

  “As the American public continues to understand and examine the facts for themselves, we write to ensure that this Committee does the same”   WASHINGTON – Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), today was joined by all Democratic members of the Committee in... Read More

Community Advocates, Local and State Officials Representing Weymouth Overwhelmingly Opposed to Project Letter Follows Markey-Warren Bill to Block Construction of Projects Leading to Export of Natural Gas Overseas Text of the Letter (PDF) Boston, MA - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with... Read More

  Weymouth, Massachusetts is a proposed site for a compressor station that is part of a project by Canadian oil company Enbridge intended to send natural gas through Massachusetts to export out to Canada   Washington (October 8, 2019) – Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren plan to introduce... Read More

  Boston (October 8, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter today to President Donald Trump demanding answers regarding a June 18 call during which he reportedly told Chinese President Xi Jinping that he would remain silent on Hong... Read More