FEMA’s recently-released Strategic Plan doesn’t mention climate change   Washington (January 16, 2020) – With news that the past decade was the hottest on record, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today introduced legislation to ensure the Federal... Read More

Takeover is not in the public interest and ICANN should deny approval Lawmakers' letter comes as ICANN decision approaches Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Representatives Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.) and... Read More

Branch's Closure Leaves Over 3,000 Residents of Low-Income, Minority Neighborhood Without Access to Full-Service Bank Text of Letter (PDF) Springfield, MA - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) wrote to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to request that the agency meet with community... Read More

  Revokes and denies visas to Chinese officials implementing coercive policy   Washington (January 15, 2020) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) introduced legislation today to enhance accountability for Chinese officials involved in unjustly banning... Read More

  Reflecting the Island-Wide Damage from These Earthquakes, Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced Has Requested That the President Declare a Major Disaster in Puerto Rico   More Than Two Days After the 6.4-Magnitude Event, More Than One Million of Our Fellow Americans in Puerto Rico Were Still Without Power   Earthquakes Make the... Read More

  Boston (January 14, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and co-author of the Green New Deal, released the following statement after voting against committee passage of the USMCA.    “Since NAFTA went into effect in January 1994 – 26 years ago –... Read More

  Request comes as U.S. and China set to sign trade deal this week   Washington (January 14, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today urged President Donald Trump to insist that the Chinese government allow... Read More

  737 MAX plane crashes killed 346 people, FAA still investigating, emails indicate that Boeing misled regulators and rushed a dangerously flawed plane into the sky   Washington (January 13, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) was today joined by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) in calling on... Read More

Letter warns against “a cycle of tit-for-tat military actions that would put our allies, partners, and civilians in the region at grave risk”     Washington (January 9, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17) are leading their colleagues in a call on President Donald Trump to... Read More

  Washington (January 9, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and co-author of the Green New Deal resolution, released the following statement today after the Trump administration announced a major weakening of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The bedrock law... Read More

  Resolution urges Government of the Philippines to respect freedom of expression and fundamental rights   Washington (January 9, 2020)—Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Chris Coons (D-Del.) applauded passage of their bipartisan resolution that... Read More

  Washington (January 9, 2010) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) released the following statement after Takata announced it is recalling ten million more front air bag inflators sold to 14 different automakers because of the danger they pose. They can explode with too much force and hurl shrapnel.... Read More

  Washington (January 8, 2020)—Senator Markey released the following statement after President Donald Trump addressed the nation today. President Trump’s remarks came after Iranian military forces launched ballistic missiles at Al Asad and Erbil airbases in Iraq Tuesday night.   “The best tool we had to ensure Iran never... Read More

  Washington (January 8, 2020) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) today introduced a Senate resolution condemning Trump’s threats to attack cultural sites in Iran and demanding the... Read More

  In letters to ExxonMobil and EPA, Markey asks for transparency, action, fines for climate pollution   Washington (January 7, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, sent letters to ExxonMobil and the U.S.... Read More

Funding Will Support Education, Employment, and Savings for HUD-Assisted Families Washington, DC - 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), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), Seth Moulton (D-MA-06) and... Read More

  Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Ed Markey (D-MA), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, introduced S. 3081, the Cambodia Democracy Act, in response to the deteriorating human rights and democracy situation... Read More

  Says Markey: “We cannot and must not get drawn into a costly war with Iran”   Boston (January 3, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in response to Pentagon confirmation that the United States carried out the targeted killing of... Read More

  Boston (January 2, 2020) — The administration of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has confirmed that Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) is barred from entry into the Philippines for his vocal stance condemning human rights offenses of the Government of the Philippines. Last week, the Duterte government announced a travel ban on... Read More

  New law will boost call authentication, call blocking, and penalties for robocall scammers   Boston (December 31, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-author of the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act (S.151) with Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), today praised the signing into... Read More