Washington (April 11, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, criticized President Donald Trump’s warnings that he intends to conduct military strikes in retaliation for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons that killed dozens of Syrian civilians in the...
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[WASHINGTON, DC] – Today U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal, (D-CT) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced the Food Labeling Modernization Act to minimize confusing and misleading information that consumers encounter on food packages. Companion legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives...
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Strong standards projected to save consumers more than $1 trillion and nearly 2.5 million barrels of oil a day by 2030, reduce global warming pollution by six billion metric tons
Washington (April 10, 2018) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Chris...
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Washington (April 10, 2018) – With Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifying today in front of a joint hearing in the U.S. Senate, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today introduced a privacy bill of rights to protect the personal information of American consumers. In the wake of the revelation that more than...
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Boston (April 6, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Chair of the Senate Climate Task Force, today called for the resignation of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt.
“Since becoming leader of the EPA last year, Scott Pruitt has gutted...
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Senator Markey sent a letter to Facebook requesting that Zuckerberg testify before the Senate.
Washington (April 5, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today responded to Facebook’s announcement that “malicious actors” collected...
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Washington (April 4, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today responded to Facebook’s announcement that personal information about 87 million users may have been improperly shared with the consulting firm Cambridge Analytica.
“We now...
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Recent reports suggest Grindr shared information about users’ HIV statuses with third parties
Washington (April 3, 2018) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today sent a letter to the CEOs of Grindr, Apptimize, and...
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Move to weaken standards threatens consumer savings, energy independence, and the environment
Washington (April 3, 2018) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) requested that Environmental...
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EPA revised final determination says standards are “wrong” and “too high”
Washington (April 2, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Chair of the Senate Climate Task Force, released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency...
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EPA has reportedly sent rollback to White House for review
Washington (March 30, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Chair of the Senate Climate Task Force, released the following statement after reports that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sent a draft of...
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43 Senators will oppose any Senate effort to pass discriminatory House-passed bill that would gut enforcement of the bipartisan Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Washington (March 29, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) joined Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and 41 of their colleagues in writing to Senate Majority Leader...
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Washington (March 29, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today urged the State Department to increase pressure on the Honduran government to uphold the fundamental human rights of all its citizens, including those who exercise their rights to protest. The United Nations High...
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Effort would undermine national security, consumer savings, and climate pollution reductions
Washington (March 26, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Chair of the Senate Climate Task Force, released the following statement after media reported that the Environmental...
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This flu season, lawmaker introduced legislation for increased investment in enhanced research for universal flu vaccine development
Boston (March 23, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today applauded inclusion of $100 million towards the development of a universal flu vaccine in the fiscal year 2018 omnibus spending bill. The...
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Lawmakers are authors of INTERDICT Act, the law that provides U.S. Customs and Border Protection the latest in chemical screening devices and scientific support to detect and intercept fentanyl and other synthetic opioids at the border
Washington (March 23, 2018) – Senators Edward J. Markey...
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Since 2013, Senator Markey has introduced legislation to provide $10 million a year for six years to conduct or support research on firearms safety and gun violence prevention at the CDC
Boston (March 23, 2018) – After the Senate yesterday passed a budget for the remainder of 2018, increasing funding for the Centers for Disease Control...
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BUILD Act reauthorizes EPA’s Brownfields program through 2023 and provides funding to spur cleanups in small communities, rural areas and disadvantaged areas
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.),...
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Washington (March 22, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after President Donald Trump announced the resignation of Lt. General H. R. McMaster as his National Security Advisor and the appointment of former United Nations Ambassador John...
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Washington (March 22, 2018) – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-17) introduced a bill to foster clean technology and advanced manufacturing. The Consortia-Led Energy and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act would create clean technology and advanced manufacturing consortia to serve as commercialization centers to enhance our...
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