Skip to content
Star alert
CORONAVIRUS RESOURCES
Skip to content
  • New Senate Resolution highlights American support for climate action, progress on clean energy and climate solutions Washington (November 17, 2017) – As the United Nations 23rd Conference of the Parties wraps up in Bonn, Germany, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) led their colleagues... Read More
  • Washington (November 17, 2017) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) today joined Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), ranking member of the Senate’s Immigration Subcommittee, and 18 senators in sending a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security nominee Kirstjen Nielsen, calling on her to answer several immigration related questions prior... Read More
  • Senator Markey is House author of the E-Rate program  Washington (November 17, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today led a group of eleven Senators in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) urging it to protect the E-Rate Program, an essential... Read More
  • Washington (November 16, 2017) – 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) voted to adopt rules which eliminate broadcast ownership rules and erode the crucial Lifeline program. The FCC rolled... Read More
  • Would award Congressional Gold Medal to Merrill’s Marauders  Washington (November 15, 2017) – U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey, D-Mass. and Johnny Isakson, R-Ga. recently introduced the bipartisan Merrill’s Marauders Congressional Gold Medal Act, S.2114, to recognize the extraordinary efforts and sacrifices of the 5307th... Read More
  • Washington (November 15, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement as President Donald Trump wraps up his five-country trip to Asia. “Continued American leadership in Asia-Pacific is essential for global peace... Read More
  • 200,000 Veterans Denied Medal Honoring Service in Nuclear Weapons Tests, Lawmakers Call on President Trump to Act to Honor These Veterans Washington (November 14, 2017) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) expressed outrage that Senate Republicans removed a provision in the Fiscal Year 18 National Defense... Read More
  • The Massive Equifax Breach Again Reveals The Urgent Need For Consumer Privacy Safeguards Washington (November 14, 2017) -- Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), and five other senators to introduce comprehensive consumer privacy legislation to protect Americans’ sensitive personal information against... Read More
  • Washington (November 14, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the following remarks today at the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, “Authority to Order the Use of... Read More
  • Support for Paris climate accord among international community, U.S. state/local government, private sector and civil society growing  Bonn, Germany (November 12, 2017) – A United States Senate delegation has concluded its mission to the annual United Nations climate conference in the wake of President Donald Trump's intentions to... Read More
  • Washington (November 10, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement commemorating Veterans Day. “Every November, our country comes together to honor those who have served so that we may live as with freedom in the United States of America. Day after day, our veterans put their lives on the line for... Read More
  • Has introduced legislation to limit U.S. president’s ability to conduct a nuclear first strike without prior authorization from Congress Washington (November 9, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on the announcement of a hearing on Tuesday,... Read More
  • Washington (November 7, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, which has jurisdiction over telecommunications issues, released the following statement today on ongoing discussions between WBZ AM and iHeartMedia. “WBZ is an iconic media institution, and... Read More
  • Bill Would Permanently Establish National Resource Center on LGBT Aging and Prioritize Research to Improve LGBT Health Washington (November 7, 2017) - U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Al Franken (D-MN) today introduced the LGBT Elder Americans Act to improve services... Read More
  • Washington (November 7, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) today introduced bipartisan legislation that would strengthen the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to ensure that visual and hearing-impaired students receive the best possible education. The Alice Cogswell and Anne... Read More
  • Washington (November 7, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement today celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. More than 95 million Americans watch their local Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) station every... Read More
  • … third disaster supplemental request expected from the administration this month… Washington (November 6, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today joined Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)and a group of Senate Democrats in calling on... Read More
  • Washington (November 3, 2017) – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, along with Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Jon Tester (D-MT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) today introduced the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2017, legislation to eliminate... Read More
  • Republican tax plan would also weaken tax credits for clean energy, leaving fossil fuel tax subsidies intact Washington (November 2, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after House Republicans released their so-called tax reform plan today. “We should not be surprised that House Republicans... Read More
  • Fund is nation’s largest investment in prevention, funding programs for childhood immunizations, smoking cessation, and lead poisoning prevention  Washington (November 2, 2017) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) led 21 of his colleagues in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Minority Leader Chuck... Read More