Washington (May 23, 2018) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) today introduced legislation to create a national roadmap for ending the opioid epidemic, which claimed more than 42,000 lives in 2016 alone. Their legislation, the National Milestones to Measure Progress in Ending the... Read More

  Washington (May 23, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, commemorated today’s milestone of the first contract awarded to build an offshore wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts. Senator Markey has introduced the legislation that would spur the growth of offshore... Read More

  Do Not Track Kids Act creates an “Eraser Button” so parents and kids can delete personal information and a “Digital Marketing Bill of Rights for Minors” that limits the collection of personal information   Washington (May 23, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Joe Barton (TX-06),... Read More

  Sixteen Senators: lowering barriers to distributed energy resources like rooftop solar would ‘complement grid modernization while lowering costs for consumers and improving grid reliability and resilience’   Washington, DC – Sixteen Senators, led by Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), are urging the... Read More

  Economists And Experts Say Rising Gas Prices Are In Large Part Due To POTUS Pulling Out Of Iran And OPEC’s Decision To Cut Oil Production; Meanwhile, Oil Companies Used Their Windfall From President Trump’s Tax Law For Billion Dollar Buybacks, Benefiting Wealthy Shareholders And Corporate Execs, And Worker Layoffs In... Read More

  Twenty nuclear reactors are currently undergoing decommissioning in the United States   Washington (May 22, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement today on the draft proposed rule on decommissioning announced by the Nuclear Regulatory... Read More

  Bipartisan legislation includes provisions to help repair aging bridges over Cape Cod Canal, expedite the completion of the dredging of Plymouth Harbor, and improve coastal resilience   Washington (May 22, 2018) – Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren today commended inclusion of several key provisions... Read More

  Senator Markey is the House author of the Children’s Television Act   Washington May 21, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to maintain its current form of “Kid Vid” rules, which... Read More

  Since President Trump took office, gas prices have risen 25%, with average U.S. consumer now paying roughly $350 more/year to fill up   Trump oil risk tax wipes out the benefits that low-incomes families will see from recently-passed GOP tax scam   Washington (May 21, 2018) – With gas nearing $3/gallon nationally, today... Read More

  Draft assessment finds formaldehyde to cause cancer and other human health risks   Washington (May 17, 2018) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), both members of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, along with Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.) today called on Environmental Protection... Read More

  Senator calls it the most important vote for the internet in history if U.S. Senate   Washington (May 16, 2018) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey’s (D-Mass.) Congressional Review Act (CRA) Resolution of Disapproval passed the Senate in an historic vote of 52-47. Senator Markey was the Congressional leader in the fight to... Read More

  Washington (May 16, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urged caution about the intentions of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.   “Without an agreement on what denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula means to North Korea, we... Read More

WASHINGTON, May 16 – Following weeks of violence in Gaza, during which roughly 100 Palestinians have been killed and some 10,000 wounded by Israeli snipers, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and 11 of their Democratic Senate colleagues in calling on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to "do more to alleviate... Read More

  SFRC Hearing Highlights ARIA Legislation   Washington, DC - 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 led a hearing on Tuesday focusing on their legislation, the Asia Reassurance... Read More

  Washington (May 15, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) was joined by Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Angus S. King Jr. (I-Maine), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) in introducing a Senate resolution recognizing May 12 as International Awareness Day for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). ME/CFS is a... Read More

  Washington, DC – Following months of reports of ethical and managerial lapses at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined 5 members of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee in releasing a letter they sent to EPW Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY) calling for EPA Administrator... Read More

Senator Markey is the House author of the TCPA   Washington (May 14, 2018) –  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today circulated a Public Notice seeking comment on the interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) in light of a recent decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, which struck down... Read More

    Perry could use obscure provisions of laws that stakeholders, including natural gas, renewables, oil and energy efficiency, have warned against   Washington (May 14, 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 sent a... Read More

  Washington (May 14, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after President Donald Trump announced in a tweet he is directing his Commerce Department to “give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get... Read More

  Washington (May 14, 2018) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Congressman Richard Neal (MA-01) sent letters today to Charter Communications and Hearst Television expressing concerns about the ongoing business dispute between the two parties. Media is reporting that Charter Cable will no longer... Read More