Exception would allow more broadband providers to withhold promotional rates, fee, surcharge, and data cap and allowance information to consumers
Washington (January 27, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D – Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today blasted an exemption circulated at the...
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Markey led the call for the FCC to finalize broadband privacy rules
Washington (January 26, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee today blasted proposals to undermine the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) broadband privacy rules. Last year, The FCC...
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Federal Hiring Freeze Will Delay Veterans’ Access To Care And Benefits, And Hurt Veterans Seeking Federal Jobs
thursday, january 26, 2017
WASHINGTON, DC—U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey joined a group of 53 members of Congress, led by Ranking Members of the Senate and House Veterans’ Affairs Committees, Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.)...
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Trump administration action freezes resources for air and water quality monitoring and improvement, clean up of toxic waste sites
Washington (January 26, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Superfund, Waste Mangement and Regulation subcommittee of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today sent a letter...
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Legislation would ensure ratepayers could protest a rate change filed with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Washington (January 25, 2017) – As New England prepares for an upcoming energy auction that will impact future energy prices, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) reintroduced the Fair Ratepayer, Accountability, Transparency and...
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Attempts to silence federal employees follows previous actions by Trump transition team targeting federal employees and scientists at Department of Energy and State Department
Washington (January 25, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today led a letter with eleven Senators decrying reports of instructions provided to all...
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Washington (January 215, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today after President Donald Trump signed two new executive orders on immigration.
“Today, Lady Liberty weeps at Donald Trump’s executive actions that fly in the face of our nation’s history as a beacon to those...
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Senators Urge That Further Media Consolidation Should Only be Permitted if it Results in Better, More Affordable Phone, TV & Internet Service for Consumers
WASHINGTON, D.C. [01/25/17]—Today, a group of Senate Democrats led by Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) put pressure on AT&T and Time Warner to prove that their proposed mega-merger is in...
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Washington (January 24, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after President Trump signed new executive orders to move forward with the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines.
“President Trump’s executive actions to advance the...
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Washington (January 24, 2017) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Ted W. Lieu (CA-33) and introduced the Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017. This legislation would prohibit the President from launching a nuclear first strike without a declaration of war by Congress. The...
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Senators continue their ongoing investigation into the reliability of airline IT systems and airline consumer protections
Washington (January 23, 2017) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today sent a letter to United Airlines, Inc....
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Washington (January 23, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, released the following statement today following the swearing in of Adama Barrow as president of The Gambia. After initially conceding defeat and then refusing to leave office, former...
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Washington (January 23, 2016) – Senator Edward J Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement today before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee vote on Rex Tillerson’s nomination to be Secretary of State.
“I thank Mr. Tillerson for his testimony before the Senate...
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Marches for justice and equality happening across the country
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the lead sponsor of legislation to prohibit discrimination against women, today reintroduced the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution as hundreds of thousands march in cities across the nation for justice and...
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Washington (January 20, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement on media reports that President Donald Trump will appoint Ajit Pai as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
“We need an FCC that protects...
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Senators hold President-elect Trump accountable to American workers
Trump pledged to withdraw from TPP on first day of presidency, legislation would require U.S. withdrawal from TPP
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Ed Markey...
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DEA provided insufficient response to Senators’ original query about scaled back enforcement efforts against violators that allowed more legal controlled substances to enter illicit drug market
Washington (January 18, 2017) – After the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) failed to answer critical questions about enforcement efforts...
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Washington (January 17, 2016) – Responding to the State Department’s announcement of $500 million for the Green Climate Fund that helps poor countries respond to the impacts of climate change, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Environment and Public Works Committee, today...
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Washington (January 13, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement opposing the nomination of the Senator Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General of the United States.
“When the nomination of Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, III to be Attorney General of the United States reaches the floor of the United...
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Senators ask federal ethics officials for assessment of EPA nominee’s involvement with secretive, tax-exempt groups
Washington, D.C. – Members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee sent letters to the Office of Government Ethics and the lead ethics official at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today asking a...
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