16 communities and approximately 30,000 Charter Cable subscribers in the Berkshires could lose access to local news and broadcasting from WWLP Ch. 22
Washington (March 22, 2017) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Congressman Richard Neal (MA-01) sent letters today to Charter Communications and WWLP-TV...
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Washington (March 22, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today announced New England native Paul Tencher as the Chief of Staff for his U.S. Senate office. Prior to joining Senator Markey’s staff, Tencher managed the 2012 upset win of Senator Joe Donnelly in deep red Indiana, one of the hardest-fought Senate races that cycle. He...
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Legislation would protect drivers from auto security and privacy risks, implement cybersecurity standards for aircraft
Washington (March 22, 2017) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, reintroduced two pieces of legislation that would implement...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, led his colleagues in calling for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt to address the apparent conflict of interest regarding his participation in EPA’s review of the Clean...
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American Health Care Act would jeopardize coverage for 24 million Americans, including 2.8 million suffering from a substance use disorder
Washington (March 21, 2017) – With 91 Americans dying each day from an opioid overdose, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today led 20 of his colleagues in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch...
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Boston (March 20, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released a new analysis on the budget released last week by the Trump administration that calls for a $54 billion increase in defense spending, with drastic budget cuts to agencies such as the Department of Education, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Health and...
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Group discussed critical value of education and libraries in communities
(CAPTION: U.S. Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) with children at “Reading Time” at Malden Public Library, Saturday, March 18, 2017)
Boston (March 20, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) was joined...
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E-Rate funding is critical to funding internet access at schools and libraries, especially in rural areas
Washington (March 17, 2017) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alas.) today sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) calling on Chairman Ajit Pai to support the E-Rate program. The E-Rate...
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Lawmaker has called on President Trump to adopt a strategy of diplomacy, sanctions, and regional military deterrence in light of nuclear program acceleration
Boston (March 17, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey, top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, expressed concern today about Secretary of State...
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Trump budget completely eliminates national service that provides vital educational and news programming for children, students, rural areas
Washington (March 16, 2017) – Today, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) wrote to President Donald Trump to express their opposition to the complete elimination of...
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Cuts at the heart of the Massachusetts innovation economy
Washington (March 16, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement on the budget released today by the Trump administration. Senator Markey is a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Commerce, Science and Transportation...
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Mexico and China are primary foreign sources of illicit fentanyl and its chemical building blocks
Washington (March 16, 2017) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), members of the Foreign Relations Committee, today praised passage of their Senate resolution calling for international cooperation to address the...
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Gottlieb has expressed opposition towards FDA process for ensuring safe use of opioids and other prescription drugs
Washington (March 15, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today in opposition to President Donald Trump’s nomination of Scott Gottlieb as Commissioner of the Food and Drug...
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Rolling-back EPA’s strong standards will undermine national security, consumer savings, and climate pollution reductions
Washington (March 14, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement in anticipation of an announcement today from...
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Washington (March 15, 2017) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced bicameral legislation to establish safeguards to protect the privacy of individuals from the expanded use of commercial and government drones. The Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act will ensure standards for informing the...
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Washington (March 3, 2017) - Democrats on the Senate Commerce Committee pressed Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today to answer pointed questions about his views on the news media and ability to be an independent regulator over the industry. The letter, led by ranking member Bill Nelson (D-FL) and signed by the...
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Since the beginning of 2017, there were over 100 threats made against Jewish centers and schools Increased funding to Nonprofit Security Grant Program would cover security costs in key areas including prevention and rapid response
Washington (March 10, 2017) – U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA.) joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on a...
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Washington (March 10, 2017) - U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued the following statement today after Volkswagen pleaded guilty to three felony counts as part of an agreement with the Department of Justice to settle charges related to the automaker’s vehicle emission scandal. “VW rightfully...
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Echoes broader failure by the Trump administration to demonstrate a commitment to free and independent media
Says Markey, “Restricting the public’s access to information only foments distrust.”
Washington (March 10, 2017) – As Secretary of State Rex Tillerson prepares to travel to the Asia-Pacific region, Senator Edward J....
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House and Senate resolutions would allow broadband companies to use, share, and sell sensitive information about subscribers without affirmative consent
Washington (March 8, 2017) –Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today released the following statement after Representative...
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