Boston (November 7, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) called for federal funding for prevention and treatment programs to address the opioid epidemic as alarming new data from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health released today paints a dire picture of increasing overdoses and deaths due to opioids, in particular illicit...
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Boston (November 7, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) called for federal funding for prevention and treatment programs to address the opioid epidemic as alarming new data from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health released today paints a dire picture of increasing overdoses and deaths due to opioids, in particular illicit...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Susan Collins (R-ME), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) today announced that for the first time Medicare will pay for new individual care plans to support Alzheimer’s patients and their families. This new coverage will begin in January, 2017. The...
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Company's Previous Response Left Unanswered Questions About EpiPen Pricing Impact on Consumers, Taxpayers, and Insurance Premiums
Washington, DC - In a 13-page letter sent today to the CEO of pharmaceutical company Mylan, 17 senators requested additional information about the company's recent EpiPen Auto-Injector (EpiPen) price increases and...
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Senator has called on FDA to rescind approval of OxyContin for kids
Boston (November 1, 2016) – As a new study released shows, overdoses among all children increased more than 100 percent over a 16-year period, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) called for immediate steps to protect America’s youngest people from the devastating opioid...
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Senators express concerns that DEA, in coordination with DOJ, scaled back enforcement against violators allowing more legal controlled substances to enter illicit drug market as opioid epidemic exploded
Washington (October 28, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) were joined by a group of Senators today...
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BOSTON, MA – Today, Congressman Stephen F. Lynch (D-Boston), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) announced nearly $1.7 million in federal funding for the Town of Scituate to fortify the Third Cliff seawall. The Third Cliff was damaged during Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and the federal funding from the Federal...
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Breadth of proposed deal demands review by Department of Justice and Federal Communications Commission to determine impact on consumers and marketplace
Washington (October 28, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today called for the Federal Communications Commission...
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Senator urged transparency, consumer consent, data security requirements in final order
Washington (October 27, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today applauded an order approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that safeguards Americans’ privacy...
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(WASHINGTON, DC) – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) today welcomed a federal judge’s approval of the $14.7 billion settlement between Volkswagen (VW), the federal government and vehicle owners over the automaker’s vehicle emission scandal. Today’s approval means the process of compensating...
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Massachusetts to get nearly $131 million in initial heating assistance
Washington (October 25, 2016) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) commended the Obama administration for releasing the initial batch of funding under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The Department of Health and Human Services today...
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U.S. lawmaker has called on the United Nations to issue public apology for Haitian cholera epidemic, provide financial support and justice to Haitian people
Washington (October 25, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, In the wake of Hurricane Matthew,...
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Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Ed Markey (D-MA), and Dick Blumenthal (D-CT) are sending a letter to the United States Golf Association (USGA), urging them to move the 2017 U.S. Women’s Open from the Trump National in Bedminster, New Jersey. The letter comes following numerous allegations of Donald...
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Senators have introduced legislation to protect drivers from auto security, privacy risks
Washington (October 24, 2016) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement today after the Department of Transportation unveiled...
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Washington, DC - Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, along with Representative Richard Neal applauded the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Section 108 Loan Guarantee to support Springfield's Downtown Dining District Loan Fund project. The project will create a low-interest fund and...
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Washington (October 22, 2016) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement today after media reports indicated AT&T has agreed to purchase Time Warner.
“In the telecommunications market, we need more competition, not more consolidation. We...
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WASHINGTON– U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) today welcomed the Department of Transportation’s newly announced efforts to promote competition and increase transparency in the airline industry, but emphasized the need for further action.
“Americans have grown all too familiar with flying the...
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Lawmaker warns inadequate disaster relief funding could worsen Haiti’s current cholera epidemic
Washington (October 18, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, today called the United Nations (UN) effort to remedy the humanitarian crisis in Haiti...
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At delegation’s encouragement, European Commission rules against proposed lobster ban
(Boston, MA) – The European Commission announced that it will not move forward with a ban on American lobster to the European Union (EU), noting that they found no strong scientific evidence to support Sweden’s proposed ban. The...
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*Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee is cosigned by a bipartisan group of 17 Senators**
**Letter points to low milk prices, overhead costs, drought and failure of safety net program as reasons for farm closures across the country**
Copy of the signed letter available here
(Washington, DC)— U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey joined...
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