(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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WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 – Senators Edward J. Markey, Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.) sent a letter to President Barack Obama Thursday requesting the administration halt construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline until affected tribes are...
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Concerns that disaster may aggravate Haiti’s current cholera epidemic, allow emergence of new public health threats
(PHOTO CAPTION: Senator Markey delivers aid with USAID and Joint Task Force officials to Dame Marie, a severely hit community at the edge of the Western Claw in Haiti)
Washington (October 12, 2016) – Senator Edward J....
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Aggressive, illegal marketing activities of fentanyl drugmaker Insys Therapeutics may be contributing to opioid epidemic
Washington (October 11, 2016) – As the opioid crisis continues to rage across the country fueled in part by a precipitous rise in illicit fentanyl – a synthetic opioid that is 100 times more powerful than morphine...
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Senator urged transparency, consumer consent, data security requirements in final order
Washington (October 6, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today applauded an order circulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that safeguards Americans’...
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14 Senators join in calling on President to use authority under Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
Washington (October 6, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) today led a dozen other Senators in calling on President Barack Obama to use his authority under Section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands...
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WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Angus King (I-ME), and Joe Manchin (D-WV) today praised the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) decision to reduce next year’s production quotas for nearly all Schedule II prescription opioids by 25 percent or more....
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Senators: There Shouldn’t Be a Separate Set of Rules for Wall Street and Main Street
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Senator Mazie K. Hirono led a coalition of Senators to urge the Justice Department to investigate and, if appropriate, prosecute individual wrongdoing at Wells Fargo after revelations that the bank’s employees had opened millions of...
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Report reveals there no federal or state requirement for inspection for and testing of PCBs; Senator plans legislation, calls on EPA to update regulations, conduct nationwide survey of all schools for hazards and develop guidance for recordkeeping and remediation of toxic chemicals
Washington (October 5, 2016) - Up to 14 million students...
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Washington (October 4, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Chair of the Senate Climate Clearinghouse, released the following statement on the recent actions by India and the European Union (EU) to join the Paris Agreement, helping to meet the threshold of at least 55 countries...
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