Legislation would repeal liability shield gun sellers and manufacturers currently enjoy Washington (October 5, 2017) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy (D-CT) and U.S. Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) to introduce legislation – the Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun... Read More

Washington (October 5, 2017) - A bipartisan resolution (S.Res.211) introduced by U.S. Senators Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) condemning Chechen officials’ torture, murder, and call for so-called “honor killings” of men who are, or are suspected of being, gay was unanimously passed by the Senate Foreign... Read More

More than ten prohibited people a day are sold guns by dealers who do not wait for completed background check Washington (October 5, 2017) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to introduce legislation to close a current loophole that allows gun... Read More

Washington (October 4, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today applauded committee passage of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Modernization Act. The legislation included provisions banning knives on planes and codifying a pilot program to improve... Read More

Washington (October 4, 2017) —Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today joined Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and a number of Democrats to introduce the Automatic Gun Fire Prevention Act, a bill to close a loophole that allows semi-automatic weapons to be easily modified to fire at the rate of automatic weapons,... Read More

Washington (October 4, 2017) – The Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee today passed legislation that would promote the testing and deployment of autonomous vehicles. Several amendments from Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the committee, were included in the legislation, including an amendment establishing a privacy... Read More

Legislation would ensure that only authorized users can operate handguns Washington (October 4, 2017) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) reintroduced legislation to address the gun violence that is gripping communities across the country. The bill, the Handgun Trigger Safety Act, would improve gun safety by ensuring that only... Read More

Federal Grant Will Fund Textile Innovation Center Feasibility Study in Lawrence Washington (October 3, 2017) - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, along with Representative Niki Tsongas and Lawrence Mayor Daniel Rivera, announced today that the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded a federal grant of... Read More

Washington (October 3, 2017) – U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.) today sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai. The letter encourages the commission to continue with a rulemaking that creates and makes available a comprehensive database of reassigned telephone numbers... Read More

Washington (October 3, 2017) – Senator Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity, introduced comprehensive bipartisan legislation to economically and diplomatically pressure North Korea and its enablers, and authorize... Read More

Senators urge White House not to neglect the Islands and to carefully monitor the Vieques Superfund site Washington (October 3, 2017) - United States Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in calling on President Trump to step up disaster recovery efforts on the Puerto Rican islands of Vieques and... Read More

Calls Trump administration disaster response effort in Puerto Rico shameful and urges ramp up of immediate relief efforts across federal agencies Boston (September 30, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today after President Donald Trump this morning tweeted about Carmen Yulin Cruz, the mayor of San... Read More

Washington (September 30, 2017) -- Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Subcommittee of the Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after The New York Times reported that Secretary Rex Tillerson had confirmed the United States is in direct diplomatic... Read More

Boston (September 29, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Chair of the Senate Climate Task Force, released the following statement today after the Senate Republicans FY2018 budget resolution included instructions that would open the door for drilling in the Arctic National... Read More

First all-in-one, voice-controlled smart baby monitor could record and transmit sensitive information about child’s personal development Washington (September 29, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Joe Barton (TX-06), co-founders of the Bi-Partisan Congressional Privacy Caucus, sent a letter to the toy company... Read More

Under New Economic Agenda, Dems Announce Plan To Connect All Americans To High Speed Internet Just As FDR Did With Electricity – Telehealth Expert Who Relies On Affordable Broadband To Bring Health Care To Rural Communities Joins Via Video Conference Over 34 Million Americans, Including 23 Million Rural Americans, Do Not Have Internet... Read More

For 2018, the DEA is proposing an annual quota equivalent to manufacturing 9.5 billion opioid painkiller pills Washington (September 28, 2017) – For 2018, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has proposed the manufacture in the United States of the equivalent of nine billion 10-milligram pills of OxyContin. But despite this massive... Read More

Landmark legislation will fix broken campaign finance system, restore accountability to elections, & empower voters Includes new provisions to address unprecedented conflicts of interest arising from Trump administration WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative... Read More

Washington (September 27, 2017) – Today, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) applauded the Senate’s passage of a comprehensive chronic care package that included a two-year extension and expansion of the Independence At Home (IAH) Program. IAH is an innovative home-based primary care program that brings... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today joined Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), along with a group of seven of their colleagues in writing to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan requesting that Congress be allowed to swiftly take up... Read More