Washington (January 25, 2018) – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today acted to reverse long-standing guidance that classified major sources of air pollutants as continuous and indefinite, and in the process began the reversal of all progress that has been made reducing hazardous air pollutants like arsenic, mercury, lead, and dozens... Read More

[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), members of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, issued the following statement after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) posted warning letters to eleven marketers and distributors of dietary... Read More

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt will appear before the EPW Committee on January 30   Washington (January 23, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass,), Chair of the Senate Climate Task Force and a member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today hosted several former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staff to discuss... Read More

Washington (January 22, 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 President Donald Trump imposed new tariffs on imports of solar panels and cells. In October 2017, the U.S. International Trade... Read More

Washington (January 22, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today after voting against a short-term continuing budget resolution that provided no certainty or resolution for DREAMers, pensioners, the people of Puerto Rico, vulnerable children and patients, or communities devastated by the opioid... Read More

  ‘The first year of the Trump administration has been a year of greed. . . . So much for “draining the swamp”’ Senators point to major victories in battle against shameless self-dealing in the Trump administration   Washington, D.C. – Today, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Tom Udall (D-NM), Edward J.... Read More

Washington (January 18, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement today after voting in opposition to the FISA Amendments Reauthorization bill.   “We need to strike a balance between liberty and security and not give the government... Read More

Trump’s opioid public health emergency declaration expires on January 23 with little to show for it, lawmakers argue   Washington (January 18, 2018) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) today sent a letter to President Donald Trump outlining his administration’s lackluster response to the opioid... Read More

Lawmaker asks for response to questions related to climate change, fuel efficiency standards, toxic chemicals, and EPA budget and administration   Washington (January 18, 2018) – In advance of his appearance before the Environment and Public Works Committee later in January, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) today queried Environmental... Read More

Senators call for hearing in Senate Commerce Committee to investigate recall of defective Takata airbags   [WASHINGTON, DC] – Today in a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), members of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation... Read More

Lawmaker deeply concerned about reports for new nuclear weapons, lower thresholds for use, increased chances of nuclear war   Washington (January 17, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement in response to media reports detailing the draft contents of... Read More

Washington (January 17, 2018) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) today introduced the “Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act”, legislation that will expand access to medication-assisted therapies for opioid addiction. The legislation codifies a 2016... Read More

With All 49 Democratic Senators Planning To Cosponsor Senator Markey’s Resolution Of Disapproval, Dems Urge Republicans To Back Bill – Now That Republican Senator Collins Announced Her Support, Only One More Republican Senator Is Needed To Pass The Legislation In The Senate   Democrats Will Force Vote On The Legislation Later This... Read More

Reaffirms Support for the Iran Nuclear Deal and Emphasizes Importance of American Credibility in Resolving North Korea Crisis Washington (January 12, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement in response to the Trump... Read More

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Angus King (I-ME), Ed Markey (D-MA) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) sent a letter to President Trump urging him to renew the opioid public... Read More

 27 Senators to Secretary Nielsen: “The decision to end TPS will uproot thousands of well-established lives and, in many cases, will devastate families and communities.”   WASHINGTON—Senator Ed Markey joined Senator Tom Carper, senior Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to lead 27 Senate... Read More

Bill would protect ocean and coastal resources responsible for over $17.5 billion annually in the region   Washington, DC – Today, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) led a bipartisan group of New England Senators in introducing legislation to bar offshore drilling along the New England coast.  The New... Read More

Senators from Rhode Island, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Virginia, and Washington say their states don’t want oil & gas drilling off their coasts and demand equal treatment   WASHINGTON, DC -- A group of U.S. Senators representing coastal states is... Read More

Cost of repeal is offset by ending tax breaks and free-drilling loopholes for oil and gas companies Washington (January 11, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) reintroduced legislation, along with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), to eliminate the 2.3 percent excise tax on medical devices. The medical device tax, which first took... Read More

Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) lead a letter from the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation to Governor Charlie Baker urging him to join other governors across the country in formally opposing the Trump Administration’s newly released offshore drilling plan.   In the letter,... Read More