Washington, D.C. – Senator Edward j. Markey (D-Mass.) introduced bipartisan legislation with Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) that would ban any entity that does business with North Korea or its enablers from using the United States financial system and to impose U.S. sanctions on all those participating in North Korean labor trafficking... Read More

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Following the twelfth confirmed fatality caused by a Takata airbag in the United States and an expanded recall of the defective products, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) urged the Trump Administration to take more aggressive action to protect consumers. In a letter to Secretary of... Read More

Washington (July 12, 2017) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and co-Chair of the Senate Climate Action Task Force, released the following statement in response to a trillion-ton section of the Antarctic Larsen C ice shelf breaking off of the Antarctic peninsula. The enormous... Read More

Suspending safety rules poses 'unwarranted' threat to public health, the taxpayers and energy security    Action 'antithetical to the agency's core mission,' will result in children being exposed to harmful oil and gas well emissions for at least 2 more years in order to give the oil and gas industry a windfall   WASHINGTON... Read More

After years of allowing skyrocketing opioid production, agency last year heeded senators’ call to lower quota   WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Dick Durbin (D-IL)  led a group of fifteen senators in sending a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), urging the agency to better prevent... Read More

Reports indicate that foreign cyber hackers targeted nuclear plant personnel and companies that manufacture power plant control systems   Washington (July 10, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey, top Democrat on the International Cybersecurity Policy Subcommittee of the Foreign Relations Committee, today queried several top federal agencies... Read More

7/06/2017 — WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) led 24 senators in demanding the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity rescind its request that state election officials provide sensitive voter roll data.  The senators oppose the... Read More

Administrator Pruitt’s actions raise questions as to whether the EPA is following its procedures for protecting advisory committees from industry influence Washington, D.C. – Today, 10 Senators requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Congress’s federal watchdog agency, examine whether the Environmental... Read More

Washington (July 4, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after North Korea conducted what it claimed was a successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of reaching the United States.... Read More

Lawmaker criticizes President Trump for unnecessary remarks about “burden sharing” at key moment of U.S.-South Korea alliance   Washington (June 30, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement today after... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senators Ed Markey (D-Ma.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.)  introduced a bipartisan resolution (S.Res.211) condemning Chechen officials’ torture, murder, and call for so-called “honor killings” of men who are, or are suspected of being, gay. The resolution enjoys the support... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C— Following a worldwide cyber-attack last month that hit more than 300,000 computers, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) and Congresswoman Susan Brooks (R-IN) introduced legislation to combat cyberattacks and cybercrime against U.S. computer networks. The Promoting Good... Read More

Reports indicate that certain Magellan Diagnostics tests provide artificially-low results of blood lead levels   Washington (June 29, 2017) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) were joined today by 10 senators in a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Scott... Read More

Markey provisions on drone privacy, cell phone use on planes, and extreme weather also included   Washington (June, 29, 2017) – The Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee today approved legislation that would reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Several amendments from Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) were... Read More

Legislation would allow texting, use of personal devices but prohibit cell phone conversations on flights     WASHINGTON, D.C (June 27, 2017) – U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today introduced bipartisan legislation directing the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to issue... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen.Edward J. Markey joined his Senate colleagues in introducing the first-ever Senate Resolution recognizing June as LGBTQ Pride Month. The resolution notes major milestones in the fight for equal treatment of LGBTQ Americans and resolves to continue efforts to achieve full equality for LGBTQ individuals. Today, June... Read More

Washington (June 27, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced their effort to repeal the Clean Water Rule.   “In Boston we may sing about... Read More

Senator Markey was joined by Democratic Senators and opioid treatment providers and advocates in opposition to Senate health care legislation   Washington (June 27, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) was today joined at a press conference by Shelby, an opioid treatment patient from West Virginia who shared her powerful story... Read More

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Ahead of consideration of the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization legislation in the Senate Commerce Committee this week, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) introduced the Airline Passengers’ Bill of Rights, comprehensive legislation to expand protections for American air... Read More

Markey calls Senate GOP health care proposal a death sentence for those suffering from opioid addiction   Washington (June 26, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today demanded a public apology from Kellyanne Conway, Counselor to President Donald Trump, after she remarked yesterday on ABC News’ “This Week with George... Read More