Report highlights need for innovation, efficiencies to address decline in reliable, cheap and abundant freshwater due to climate change and other impacts
Washington (April 29, 2016) – The view that drinkable water has been generally considered “reliable, cheap, and abundant” is no longer true due to a growing demand and reduction...
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Lawmaker introduced ‘smart gun’ technology legislation to ensure that only authorized users can operate handguns
Washington (April 29, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today applauded the White House announcement of new efforts to reduce gun violence and improve community safety, including the development of smart gun...
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Massachusetts delegation sends letter in response to petition by Sweden to ban U.S. exports of American lobster to the European Union
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Seth Moulton (D-MA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Bill Keating (D-MA) and Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) led an effort to protect the Massachusetts...
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Several Markey-led priorities for Massachusetts incorporated into bipartisan legislation, including provisions to benefit Boston Harbor, Hanscom Air Force Base, and local municipalities
Washington (April 28, 2016) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) commended today’s passage of a...
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Washington (April 28, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to advance a further notice of proposed rulemaking that would create new framework for “special access” Internet...
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In letter to company, Senator asks Amazon why it chose to not provide service in three Roxbury zip codes, what criteria it considers when determining where to provide same-day delivery service
Washington (April 26, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today asked...
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In letter to the FDA, lawmaker seeks information about how agency plans to strengthen standards for ingredients that bypass FDA approval
Washington (April 26, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking about the agency’s strategy to ensure the safety of...
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Washington (April 25, 2016) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) applauded passage of their bipartisan resolution that designates September as National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month. The resolution is cosponsored by Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio).
“Brain aneurysms are a silent...
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Senator is co-author of only comprehensive climate legislation to pass a chamber of U.S. Congress
Boston (April 22, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of Senate Climate Clearinghouse and a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement as 167 nations convene today on Earth Day at the...
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Letter asks for more information on Risk Evaluation and Mitigations Strategies, or REMS, process in light of prescription opioid crisis
Washington (April 21, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inquiring about its process for ensuring that the public is protected from the...
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Washington (April 21, 2016) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after it was announced that Volkswagen (VW) reached a settlement that would pay each affected customer $5,000 and establish a compensation fund for...
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Washington (April 20, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after Kinder Morgan, Inc. announced it has suspended further work and expenditures on its Northeast Energy Direct (NED) pipeline project due to insufficient contractual commitments in the New England market.
“I have opposed Kinder...
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Last year, Markey introduced legislation – The Glen Anthony Doherty Overseas Security Personnel Fairness Act – to ensure full death benefits for Doherty family
Washington (April 20, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today praised the approval of a new Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) benefit for the family of Glen A....
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Through loans, grants and tax credits, legislation would inject more than $70 billion in the next 10 years into water infrastructure and lead relief programs
Markey legislation, the CLEARR Act, provides assistance for disadvantaged communities, brings public water infrastructure into 21st century
WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats, led...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) applauded the passage of their bipartisan amendment to the Energy Policy Modernization Act, which will save taxpayer dollars and preserve oil reserves at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).
"Our nation’s oil stockpile is supposed to be there...
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Senate misses opportunity to vote on Markey pro-consumer amendment to combat unfair airline fees
Washington (April 19, 2016) – The United States Senate today passed legislation that would authorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate through September 2017. Several amendments from Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) were...
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Washington (April 19, 2016) – Today, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) launched the Senate Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Caucus.
Approximately 30,000 children and adults in the United States have cystic fibrosis, a life-threatening genetic lung disease for which there is no cure. More than 820 people are affected by this...
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[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Almost two years ago to the day, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed a rule expanding its authority to include previously unregulated tobacco products like e-cigarettes and cigars. Today, as Big Tobacco continues to develop, market, and sell those products without federal oversight, fifteen Senators called on...
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In New Letter to Senate Majority Leader McConnell and Senate Appropriations Chairman Cochran, Senate Democrats Call for Passage Of The President’s $1.9 Billion Emergency Funding Request for Prevention and Treatment of the Zika Virus Outbreak
For More than Two Months, Congressional Republicans Have Failed to Respond to...
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WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, the United States Senate unanimously passed H.R. 1670, the National POW/MIA Remembrance Act of 2015, legislation introduced by Congressman Stephen F. Lynch (D-Boston). United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) introduced the...
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