Members of congressional delegation recently urged release of critical energy aid for families in need
Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, along with Congressmen Bill Keating and Joe Kennedy III applauded today's release of an additional $14,806,664 of Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program...
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Senator led federal push with Rep. Joe Kennedy for Massachusetts bid
Boston (April 1, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today celebrated news that Massachusetts has been selected by the Department of Defense to host a $317 million Manufacturing Innovation Institute. Led...
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44 Current & Former Senators & 164 Current & Former House Members from 38 States Filed An Amicus Brief To Support President Obama’s Clean Power Plan in Case Currently Before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, & Defend EPA’s Authority To Protect Public Health and the Environment by Regulating New...
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Boston (March 31, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement today after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) considered a notice of proposed rulemaking on broadband privacy at today’s Open Commission Meeting.
“I applaud...
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Lawmaker calls for building on emergency investments made during Ebola outbreak to help create a sustainable emergency health response model for the United States
Washington (March 31, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Africa and Global Health subcommittee, this week called on President...
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Flies on Air Force One as Congressional leader on opioid crisis
Atlanta (March 30, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today addressed the National Rx Drug and Heroin Summit on a comprehensive strategy to address the prescription drug and heroin epidemic plaguing Massachusetts. Convened annual by U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers (D-Ky.),...
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Washington (March 29, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today released the following joint statement after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint charging Volkswagen with deceiving consumers about emissions in its...
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Senator’s bipartisan legislation with Senator Paul to expand medication-assisted therapies recently passed key Senate health committee
Atlanta (March 29, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today commended the announcement from the White House that it is calling for an expansion of specialized treatment for prescription...
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Bipartisan group of senators call for increased funding, improved enforcement of campus sexual assault laws—
Federal agency responsible for investigation, enforcement has fraction of resources & staff needed
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey joined Senators Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Kirsten Gillibrand of New...
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TEL AVIV – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led a bipartisan congressional delegation with Senators Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) to Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Israel.
In...
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WASHINGTON, March 23 – Senator Edward J. Markey and 16 other Senators urged Senate appropriators in a letter this week to dedicate funds for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct research into the causes and prevention of gun violence in the United States.
A 1996 Republican appropriations rider prohibits federal...
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U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released the following statement after Toyota announced that almost all Toyota and Lexus vehicles will come standard with automatic emergency braking by 2017. The news follows an announcement last week by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s...
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Washington (March 22, 2016)— Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced new warnings for immediate-release opioid pain medications and additional labeling changes to be made on all opioid products intended to reflect the risks of these pain...
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Washington (March 22, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement on the terrorist attacks in Brussels.
“The attacks in Brussels are a senseless act of terror and violence and we must condemn them with both words and actions. We will always remember those whose lives were senselessly taken, and we will...
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Remarkable role of top-secret unit in World War II remained classified for more than forty years
Washington (March 21, 2016) – Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren last week introduced the Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act (S.2730) to honor the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, also called the “Ghost...
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Washington (March 18, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, this week led a group of 24 other Democratic Senators in urging appropriators to provide critical funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF) in its Fiscal Year 2017 legislation. The requested funding will...
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Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) issued the following statement in response to an announcement today by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) and Insurance Institute for Highway Safety that 20 automakers have committed to make automatic emergency braking...
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Price Comparison Websites Promote Price Competition in the Airline Industry by Allowing Consumers to Make Apples-To-Apples Comparisons among Fares and Flights, but Recent Reports Indicate That Airlines Are Refusing to Provide Flight Information to These Sites
In a Letter to the DOT, the Senators Called on the Department to Investigate these...
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Republicans block legislation in committee to protect consumers from excessive airline fees
Washington (March 16, 2016) – Today, the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee unanimously passed legislation to continue the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) authority to operate through September 2017. Several amendments...
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Washington (March 16, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after President Obama nominated D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Merrick Garland to the United States Supreme Court.
“With his nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, President...
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