Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., John Boozman, R-Ark., and Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., today re-introduced their bipartisan GI Bill Fairness Act, to ensure wounded members of the National Guard and Reserve receive the education benefits they’ve earned through the GI Bill.   Unlike other members of the... Read More

Legislation would increase federal funding for gun violence prevention research   Washington (April 5, 2017) – As community advocates, doctors, elected officials, and public health professionals gather for national public health week, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) introduced legislation today to... Read More

Washington (April 5, 2017) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), members of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led a bipartisan group of senators in introducing the Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act (BUILD Act) (S.822).  Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Mike Rounds... Read More

Equal Pay Day marks the amount of time women have to work to catch up to what men earned in 2016   (Washington, D.C.) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today marked Equal... Read More

Washington (April 4, 2017) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) today reintroduced legislation with 40 total senators to designate the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness and protect the land from future development. The Coastal Plain represents roughly 1.5 million acres of the 19.6... Read More

Washington (April 2, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, criticized President Donald Trump for comments made to a news outlet today that the United States is prepared to respond to nuclear threats from North Korea unilaterally if China does not... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In observance of the 90th anniversary of the birth of Latino leader, labor champion and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez, U.S Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) introduced a Senate resolution last night to honor his life and legacy. This resolution was also... Read More

Washington (March 31, 2017) – In light of today’s report that the Trump Administration has imposed new sanctions on North Korea, Senators Edward J. Markey, Ranking Member, and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity, sent a... Read More

Governor Charlie Baker; Representatives Katherine Clark, Seth Moulton, and Niki Tsongas; Housing and Economic Development Secretary Jay Ash; and MassDevelopment President and CEO Marty Jones welcomed General David Goldfein, Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, to the Massachusetts State House yesterday to discuss the importance of Hanscom... Read More

In New Letter To President Trump, 46 Senate Democrats Call For A Swift Veto Of  Resolution That Would Rescind The FCC’s Broadband Privacy Rules And Prevent The FCC From Ever Reinstating Similar Consumer Protections In The Future, Thereby Allowing a Consumer’s Most Sensitive Personal Data To be Sold Without Their Knowledge or... Read More

More than 30 U.S. Senators highlight potential threats to economy and environment   Washington (March 29, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today joined Senator Michael Bennet and more than 29 U.S. Senators in the introduction of legislation to rescind President Trump’s Executive Order to reverse several landmark U.S.... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Democratic members on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, led by Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), decried President Trump’s executive order that abandons key U.S. climate initiatives, including the historic Clean Power Plan – the nation’s first-ever national standard to reduce... Read More

Washington (March 28, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to undo the Federal Communications Commission’s broadband privacy rules by utilizing the Congressional Review Act. Last... Read More

Senator Markey also introduced separate legislation to ensure Keystone XL pipeline oil should be kept in America for U.S. consumers and businesses Washington (March 28, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) was joined today by Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), to introduce legislation that would hold the... Read More

Lawmaker plans to introduce bills to transition to 100% clean and renewable energy by 2050, reform federal coal leasing program, block export of Keystone XL oil and refined product, unleash offshore wind energy Washington (March 27, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Chair of... Read More

Washington, D.C. - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Thomas Carper (D-Del.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Mazie K. Hirono... Read More

Wyden, McCaskill, Markey Ask What the Energy Department Will do to Prevent Future Retaliation Against Whistleblowers like Sandra Black    Washington, D.C. – After learning that Energy Department investigations confirmed a whistleblower was illegally fired for cooperating with a government investigation, U.S. Sens. Ron... Read More

Text of the report available here (PDF) Washington, D.C. - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, along with Representatives Richard E. Neal, James P. McGovern, Michael E. Capuano, Niki Tsongas, William R. Keating, Joseph P. Kennedy III, Katherine M. Clark, and Seth Moulton today issued a report sharing... Read More

Washington (March 23, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and co-chair of the Senate Climate Clearinghouse, released the following statement on media reports that the State Department plans to approve the Keystone XL pipeline project. “Donald Trump’s so-called... Read More

Washington (March 23, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement today after Senate Republicans voted to undo the Federal Communications Commission’s broadband privacy rules by utilizing the Congressional Review Act.   “President... Read More