Washington (October 5, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today on the deaths of two airmen from Hanscom Air Force Base.  Senior Airman Nathan Sartain of Pensacola, Florida and 1st Class Airman Kacey Ruiz of McDonough, Georgia died last week when their U.S. Air Force C-130J military... Read More

Washington (October 5, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement on reports of an agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a proposed international trade agreement between Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, and the United... Read More

Washington (October 5, 2015) – Today, the Department of Justice, along with other federal agencies and the five Gulf of Mexico states, announced a settlement with BP to resolve the civil claims against the company totaling nearly $21 billion. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released... Read More

Part of U.S. Department of Labor's American Apprenticeship Grants to create opportunities   Boston - Friday, October 2, 2015 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Senator Edward J. Markey today announced a $3 million grant from the Obama Administration to expand apprenticeship opportunities in construction and hospitality through the Mayor's Office of... Read More

Markey, Durbin to cosponsor after Senate vote, bringing total support to 60 senators   WASHINGTON — Today, as the full Senate prepares to begin debate on a historic bill to overhaul the broken Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, U.S. Sens. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) announced they have... Read More

Washington (October 1, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and chair of the Senate Climate Change Clearinghouse, released the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its new ozone pollution standard. “For decades the Clean Air Act... Read More

Massachusetts has received roughly $220 million over the past five decades from critical conservation program   Washington (October 1, 2015) – Despite bipartisan support in the U.S. Congress for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), the authorization for this important program expired on September 30, 2015. In July, Senator Edward... Read More

Washington, DC) – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) issued the following statement after the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced it had identified discriminatory practices by Kuwait Airlines. In May, the senators wrote to the DOT, citing... Read More

Raising smoking age to 21 would lead to 4.2 million fewer years of life lost Washington (September 30, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today joined Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), along with seven other Senators to introduce the Tobacco to 21 Act (S.2100), legislation... Read More

In wake of recent historic auto recall, Senators introduced legislation to increase transparency and earlier reporting of auto defects Washington (September 29, 2015) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) released the following joint statement after the national Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)... Read More

Bill Allows People Receiving Supplemental Security Income and Medicaid to Participate in Rare Disease Clinical Trials Without Losing Benefits   WASHINGTON –Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Senator Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., today applauded the House of... Read More

Boston (September 28, 2015) – Royal Dutch Shell announced today that it will end Alaska offshore drilling in the Arctic “for the foreseeable future.". Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement.   “Today’s announcement from Shell that... Read More

  Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Al Franken (D-MN), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ed Markey (D-MA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Gary Peters (D-MI), today sent a letter urging the Obama... Read More

New York (September 25, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today joined United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Kenneth Hackett, Under Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller and Deputy Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations Michele Sison, at the UN General Assembly... Read More

Senator is co-author of cap-and-trade legislation that previously passed in the House of Representatives   New York (September 25, 2015) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Climate Clearinghouse and co-author of the only comprehensive climate legislation to ever pass a chamber of Congress, released the following statement... Read More

Washington (September 24, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today attended the Joint Meeting of Congress Address by His Holiness Pope Francis and released the following statement. This is the first address by any pope to the United States Congress. “Today, Congress and the American people heard Pope Francis share a message of... Read More

Last year, Senator visited Vatican and met with Pope and Vatican leaders to discuss climate change   Washington (September 23, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today after His Holiness Pope Francis made remarks alongside President Obama at the White House. Last year, Senator Markey traveled... Read More

Washington (September 21, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.) and 28 members of Congress today filed an Amicus Brief with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Open Internet rules. The Amicus supports the FCC’s decision that... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey and Congressmen Michael Capuano, Stephen F. Lynch, and William Keating today announced that YouthBuild programs in Dorchester and New Bedford will receive more than $2 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The... Read More

Letter calls for explanation why FDA approved use of OxyContin for children without the benefit of independent Advisory Committee review   Washington (September 18, 2015) – In the wake of the troubling decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve the use of the opioid prescription painkiller OxyContin for children as... Read More