Washington (March 27, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight subcommittee of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today applauded passage of a bipartisan resolution to designate the first week of April as “National Asbestos Awareness Week”. The...
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WASHINGTON, DC - Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.),Susan Collins (R-Maine), Angus King (I-Maine), and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) introduced a bipartisan budget amendment to support at-sea and dockside monitoring for fisheries that have received economic disaster assistance. A fishery...
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Bill Would Establish Commemorative Chair on U.S. Capitol Grounds
Companion Legislation Introduced in House by Congressman Lynch
WASHINGTON, DC- United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senator Marco Rubio (R - Fla.) and a bipartisan group of their Senate colleagues today introduced legislation in the Senate and House to honor American...
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Offers amendment to Senate budget on opiate overdose prevention and treatment
Washington (March 26, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today praised new steps to be taken by the Obama administration to address the prescription drug and heroin crisis. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it will focus on three...
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Transit-Oriented Development Infrastructure Financing Act Will Provide Credit Assistance for Infrastructure Linking Communities to Public Transit
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), introduced the Transit-Oriented Development Infrastructure Financing...
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Washington, DC – As the Senate continues debating amendments to the proposed budget resolution, and with Republican Senators advocating for amendments that would undermine efforts to protect the environment and public health, a group of pro-climate Senators will offer a series of proposals to push back on those efforts and address the...
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Legislation would raise revenue for federal agencies that relinquish underutilized spectrum for commercial use
Washington (March 26, 2015) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) today introduced the Federal Spectrum Incentive Act, legislation that offers new incentives for federal agencies to relinquish underutilized...
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Legislation would close used car dealer loophole that poses large safety-risk to drivers, passengers
(Washington, DC) – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) introduced legislation to ensure used vehicles containing recalled, unsafe parts are repaired before being sold or leased. Dealers are...
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U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Ed Markey (D-MA), Susan Collins (R-ME) andShelley Moore Capito (R-WV) today introduced bipartisan legislation to help combat Alzheimer's disease and support those suffering or caring for a family member with this devastating illness. The Health Outcomes, Planning, and...
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Revenue-neutral proposal fueled by ending tax breaks and free-drilling loopholes for oil and gas companies
Washington (March 24, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today introduced legislation that would repeal the medical device tax and pay for the repeal by ending tax giveaways and closing free-drilling loopholes for oil and gas...
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Special interests, Wall Street, billionaires, Big Oil advance to Final Four while seniors, students, working families and clean energy lose big
Washington (March 23, 2015) – With millions of Americans gripped by March Madness and the Final Four showdown on the basketball court, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) took to the Senate floor...
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Wilderness designation would protect pristine American public lands
WASHINGTON (March 23, 2015) - Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and 29 of his Senate colleagues sent a letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell commending the Obama administration and the Interior Department’s actions to protect the iconic Arctic National...
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Bill would update defense spending for 21st century
Washington (March 23, 2015) – As Congressional Republicans remain deeply divided over funding for the Department of Defense, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) today introduced bicameral legislation that would cut $100 billion from the bloated...
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Protections should be improved, but not scrapped, says Senator
WASHINGTON (March 20, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today said that Senate Republicans should not seek to eradicate the new rules on hydraulic fracturing practices on public lands, but rather work to improve the standards from its current form, which does not...
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WASHINGTON – As we celebrate National Sunshine Week and efforts promoting transparency in government, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to introduce bipartisan legislation to improve public access to the federal judiciary by granting judges the ability to allow cameras in federal courtrooms. ...
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Washington, DC – Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren and Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) introduced the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act in the Senate and House. The legislation would allow those with outstanding student loan debt to refinance at the interest rates that were approved last year...
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WASHINGTON (March 18, 2015) – A new survey released today by the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers counters a main argument pushed by oil companies and their allies in Congress to lift the crude oil export ban. The survey shows that the majority of U.S. refining capacity is ready to refine more than 730,000 additional barrels of...
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SAME Act would amend the Social Security Act so that all legal marriages are appropriately recognized
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) along with Representative Ron Kind (D-WI) introduced the Social Security and Marriage Equality...
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Legislation still needed to trace seafood from sea to plate
BOSTON (March 15, 2015) -- Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today hailed the release of the final recommendations of the Presidential Task Force on Combatting Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing and Seafood Fraud. Released at the Boston International Seafood Show, the task...
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Boston (March 13, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Malden) released the following statement today celebrate the Allied War Veteran’s Council decision to welcome Boston Pride to march in the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade for the first time in the parade’s history.
“This year, as we all march together,...
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