In light of the tragic mass shooting in Orlando, 24 Senators join letter urging FDA to develop better blood donation policies based on individual risk WASHINGTON, D.C. —  Senator Markey joined U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) today led a bipartisan group of 24 Senators in calling on the Food and Drug... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – June 16, 2016 – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced that the Lawrence Fire Department has been awarded federal funding through the Assistance to Firefighter Grants (AFG) program. The Lawrence Fire Department will receive $500,000 to purchase a new pumper engine. Congresswoman... Read More

Legislation is introduced on the first-year anniversary of Pope Francis’s historic environmental encyclical “Laudato Si” Washington (June 17, 2016) – As the world marks the first anniversary this weekend of the release of Pope Francis’s historic environmental encyclical  “Laudato Si”, Senator Edward... Read More

Calls for immediate vote on Senator Feinstein’s bill that would prevent individuals on terrorist watch lists from purchasing guns and explosives VIDEO: http://bit.ly/1UdSLDn AND http://bit.ly/1W05WHt Washington (June 15, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today joined Connecticut Senators Chris Murphy and Richard... Read More

Washington—Senator Markey joined Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and 25 Senate colleagues today filed an amendment to the Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill to give the Justice Department additional discretion in how it uses appropriated funds to conduct background checks to keep guns out of the hands of... Read More

Bill Strengthens Protections for Military Whistleblowers and Improves Procedures for Correcting Military Records   Washington, D.C. – A bipartisan group of Senators praised the passage of provisions in the Senate National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that will strengthen protections for military whistleblowers, including sexual... Read More

Whitehouse, Warren, Boxer, Sanders, Brown, Merkley, Blumenthal, Markey investigation finds that Chamber Board do not stand with the Chamber on tobacco, climate lobbying NOT ONE Board member openly endorses Chamber lobbying activities on tobacco, climate Roughly half of Chamber Board companies’ actions and views differ from Chamber on... Read More

Amendments to SAFE PIPES Act would help increase safety of natural gas pipelines Washington (June 14, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) praised final Senate passage of his amendments to the Securing America’s Future Energy: Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety (SAFE PIPES) Act that would help address... Read More

Last year, Markey submitted amicus brief in support of the FCC’s Open Internet rules Washington (June 14, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and House author of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, today applauded the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in... Read More

Senator has introduced legislation to keep guns out of the hands of those who should not have them, fund gun violence research at the CDC   Washington (June 12, 2016)  - Senator Edward J. Markey released the following statement in the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in the nation’s history at Pulse nightclub in Orlando,... Read More

Washington (June 10, 2016) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) were joined by Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) today in applauding the passage of S.Res.491, the bipartisan resolution designating June 12, 2016as the national day of... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18) and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) hosted a press conference today with leaders in support of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) proposal to unlock the set-top box market. Also attending to call for the FCC to “unlock the box” were Senator Richard... Read More

    WASHINGTON – Senators Edward J. Markey joined his colleagues  Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and 22 Senate Democrats in calling for an end to deportation raids targeting families and unaccompanied minors who have fled the rampant violence in Central America’s... Read More

Senators Call on Treasury Department to Require Multi-National Corporations to Publicly Disclose Country-by-Country Financial Data Tuesday, June 7, 2016 Today, U.S. Senators. Edward J. Markey (D-MA) Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) have banded together to put the spotlight on giant multi-national corporations... Read More

Lawmakers commend FCC for proposing important consumer safeguards   Washington (June 8, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D–Mass.), Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), Ranking Member Anna G. Eshoo (D–Calif.) and 26 other members of Congress today commended the Federal Communications Commissions’ (FCC) proposed... Read More

America’s first offshore wind farm off New England coast scheduled to begin delivering power by year’s end   Washington (June 8, 2016) – As Europe now supports roughly 60,000 jobs in the offshore wind sector, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) today introduced legislation that would spur the... Read More

Letter to Interior Department calls for removal of lease sales in Chukchi and Beaufort Seas in Final Five-Year Drilling Program Washington (June 8, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today called on the Obama administration to remove any lease sales in the Arctic Ocean from its... Read More

Washington (June 8, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Superfund, Waste Management and Government Oversight subcommittee, hailed Senate passage of comprehensive legislation to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act. The “Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century... Read More

Senator Debbie Stabenow  Senator Shelley Moore Capito and Senator Ed Markey announce the inclusion of the HOPE Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) today announced that her bipartisan HOPE for Alzheimer’s Act was passed out of committee as part of the Labor-Health and Human Services appropriations bill. ... Read More

Noble Discoverer Has Engine, Fire, Other Safety Hazards, According to Coast Guard; Congressman Asks Shell for Plans to Fix Ship, Prospects of Arctic Drilling WASHINGTON (February 22, 2013) – One of two Arctic drilling ships employed by Shell Oil does not have proper propulsion to handle all expected weather conditions, has engine trouble, and... Read More