Washington (August 29, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Foreign Relations Committee and the Environment and Public Works Committee and co-Chair of the Senate Climate Action Task Force, released the following statement in response to reports that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson intends to eliminate or downgrade...
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Renews Call for bold, realistic strategy to peacefully resolve nuclear threat
Washington (August 28, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement denouncing today’s North Korean launch of a ballistic missiles over...
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Reiterates calls for a comprehensive whole-of-government strategy to include military and diplomatic options to end 16-year war
Washington (August 21, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement in response to President Trump's speech on the U.S....
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Lawmakers will conduct meetings with elected leaders, government and military officials, and technology and energy companies to discuss security issues, diplomatic relationships, and economic development
Washington (August 15, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the U.S. Foreign Relations Committee’s East...
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Reiterates calls for immediate direct negotiations and restricting first use of nuclear weapons
Washington (August 10, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement in response to President Trump’s comments to the...
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Reiterates calls for direct negotiations with North Korea along with increased economic pressure and regional military deterrence
Washington (August 8, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after...
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Senator Markey:“There is no military solution to the threat of a nuclear North Korea and attempting one would be an historic catastrophe”; commends unanimous UN Security Council Vote for sweeping new sanctions on North Korea
Washington (August 5, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the East Asia...
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Senator calls for comprehensive immigration reform to help grow US economy, create pathway to citizenship
Washington (August 2, 2017) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement blasting President Donald Trump's endorsement of the RAISE Act, legislation introduced today by Senators Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and David...
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Washington (August 1, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, reiterated his call for a strategy of direct negotiations with North Korea coupled with increased economic sanctions on the country. Earlier today, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said about...
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Transgender service members have been serving openly since the policy was changed in June 2016; no military branch has reported any issues associated with their service
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today led a bipartisan letter signed by 44 additional Senators to Secretary James N. Mattis urging him...
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Washington (July 28, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, reiterated his call for a strategy of direct negotiations with North Korea coupled with increased economic sanctions on the country. Earlier this month, Senators Markey and Cory Gardner...
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Broad interagency input, a publicly-available document, and continuation of U.S. commitment to the elimination of nuclear weapons should be core components of Nuclear Posture Review say 22 Senators
Washington (July 19, 2017) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today led 20 colleagues in a letter to the...
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Washington, D.C. – Senator Edward j. Markey (D-Mass.) introduced bipartisan legislation with Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) that would ban any entity that does business with North Korea or its enablers from using the United States financial system and to impose U.S. sanctions on all those participating in North Korean labor trafficking...
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Reports indicate that foreign cyber hackers targeted nuclear plant personnel and companies that manufacture power plant control systems
Washington (July 10, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey, top Democrat on the International Cybersecurity Policy Subcommittee of the Foreign Relations Committee, today queried several top federal agencies...
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Washington (July 4, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after North Korea conducted what it claimed was a successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of reaching the United States....
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Lawmaker criticizes President Trump for unnecessary remarks about “burden sharing” at key moment of U.S.-South Korea alliance
Washington (June 30, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement today after...
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Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senators Ed Markey (D-Ma.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) introduced a bipartisan resolution (S.Res.211) condemning Chechen officials’ torture, murder, and call for so-called “honor killings” of men who are, or are suspected of being, gay. The resolution enjoys the support...
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Washington (June 7, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after a statement for the record by former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) James Comey was made publicly available before his testimony to the Senate Intelligence...
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Senator has introduced legislation that would save $100 billion over ten years through nuclear spending reductions
Washington (June 5, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, called on the Trump administration to curtail costly plans to upgrade America’s nuclear weapons arsenal, in...
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Senator Markey is co-author of only comprehensive climate change legislation to pass a chamber of Congress
Boston (May 31, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today after media reports that President Donald Trump will withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement. U.S. leadership...
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