Washington (January 8, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey, a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement today after the Department of the Interior announced that the Bureau of Land Management received no bids for the December oil and gas lease sale for the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife... Read More

Lawmakers Created the Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Washington (January 7, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) today released the following statement celebrating the U.... Read More

Vows leadership so that small businesses in Massachusetts and every corner of the country have the resources they need to start, grow, and create jobs Washington (January 7, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) was officially named the Ranking Member, or top Democrat, of the U.S. Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee (SBC).... Read More

Washington (January 6, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey, a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement today after the Biden administration announced a block of offshore oil and gas drilling across more than 625 million acres of federal waters. “By banning offshore oil drilling on the East Coast, President... Read More

Washington (January 2, 2025) - Senators Edward J. Markey, a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) released the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lacks the authority to issue net neutrality... Read More

Washington (December 21, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey, Chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, released the following statement after the Senate voted to pass the Social Security Fairness Act, legislation which would restore full Social Security benefits for nearly three... Read More

Washington (December 20, 2024) — Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, applauded U.S. Senate passage of the Deerfield River Wild and Scenic River Study Act (S. 608) and the Salem Maritime National Historical Park Redesignation and Boundary Study Act (S.... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (December 20, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representatives Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-07) and Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03) today led ten of their colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the administration to publicly condemn the prosecution of Indigenous environmental defenders... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (December 19, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), today sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to provide TikTok owner ByteDance with a 90-day extension to either sell TikTok or face a ban in the... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) | One Pager (PDF) Washington (December 19, 2024) — Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, today reintroduced the Installing Clean Efficient Energy Hastens Our Transition (ICEE HOT) Act to electrify heating and cooling systems in... Read More

Washington (December 19, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate and Nuclear Safety released the following statement on the Biden administration announcement on the updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris climate agreement, which establishes an... Read More

Washington (December 18, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, issued the following statement after his bipartisan, bicameral Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) was not included in the continuing resolution to fund the government to March 14,... Read More

Authorizes projects to address flood and storm risks, improve water infrastructure Washington (December 18, 2024) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) applauded today’s passage of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024 and the Economic... Read More

Decries anti-transgender provision included in the legislation Washington (December 18, 2024) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after voting against the $895 billion National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025. “Today, the Senate voted to give the Pentagon a near trillion-dollar spending package while... Read More

Safeguard would ensure that humans, not robots, control nuclear launch process Washington (December 18, 2024) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Ted Lieu (CA-36), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement after key provisions of their Block Nuclear Launch by Autonomous Artificial Intelligence... Read More

Letter Comes as Families Struggle to Access Resources Under DOJ’s Crime Victims Fund Letter Text (PDF) Washington (December 18, 2024) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), today sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office for Victims of Crime urging it to ensure resources and supports are made... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) | Section By Section (PDF) Washington (December 18, 2024) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, along with Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02), today introduced the Nautical Oversight Safety and Protection of Inflammable Liquids... Read More

For every one homicide victim, there is an average of ten surviving family members who suffer their loss in the aftermath Resolution Text (PDF) Washington (December 18, 2024) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Representative Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) reintroduced the National Survivors of Homicide Victims Awareness Month congressional... Read More

Washington (December 17, 2024) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today released the following statement after the Department of Energy released its study on liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. “This study confirms what I’ve been saying for years – surging LNG exports are bad for consumer... Read More

New All Aboard Act would make $200 billion investment in rail Bill Text (PDF) | One Pager (PDF) | Section By Section (PDF) Washington (December 17, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today introduced the All Aboard Act, legislation that would dedicate $200 billion... Read More