Attempts to silence federal employees follows previous actions by Trump transition team targeting federal employees and scientists at Department of Energy and State Department Washington (January 25, 2017) –  Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today led a letter with eleven Senators decrying reports of instructions provided to all... Read More

Washington (January 215, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today after President Donald Trump signed two new executive orders on immigration.  “Today, Lady Liberty weeps at Donald Trump’s executive actions that fly in the face of our nation’s history as a beacon to those... Read More

Senators Urge That Further Media Consolidation Should Only be Permitted if it Results in Better, More Affordable Phone, TV & Internet Service for Consumers WASHINGTON, D.C. [01/25/17]—Today, a group of Senate Democrats led by Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) put pressure on AT&T and Time Warner to prove that their proposed mega-merger is in... Read More

Washington (January 24, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after President Trump signed new executive orders to move forward with the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines.  “President Trump’s executive actions to advance the... Read More

Washington (January 24, 2017) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Ted W. Lieu (CA-33) and introduced the Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017. This legislation would prohibit the President from launching a nuclear first strike without a declaration of war by Congress. The... Read More

Senators continue their ongoing investigation into the reliability of airline IT systems and airline consumer protections   Washington (January 23, 2017) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today sent a letter to United Airlines, Inc.... Read More

Washington (January 23, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, released the following statement today following the swearing in of Adama Barrow as president of The Gambia.  After initially conceding defeat and then refusing to leave office, former... Read More

Washington (January 23, 2016) – Senator Edward J Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement today before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee vote on Rex Tillerson’s nomination to be Secretary of State.  “I thank Mr. Tillerson for his testimony before the Senate... Read More

Marches for justice and equality happening across the country WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the lead sponsor of legislation to prohibit discrimination against women, today reintroduced the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution as hundreds of thousands march in cities across the nation for justice and... Read More

Washington (January 20, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement on media reports that President Donald Trump will appoint Ajit Pai as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).    “We need an FCC that protects... Read More

Senators hold President-elect Trump accountable to American workers   Trump pledged to withdraw from TPP on first day of presidency, legislation would require U.S. withdrawal from TPP   WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Ed Markey... Read More

DEA provided insufficient response to Senators’ original query about scaled back enforcement efforts against violators that allowed more legal controlled substances to enter illicit drug market Washington (January 18, 2017) – After the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) failed to answer critical questions about enforcement efforts... Read More

Washington (January 17, 2016) – Responding to the State Department’s announcement of $500 million for the Green Climate Fund that helps poor countries respond to the impacts of climate change, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Environment and Public Works Committee, today... Read More

Washington (January 13, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement opposing the nomination of the Senator Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General of the United States. “When the nomination of Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, III to be Attorney General of the United States reaches the floor of the United... Read More

Senators ask federal ethics officials for assessment of EPA nominee’s involvement with secretive, tax-exempt groups Washington, D.C. – Members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee sent letters to the Office of Government Ethics and the lead ethics official at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today asking a... Read More

Washington (January 13, 2017) – After continued efforts by U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), the Department of Justice (DOJ) today charged three Takata Corporation executives in a criminal investigation into an air bag defect that has resulted in 11 deaths and more than 180 injuries in the United... Read More

[WASHINGTON, DC] – As the Department of Justice (DOJ) nears a criminal settlement with Takata Corporation, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) are calling for the settlement to include stiff punishment against individual Takata executives responsible for an air bag defect that has resulted in 11 deaths and more... Read More

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) issued the following statement today regarding news that the Environmental Protection Agency has accused Fiat Chrysler of using software to cheat emissions tests on certain models of diesel trucks. The allegations come just one day after the U.S.... Read More

Markey led Senators in calling on FCC to take enforcement action against harmful zero-rating offerings that violate principles of net neutrality Washington (January 11, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today praised the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for... Read More

   [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) issued the following statement today regarding news that Volkswagen is in advanced discussions with the U.S. Department of Justice to plead guilty to criminal misconduct and pay a $4.3 billion penalty to settle charges related to the... Read More