Washington (February 3, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Superfund, Waste Management and Regulatory Oversight Subcommittee, today queried the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on its efforts to determine where there may be other communities at risk of drinking water contamination similar to what Flint,... Read More

Medical, public health, law enforcement and other experts have all pointed to increasing overprescription of opioid painkillers as primary driver of epidemic   Washington (February 2, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to call for immediate reforms to the Food and Drug Administration’s... Read More

Lawmaker has introduced legislation that would expand access to life-saving medication assisted therapies included in today’s budget announcement   Washington (February 2, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after the White House today announced $1.1 billion in new funding in the... Read More

New Call For Action Follows December Death of Joel Knight in South Carolina – The 10th Confirmed Fatality Linked to Takata’s Defective Devices     (Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today urged President Obama to recall every vehicle with airbags using ammonium... Read More

Legislation would ensure ratepayers could protest a rate change filed with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Washington (February 2, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today introduced the Fair Ratepayer, Accountability, Transparency and Efficiency Standards (RATES) Act,... Read More

Senator led charge opposing efforts the lift the ban to export America’s crude oil   Washington (January 28, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Climate Clearinghouse, released the following statement today after the Senate passed his amendment to the Senate energy bill by a vote of 62-29 that would... Read More

Washington, DC (January 28, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Africa and Global Health subcommittee, today sent letters to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and World Health Organization (WHO) asking how each is preparing to deal with the ever-growing spread of the Zika... Read More

More Than Six in 10 Drug Overdose Deaths Were Caused by Opioids in 2014, Taking 18,893 Lives     (Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), and Tim Kaine (D-VA)  today urged the Centers for Disease Control... Read More

As co-author of the ’96 Telecommunications Act, Senator has long championed competition and choice in video programming Washington (January 27, 2016) – Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler today circulated a proposal to increase choice and innovation in the video box market. The proposal would create a framework... Read More

Lawmaker calling for immediate reform of FDA approval process for opioid painkillers fueling prescription drug and heroin epidemic  Boston (January 25, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today announced he has placed a hold on Food and Drug Administration  (FDA) Commissioner nominee Dr. Robert Califf, calling for immediate... Read More

Actions would implement key components of Markey Legislation to Reduce Wasting of Natural Gas on Public Lands Washington (January, 22, 2016) – The Obama Administration announced it will update 30 year old regulations to reduce the amount of natural gas that is wasted through venting and flaring from oil and natural... Read More

Big polluter legal effort to delay historic Clean Power Plan dealt significant blow   Washington (January 21, 2016) –The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today rejected a stay to block implementation of the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan that was requested by opponents of the plan.   Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), a... Read More

More Than 2,000 Union Workers Have Been Locked-Out since August in Ohio, Oregon, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania. Brown Will Rally with Steelworkers in Ohio on Friday. WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), along with U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ed... Read More

Despite 33,000 deaths a year from gun violence, CDC spends nothing to research health crisis due to 1996 appropriations rider Washington (January 21, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today led a group of Democratic Senators and renowned national researchers in calling for immediate funding of a gun violence research agenda at the... Read More

Senators will reintroduce legislation to increase transparency and earlier reporting of auto defects Washington (January 15, 2016) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after automakers and the federal government... Read More

Interior Department action would implement reforms called for by Senator to protect taxpayers, climate Washington (January 15, 2016) – After three decades of calling for reform to the broken federal coal program that potentially costs American taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) today applauded the... Read More

County will be designated a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) by federal government   Washington, DC – Congressman Joe Kennedy III (MA-4), Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator Edward J. Markey, and Congressman Bill Keating (MA-9) today announced that Bristol County will be designated as a High Intensity Drug... Read More

Washington (January 13, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today celebrated news that General Electric will move its global headquarters to Boston. He released the following statement: “With the announcement of its new global headquarters in Boston, GE’s new motto should be ‘We Bring Good Things to Mass.’ Since... Read More

Washington (January 12, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) issued the following statement after President Obama delivered his final State of the Union address. Senator Markey’s guest at the address was Massachusetts gun violence prevention and opioid addiction recovery leader John Rosenthal. John is co-founder of several of... Read More

Rosenthal is co-founder of Stop Handgun Violence and Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative Boston (January 8, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) will bring Massachusetts gun violence prevention and opioid addiction leader John Rosenthal as his guest to the State of the Union address. John is co-founder of several of... Read More