GOV. BAKER, MASSACHUSETTS MILITARY ASSET AND SECURITY STRATEGY TASK FORCE MEETS WITH AIR FORCE SECRETARY DEBORAH LEE JAMES   Governor Charlie Baker, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, Representatives Stephen F. Lynch, Niki Tsongas, Katherine Clark and Seth Moulton, and members of the Massachusetts Military Asset and Security Strategy... Read More

Boston (August 21, 2015) – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) yesterday announced by a vote of 3-1 that it will not even put out for public comment the question of whether to upgrade America’s Fukushima-style reactors with a commonsense safety measure to prevent radiation exposure when vents are used to prevent hydrogen explosions... Read More

  (Boston, Mass.) – After new reports of defects in Takata airbags installed on a 2015-model car, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today called on the airbag manufacturer to voluntarily recall all vehicles with Takata airbags and to immediately make public, on an ongoing basis, any and all data... Read More

Boston (August 19, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement today in support of the Iran nuclear agreement. Senator Markey co-founded the Congressional Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation, championed the movement in the 1980’s to freeze nuclear... Read More

Tuesday, August 18, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Democrats today urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to schedule the first round of bipartisan budget negotiations immediately to prevent a predictable fiscal crisis as the federal budget year draws to a close on Sept. 30. The call was formally made in a letter to McConnell... Read More

Washington (August 18, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced plans to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. Methane is a powerful global warming pollutant and contributes to... Read More

In letter to HHS, bipartisan group of lawmakers urge agency to expand access to medication-assisted therapy Boston (August 18, 2015) – With the latest data in Massachusetts indicating the heroin and prescription drug crisis worsening faster than originally recognized, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and... Read More

Washington (August 17, 2015) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement on the new White House heroin response strategy and New England High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) funding. Director of National Drug Control Policy Michael Botticelli today announced $13.4 million in funding for HIDTA across the country. In... Read More

Senator continues call to follow existing law and precedent, reject efforts to weaken or repeal ban from export proponents   Boston (August 14, 2015) - The U.S. Commerce Department today is conditionally approving small, temporary oil swaps with Mexico allowed under the 40-year old crude oil export ban. The Commerce Department also announced... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), and Chris... Read More

Finalizing US Fish and Wildlife rule would designate lions like Cecil as threatened under Endangered Species Act     WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez, Cory Booker (both D-N.J.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) today asked U.S. Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell to expedite the review and completion of... Read More

Last month, the Senators called for removal of children’s toys after products were found to contain toxic chemical   Washington (August 7, 2015) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) today applauded four companies for voluntarily removing from their shelves children’s products found to be contaminated... Read More

Calls on pipeline safety agency to release all information to Congress, American public   Washington, D.C. (August 5, 2015) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works and Commerce, Science and Transportation Committees, released the following statement regarding the upward revision of the... Read More

Unwanted telemarketing calls and texts are the number one consumer complaint to the FCC   Washington (August 5, 2015) – Today, Senator Markey (D-Mass.) and seven Senate Democrats urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to help consumers block unwanted telemarketing calls on both landline and wireless phones.  In a letter... Read More

Legislation will support 50 million people receiving access to electricity for the first time in sub-Saharan Africa, stimulate economic growth, improve access to education   WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today reintroduced... Read More

Boston-  Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) announced today he sent a letter to federal regulators expressing concerns with a proposed expansion of the Northeast Fishery Observer Program to cover the Massachusetts lobster industry. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey and Congressmen William... Read More

Senators to Hold Colloquy on Senate Floor Defending the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan and Hitting Republicans for Fighting to Block It Without Presenting Their Own Solution   Washington, DC – Today at approximately 3:30 p.m., a group of Senate Democrats will speak on the Senate floor to defend the Obama... Read More

  Washington (August 4, 2015) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, along with a bipartisan group of Senators, today announced a Congressional resolution congratulating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics... Read More

Markey is the co-author of the only comprehensive climate change legislation to ever pass a chamber of Congress   Washington (August 3, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and co-Chair of the Senate Climate Clearinghouse, released the following statement on President... Read More

BOSTON - President Obama announced that he has nominated Inga Bernstein to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Inga Bernstein was recommended to Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey as a top candidate for Boston's federal judicial vacancy by the Advisory Committee on Massachusetts... Read More