Massachusetts Delegation helped lead effort in protecting home and business owners from unaffordable flood insurance rate hikes
Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey today praised the Senate’s passage of the "Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act," bipartisan legislation that will help...
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WASHINGTON (March 13, 2014) – As the Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a hearing on the Keystone XL pipeline, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) introduced two bills today that would hold the Canadian tar sands pipeline project and tar sands oil in general accountable to the American people and our economy. The first bill would say...
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Agency Responsible For Reviewing Regulations For Nicotine Products, Including E-Cigarettes and E-Hookahs, Has Failed To Meet 120-Day Deadline
(Washington, DC) – In a letter to President Obama, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)– joined by U.S. Senators Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.),...
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In 2011 in the House of Reps., lawmaker introduced nuclear safety legislation to ensure U.S. nuclear power plants could withstand earthquakes, tsunamis, long power outages, or other major events
Washington (March 10, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey, Congress’s leading voice on nuclear safety, released the following statement...
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Markey today called on FDA to engage stakeholders, develop and approve new therapies to reduce drug use and harms
Boston (March 7, 2014) – Senate Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Richard E. Neal (D-Springfield) today joined Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Regional Administrator...
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Immediately following votes on the evening of Monday, March 10 until approximately 9 am ET Tuesday, March 11, Senator Edward J. Markey and other Senators from the Senate Climate Action Task Force will be holding the Senate floor to urge action on climate change. Senator Markey is scheduled to speak at approximately 10:30 PM. A significant...
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Last week, lawmaker called on NHTSA to require auto manufacturers to post in public database detailed information when manufacturers first become aware of incidents involving fatalities
Boston (March 7, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following...
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Lawmaker is author of law that saves money, increases smiles
Boston (March 7, 2014) – Early this Sunday morning, America’s smartphones, tablets and PCs will automatically jump ahead an hour for Daylight Saving Time (DST). And while we’ll have to set the rest of the clocks ourselves, we’ll be doing it a little...
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Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse, SAMHSA Regional Administrator Kathryn Power to join Senator in call for more resources for treatment, expanded availability of naloxone to help first responders prevent drug overdoses
Washington (March 7, 2014) – As Hampden and Hampshire counties report more than 30 heroin deaths since November, today Senator...
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WASHINGTON, DC – March 6, 2014 – President Barack Obama’s budget proposal, released earlier this week, makes a significant investment in a major military program run out of Massachusetts’ Hanscom Air Force Base.
The Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) has become one of the most reliable...
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Tomorrow in Western Mass., lawmaker will hold second discussion on heroin, prescription drug overdose crisis
Washington (March 6, 2014) – As the number of heroin and prescription drug overdoses rises to epidemic levels across the nation, today Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) introduced the Opioid Overdose Reduction Act to protect...
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Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse, SAMHSA Regional Administrator Kathryn Power to join Senator in call for more resources for treatment, expanded availability of naloxone to help first responders prevent drug overdoses
Washington (March 6, 2014) – As Hampden and Hampshire counties report more than 30 heroin deaths since November, Senator Edward...
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Senator expresses concern that Ukraine crisis provoking rush to export American economy’s low-cost natural gas advantage
WASHINGTON (March 6, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the Foreign Relations subcommittee with jurisdiction over international energy security, today said that he opposes efforts to expedite new...
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In November, lawmaker called on Instagram to prohibit its service for the marketing and sale of guns
Washington (March 5, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today commended Facebook and Instagram for making a change to their policies in an effort to address the...
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38 members of Congress sign letter to FDA calling for consistent approval processes across agency, engagement with rare disease experts
Washington (March 4, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today sent a letter signed by 38 members of Congress calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to further support...
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Washington (March 4, 2014) – Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) today applauded the President for heeding their call to include $10 million for gun violence research in the Department of Health and Human Services Fiscal Year 2015 budget request. Maloney and Markey wrote to the President to request the...
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Award recognizes Senator’s “many years of leadership, support, and commitment to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program”; President’s budget released today cuts LIHEAP funding
WASHINGTON (March 4, 2014) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) received an award from the National Energy Assistance...
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WASHINGTON (March 3, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and chair of the Climate Change Clearinghouse, released the following statement regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new rule to remove sulfur from gasoline:
“Cleaner fuels mean cleaner...
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Would cut $100 billion over next ten years from outdated nuclear weapons programs
Washington (February 28, 2014) – As Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel proposes deep cuts to the Department of Defense budget, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) today introduced the Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures...
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Warn of Russia’s “Provocative and Dangerous Tactics” that Undermine Ukraine’s Unity
(Washington) In a letter to President Barack Obama, U.S. Senators Robert Menendez, D-N.J., Bob Corker, R-Tenn., John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Ben Cardin, D-Md., Richard Durbin, D-Ill., Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Edward Markey, D-Mass., John McCain,...
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