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

Washington, D.C. – As the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins a process to examine the effects of new technologies like LTE Unlicensed, U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) sent a letter to FCC... Read More

Lawmakers release findings that indicate consumers have little choice in their pay-TV set-top boxes; average household spends $231/yr on video box rental fees   Washington (July 30, 2015) – With approximately 99 percent of customers renting their set-top box directly from their pay-TV provider, the set-top box... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, and Representatives Jim McGovern, Stephen F. Lynch, Niki Tsongas, and Bill Keating announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a total of $19,237,879 in grants to seven Massachusetts fire departments and the Quincy-based Fire... 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 11:00 a.m., following votes, a group of Senate Democrats will speak on the Senate floor to defend the Obama... Read More

WASHINGTON (JUly 27, 2015)— U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Ed Markey (D-MA) introduced a bipartisan amendment to the Senate’s highway bill, the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act, to save taxpayer dollars and preserve oil reserves at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The... Read More

“The senseless killing of nine innocent people in Charleston, S.C., on June 17, was made possible because the alleged gunman was able to buy a gun without passing a background check.” Washington, DC (July 28, 2015) – Today , U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and ten... Read More

“To restore consumer confidence in our nation’s auto safety system it is imperative NHTSA act quickly to develop a fuller understanding of the breadth and depth of the safety threat now confronting motorists.” Washington, DC (July 27, 2015) – Today, U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)... Read More

DEA announcement comes as a result of request from Markey, bipartisan group of Senators Washington (July 28, 2015) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) praised the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) for reinstating its very popular and effective National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days after last year canceling the events. In May, Senator... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey and Congressman Joe Kennedy III announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded the Newton Fire Department a $409,091 grant through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program. The funding will be used for the acquisition of a heavy duty... Read More

New report shows consumers could pay between $16 and $25 billion a year more at the pump if oil export ban is lifted   Washington – Today, Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) responded to a new report issued by The CRUDE Coalition showing that American families stand to face significantly higher costs at the pump if the four decade-ban on... Read More

Lawmaker is in Africa with President Obama to visit Kenya and Ethiopia, attend Global Entrepreneurship Summit   Nairobi (July 25, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), top Democrat on the Africa and Global Health Subcommittee, released the following statement on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposed final Ivory Rule... Read More