Nearly $22 million for programs at Cape Cod Community College & Massasoit Community College   Washington (October 1, 2014) – Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren, and Representatives William Keating, Niki Tsongas, and Joe Kennedy III applauded the awarding of more than $22 million from the Department of Education and the... Read More

WASHINGTON (September 30, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and 11 of his Senate colleagues today asked the director of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget to issue the strongest possible rule governing the environmental, safety, and public health standards for fracking activities on public lands. It was recently... Read More

WASHINGTON (September 29, 2014) – As another round of negotiations between the United States and European Union on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) began today, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) urged U.S. negotiators to resist calls from the Europeans to include language intended to... Read More

Week-Long Series of Events Promote Importance of the Manufacturing Industry Across the Commonwealth   BOSTON – Monday, September 29, 2014– Governor Deval Patrick today proclaimed September 29, 2014 to October 3, 2014 as Advanced Manufacturing Week in Massachusetts, underscoring the Administration’s support of the robust... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Fifteen U.S. Senators today applauded the Obama Administration’s efforts to act on climate change, while urging swifter action to limit methane pollution from oil and natural gas production.  Methane is the principal component of natural gas and emits less carbon pollution than coal or oil when burned to... Read More

United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, and Representatives Niki Tsongas, Bill Keating, Joe Kennedy III, and Katherine Clark applauded the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) award of $117,651 to the Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards to study the benefits of paid family and medical leave... Read More

Senators write to White calling for safeguards in private securities offerings WASHINGTON – Four Democratic senators today urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to promptly adopt proposed safeguards designed to protect investors from potential fraud and abuse in private securities offerings. In a letter to SEC Chair Mary Jo White,... Read More

Co-author of only comprehensive climate bill to pass the House or Senate urges UN summit participants to be bold   WASHINGTON (September 23, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the co-author of the Waxman-Markey climate bill that passed the House of Representatives in 2009, and the current chair of the Foreign Relations... Read More

WASHINGTON (September 19, 2014) – In advance of the UN climate meetings in New York next week,  Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) introduced the Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act, with Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.). The legislation will help improve America’s public health response... Read More

  Washington (September 18, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement regarding the proposal to arm and train Syrian rebels.   “I commend President Obama and Secretary Kerry for their steadfastness during this conflict. ISIL is a brutal terrorist... Read More

WASHINGTON (September 18, 2014) – With Ukraine expected to endure dangerous energy shortages this winter due to the ongoing conflict with Russia, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today passed legislation out of committee that included key provisions authored by Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) that would help Ukraine to become more... Read More

Companies Kickstarter, Vimeo, Etsy and more to join lawmakers on Capitol Hill   Washington (September 16, 2014) – As more lawmakers add their support to the call to reclassify broadband as a utility under Title II of the Telecommunications Act, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Al Franken (D-Minn.) will be joined by several major... Read More

Senator drafting legislation to enact coal lease reforms and impose moratorium on new lease sales WASHINGTON (September 15, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released a response from the Department of Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Land Management regarding the Senator’s inquiries about the agency’s faulty coal... Read More

  Washington (September 12, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today was joined by Senators Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Kristen Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) in a letter to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) inquiring into the current state of research at the agency on the causes... Read More

Washington (September 11, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) this week took to the Senate floor to call for a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. Today, Senator Markey voted in support of a pending Constitutional amendment introduced by Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) that would give... Read More

Washington (September 11, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), former senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee and leading advocate for aviation, maritime and grid security, released the following statement marking the 13th anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attacks.   “As we commemorate the 13th anniversary of... Read More

In an effort to preserve Internet freedom, Markey led recent call for FCC to reclassify broadband as a utility under Title II Washington (September 10, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today joined ranks with companies, advocates and national organizations throughout... Read More

  (Washington, DC) – In a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) today called on the FTC to investigate and address the recent data breach at Home Depot. The possibility of a data breach was first disclosed last Tuesday on the security blog... Read More

Lawmaker has introduced legislation with Sen. Blumenthal to help protect consumers’ personal and financial information from hackers   Washington (September 08, 2014) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after Home Depot today confirmed the... Read More

Senator has introduced legislation to expand treatment, help combat prescription drug and heroin crisis   Washington (September 08, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today commending the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) for releasing new rules to expand safe and convenient options for the disposal... Read More