“Super Bowl media circus has nothing on this over-inflated debate” says Senator   WASHINGTON (January 29, 2015) – Now that the U.S. Senate has approved the construction of the Canadian Keystone export pipeline – which the White House has said it would veto – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today encouraged his... Read More

WASHINGTON (January 29, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) welcomed the lease sale for offshore wind off the coast of Massachusetts that was held today by the Department of Interior. The lease sale resulted in more than 500 square miles of new potential wind energy areas south of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket that could... Read More

Legislation creates position in State Dept. to coordinate efforts to promote international LGBT human rights Washington (January 29, 2015) – In the wake of President Obama’s commitment in the State of the Union to defend the human rights of the LGBT community, today Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.)... Read More

(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to General Motors (GM) CEO Mary Barra to urge the automaker to extend its arbitrary January 31 deadline for victims of its deadly ignition switch defect to apply for inclusion in GM’s compensation fund. For nearly a decade,... Read More

Lawmaker is the House author of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act Washington (January 28, 2015) – More than twenty years ago, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) was passed to protect consumers from unsolicited and intrusive telephone calls from telemarketers while families were eating meals together or parents were helping... Read More

Agency Plays a Critical Role in Providing Health Care to Millions and Addressing the World’s Most Urgent Humanitarian Crises   Washington (January 27, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and 19 Senators in a letter sent today urging President Obama to continue strong U.S. support... Read More

WASHINGTON (January 27, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released the following statement regarding the draft proposed plan by the Department of Interior to allow offshore drilling on the Atlantic coast. In August, Senator Markey led a letter with several of his colleagues to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell asking her to... Read More

East Coast Senators to Reject Obama Plan to Open Atlantic to Drilling   WASHINGTON – Democratic Senators from East Coast states will hold a press conference today to oppose the reported plan by the Obama administration to open up areas of the Atlantic Coast to offshore oil drilling. The reported plan will offer areas as close as 3 miles... Read More

Senator Calls for Republicans to Commit to Open Amendment Process   WASHINGTON (January 26, 2015) - Despite promising an “open process” as they began this new Congress in the majority, Senate Republicans last week denied Senator Markey’s request, along with the request of four other Senate Democrats, to... Read More

Sen. Markey has sponsored legislation since 2001 to designate the coastal plain of the Arctic Refuge as wilderness   Washington (January 25, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement on the announcement of the Obama administration’s plans to... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. today introduced the Community Broadband Act to preserve the rights of cities and localities to build municipal broadband networks. Internet access is increasingly a necessity, yet rural and low-income communities... Read More

$13 million expected for Massachusetts low-income and vulnerable households Washington (January 21, 2015) – As Massachusetts bundles up this winter, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today applauded the release by the Department of Health and Human Services of an additional $13 million in LIHEAP funding for Massachusetts. The additional... Read More

United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey announced today that the Advisory Committee on Massachusetts Judicial Nominations will re-convene to consider applications for a federal judicial vacancy in Boston, Massachusetts. Candidates interested in applying for a U.S. District Court nomination must submit their... Read More

Washington (January 20, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement on President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech. Senator Markey is a member of the Environment and Public Works, Commerce, Foreign Relations and Small Business Committees. Senator Markey’s guest tonight at the State of the... Read More

Republicans obstruct majority vote as oil industry lobbies against Markey amendment   WASHINGTON (January 20, 2015) – After years of the oil industry claiming building Keystone XL would increase energy security, and after months of Senate Republicans promising an open amendment process in the U.S. Senate, Senate Republican leaders today... Read More

Sens. Menendez, Markey Urge Commerce Dept. to Reconsider Weakening the Oil Export Ban   WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Edward Markey (D-MA) sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker urging the Department to reevaluate and reconsider their recent decision to weaken the oil export ban. Since the... Read More

Peterson’s organization “Learn to Cope” helps family and loved ones of those addicted to opiates and other drugs   Washington (January 16, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) will bring Massachusetts opiate addiction and recovery advocate Joanne Peterson as his guest to the State of the Union. Joanne, the mother... Read More

Republican bill would harm consumers, undermine competition in the telecommunications marketplace, and prevent local choice   Washington (January 16, 2014) – As the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) prepares to vote on new net neutrality rules at its February meeting, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today blasted new Republican... Read More

WASHINGTON (January 16, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and the chair of the U.S. Senate Climate Change Clearinghouse, released the following statement after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said 2014 was... Read More

One year since FCC’s net neutrality rules invalidated, Senator continues call to reclassify Internet broadband access under Title II  Washington (January 14, 2014) – It has been one year since the D.C. Circuit Court invalidated the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) previous net neutrality rules, and today, Senator... Read More