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  • Lawmaker wrote to FDA expressing concerns about fragmented oversight, rules governing compounding pharmacy operations   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), today announced he will introduce... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressmen Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Chris Smith (R-N.J.), co-Chairmen of the Congressional Taskforce on Alzheimer’s, today commended the implementation of a program between the United States Justice Department, the Alzheimer’s Association and the MedicAlert Foundation that designates the... Read More
  • Lawmaker cites the risks of high-volume production, creation of high-risk drugs outside of standard approval process   WASHINGTON D.C.  – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) querying the agency about oversight of... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), author of the Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures (SANE) Act, released the following statement today in reaction to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s address on foreign policy and national security. The SANE Act would cut $100 billion over ten years from... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), former Chairman of the Telecommunications subcommittee and current senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today released the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued an order that allows the program access rules to sunset.  This... Read More
  • Lawmaker is author of 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act   WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and former chairman of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, today applauded the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for its... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a senior member and former chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee, released the following statement after Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced in last night’s presidential debate that he... Read More
  • Lawmaker repeats call for independent evaluation of Region IV problems after whistleblowers cite lack of confidence in IG investigation   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today demanded the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) provide materials the lawmaker has repeatedly requested in his investigation of... Read More
  • Lawmaker is principal House author of Cable Act of 1992 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), former Chairman of the Telecommunications subcommittee and current senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today wrote to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) urging it to extend the program access rules... Read More
  •   Markey, Edwards, Eshoo: Hacking Threats to Implantable Medical Devices Call For Improved FDA Oversight (Washington, DC) - Reacting to the findings of a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report they requested last year, three senior House Democrats today are calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to improve its oversight... Read More
  • Common sense legislation prevents nuclear reactors, like Seabrook, from receiving 20-year license renewals if they apply more than a decade before their original 40-year license expires   Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressmen John Tierney (D-Salem) and Edward J. Markey (D-Malden) announced new legislation to provide greater certainty... Read More
  • Reps. Markey and Waxman Release New Report Detailing Climate Change’s Impact on Our Weather   WASHINGTON (September 25, 2012) – After record-breaking heat, destructive wildfires, droughts and storms punished communities across the United States this year, two House Democrats are asking Congress to recognize the steep cost of... Read More
  • Lawmaker introduced ‘Do Not Track Kids Act’ legislation to protect online privacy of children and teens   WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the deadline to submit comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on its proposed rulemaking on the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) ends today, Congressman Edward J.... Read More
  • GOP “Polluterpalooza” Bill is Capstone of Do-Nothing, Anti-Environmental Congress; Republicans Reject Markey Renewable Energy Standard, Oil Savings, Health Amendments WASHINGTON (September 21, 2012) – Closing out the most unproductive and anti-environmental Congress in modern history, House Republicans today passed one last... Read More
  • Lawmaker is co-author of GRID Act to give FERC clear authority to issue regulations to combat known cyber-vulnerabilities   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, applauded the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the creation of a new Office of Energy... Read More
  • Knott’s Berry Farm stranding highlights need to close loophole in federal oversight of fixed site amusement park rides   WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a leading consumer advocate in Congress and author of legislation to improve amusement park ride safety, released the following statement after an... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today voted in opposition to H.J.Res. 118, a Republican bill that would restrict states’ ability to improve their welfare-to-work programs. The bill blocks a waiver policy announced by the Department of Health and Human... Read More
  • Lawmaker introduced H.R. 432, the Ban Poisonous Additives Act, which would ban toxic chemical from all food and beverage containers WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement after a new study released in the Journal of the American Medical... Read More
  •   GOP Bill Still Gives Tens of Billions in Loans to Coal, Nuclear; Republicans Reject Markey Motion to Stop $4 Billion Tax Hike on Wind Energy WASHINGTON (September 14, 2012) – House Republicans today passed a bill to end a loan guarantee program, but not before $88.4 billion in loans are handed out to coal and nuclear interests, while... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Malden), dean of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation, attended the Dignified Transfer ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base this afternoon that brought home the bodies of Glen A. Doherty and the other American heroes killed in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Congressman... Read More