GOP Hypocrisy on Display Yesterday, Voting to Protect Nuclear, Fossil Fuel Loan Guarantees
WASHINGTON (August 2, 2012) – Energy and Commerce Republicans today released their “report” on their specious probe into the solar firm Solyndra. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today excoriated the GOP for their coordinated, specific...
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WASHINGTON (August 1, 2012) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture today reported that more than half of the counties in the United States are currently considered disaster areas due to drought. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today called on the members who make-up more than half of the House of Representatives and who question the science of climate...
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WASHINGTON, DC— Today with a bipartisan vote of 3-39, the Energy and Commerce Committee rejected a proposal to terminate the Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program. With this vote, the Department receives a strong bipartisan signal that it should continue its mission to help capital-intensive clean energy projects move...
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Bill would require privacy considerations for drone licenses, create public website that lists all approved drone licenses
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the Secretary of Transportation scheduled to develop a comprehensive plan for non-government drones as soon as November 2012, Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released a discussion...
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Lawmakers reiterate request for proof that replacement workers were adequately trained
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Massachusetts Congressmen Edward J. Markey (D-Malden), dean of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation, and William Keating (D-Bourne) sent a follow-up letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) expressing their...
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Despite Republican assertions that bill phases out loan guarantee program, it leaves $34 billion intact for Energy Department
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Despite rejection by Republicans of amendments designed to ensure that the Department of Energy (DOE) not award loan guarantees to failing companies or companies whose projects are already...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee and dean of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation, today released the following statement in recognition of the 47th anniversary of the signing of Medicare and Medicaid into law.
“Almost half a century after the...
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Bipartisan Bill Would Protect American Consumers and Fishermen
WASHINGTON (July 26, 2012) – In response to rampant seafood mislabeling and fraud that is hurting the bottom lines of fishermen and threatening the public health, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) has now introduced the Safety And Fraud Enforcement for Seafood Act (SAFE Seafood...
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WASHINGTON (July 25, 2012) – The harshest, most widespread drought since the Dust Bowl era will soon be felt at the grocery line, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said today, predicting an increase of 3-4 percent in food prices from the loss of crops on American farms and increase costs for American ranchers. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today...
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Republican’s “Regulatory Freeze Act” would undo countless national safeguards that protect the health and safety of all Americans
Click HERE to watch Rep. Markey make remarks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in opposition to "The Regulatory Freeze Act".
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey...
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Citizen Challenges of Minimal Impedance, Climate Change Influence Growing
WASHINGTON (July 24, 2012) – Looking for a convenient scapegoat for the recent wildfires in the Western United States, House Republicans have predictably turned to endangered species as the cause of the destruction. A new report released today by the Democratic staff of...
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Lawmaker Introduced Legislation Reflecting Recommendations of BP Oil Spill Commission; Republicans in Congress Continue to Block Reforms
WASHINGTON (July 24, 2012) – Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee and leading investigative force in Congress during the BP oil spill, released the following...
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Multi-billion dollar industry practices may have long-term impact on access to education, health care, employment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan group of six lawmakers joined Reps. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton (R-Texas), co-Chairmen of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, in letters sent today to nine major data...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – With America hurtling toward the fiscal cliff of automatic budget cuts mandated by the Budget Control Act, Republicans today passed the Department of Defense budget that increases overall non-war defense spending by $1.1 billion over the fiscal year 2012 level and $3.1 billion above the President’s request....
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As Batman Rises, Icebergs Fall and Romney and GOP Ignore Climate Warnings
WASHINGTON (July 18, 2012) – A section twice the size of the island of Manhattan has broken off of the Petermann glacier in Greenland due to warmer ocean temperatures in the latest event in what has been a dangerous, destructive and troubling season of extreme...
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WASHINGTON (July 18, 2012) – British investigators closed their investigation today to find the culprits who stole and distributed emails from East Anglia University related to work and discussions of climate change science. The investigators found that the hacking incident was not conducted within the university, and abandoned efforts to...
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Award given for work to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and being a leader on climate change
WASHINGTON (July 17, 2012) – Massachusetts Congressman Ed Markey (D, MA-7) was honored as one of America’s Great Outdoors Congressional Champions during Great Outdoors America Week or GO America Week (June 26-June 28, 2012 in...
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Statement of Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) on H.R. 5856, FY 2013 Defense Department Appropriations Bill
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
“In this Republican Fantasyland we have gold-plated nuclear weapons systems that have long outlived their usefulness are lavished with canyons filled with cash.
“In this Fantasyland, the...
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Marks first time FDA initiated a rule change for infant formula and use of dangerous chemical
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) filed a notice in the Federal Register calling for comments on the lawmaker’s petition to ban...
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WASHINGTON, DC— Today Reps. Henry A. Waxman, Diana DeGette, Edward J. Markey, and Anna G. Eshoo sent a letter to Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns, and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden requesting a hearing on reports that cellphone...
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