Washington (January 14, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), who introduced the first net neutrality bill in the U.S. Congress, released the following statement today after the D.C. Circuit Court struck down critical segments of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Open Internet rules. Senator Markey is a member of the... Read More

Washington (January 10, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after Target Brands Inc. increased the number to upwards of 70 million consumers who were potentially affected by the data breach of credit and debit cards between November... Read More

Boston – As Congress approaches another deadline on the federal budget, a new Environment Massachusetts Research & Policy Center analysis, entitledDeath by a Thousand Cuts, exposes the challenges facing the Cape Cod National Seashore and other national parks in Massachusetts as a result of mounting funding cuts to the National... Read More

In New Letter, Franken and Colleagues Call for Long-Overdue Action to Clean Up Industry that Contributed to Economic Collapse   WASHINGTON, D.C. [01/08/14]—Today, a bipartisan ground of Senators continued their push to end the inherent conflict of interest in the credit rating industry that played a key role in the 2008 financial crisis... Read More

Emergency Unemployment Assistance helps support 60,000 in Massachusetts   Washington (January 8, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) spoke on the Senate floor today in support of extending Unemployment Insurance assistance for millions of Americans. Yesterday, the Senate voted to advance legislation to extend the Unemployment... Read More

Washington (January 3, 2014) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today after the Obama administration announced two new executive actions to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill, including a new regulation clarifying who is prohibited from possessing guns under federal law for mental health reasons and a... Read More

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today that an alliance of organizations in Massachusetts and New York will operate one of six test sites in the United States for the development of safe standards for the integration of unmanned aircraft systems into the National Airspace System. Griffiss International Airport in Rome, New York,... Read More

WASHINGTON (December 23, 2013) – Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren today applauded passage of their provision in the FY 2014 National Defense Authorization Act that would ensure the United States Air Force would not reduce the force structure at Lajes Air Force Base until an assessment of all European air force... Read More

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

Washington (December 20, 2013) – On the heels of his investigation that revealed the scope and extent of law enforcement requests for Americans’ personal mobile phone information, Senator Edward J. Markey, released the following statement commending AT&T after its announcement to publish semiannual transparency reports disclosing... Read More

Washington (December 20, 2013) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today applauded the decision by Time Warner Cable to reverse its decision and continue to carry New England Cable News (NECN) in the Berkshires. Time Warner Cable had previously announced it would end carriage... Read More

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – As tobacco products like electronic cigarettes and flavored cigars continue to grow in popularity and increase nicotine addiction and tobacco use among young people, U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), and Ed Markey (D-MA) today called on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)... Read More

Washington (December 20, 2013) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined a bipartisan group of 39 Senators in a letter to President Barack Obama calling him to fund the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) at no less than $4.7 billion in his 2015 budget proposal. The LIHEAP helps low-income households, veterans, and... Read More

WASHINGTON (December 20, 2013) -- Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and twelve other Senators sent a letter to Senate Agriculture Committee leaders expressing concerns about the potential impacts of an anti-science provision buried in the House version of the Farm Bill. The so-called “Sound Science Act” would stifle high-quality... Read More

Washington (December 19, 2013) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after Target Brands Inc. confirmed upwards of 40 million credit and debit cards may have been impacted by a data breach affecting shoppers between November 27-December... Read More

Washington (December 19, 2013) – Senator Edward J. Markey, a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after Verizon agreed to publish a transparency report disclosing law enforcement requests for customer information in the wake of his ongoing investigation of wireless surveillance by law... Read More

Washington, D.C.-  Congressman John F. Tierney and United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey today announced that the Saugus Fire Department has been awarded a $1.2 million grant through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program. These funds... Read More

Washington (December 17, 2013) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today announced the retirement of his long-time staffer and current Chief of Staff Jeff Duncan and that his current Deputy Chief of Staff, Mark Bayer, who has worked for Senator Markey for almost 15 years, will take over as the Chief of Staff in his Senate office. ... Read More

Washington (December 18, 2013) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after a new analysis from the UMass Donahue Institute details the near-term impacts on Massachusetts of the across-the-board spending cuts – or sequestration – mandated by passage of the Budget Control Act of 2011. The report... Read More

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Edith Ramirez today urging the FTC to investigate the marketing practices of e-cigarette manufacturers. The... Read More