Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Ed Markey released a new report that provides an updated analysis of the anti-environment record of the House of Representatives in the 112th Congress. In 2011 and in the first half of 2012, the Republican-controlled House voted 247... Read More

Lawmakers cite legislation’s limitations on President’s ability to make nuclear weapons reductions   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and 32 other Democratic members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to President Barack Obama, supporting his intention to veto the Fiscal Year 2013... Read More

BOSTON – Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown, along with Representatives Edward Markey, Niki Tsongas, and John Tierney, today received a letter from Michael B. Donley, the Secretary of the Air Force, in response to the senator’s request for assurances that the core mission performed at Hanscom Air Force Base will not change as a result... Read More

WASHINGTON (June 15, 2012) – Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee and senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, applauded the Environmental Protection Agency’s announcement today of proposed clean air standards that will reduce particle pollution known as soot. Particulate matter pollution... Read More

Energy and Public Lands Bills Sell Off America’s Lands, Sell Out American Rights   WASHINGTON, DC — House Republicans will offer two legislative packages next week that will stand as some of the largest giveaways in history of America’s resources and taxpayer-owned land to oil companies and other special interests. ... Read More

Lawmakers say transaction could have “significant implications” for the communications landscape   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, led by Congressmen Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and John Conyers (D-Mich.), a group of House Democrats sent letters to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski and all four... Read More

Congressman encourages manufacturers of other food packaging to abandon use of toxic chemical   WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the petition from Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) to revise its regulations, disallowing the use of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in infant formula packaging.... Read More

Congressman is author of mandate requiring National Broadband Plan   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), author of the requirement in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that directed the Federal Communications Commission to develop a National Broadband Plan, today released the following statement after... Read More

Precarious financial situation, contravention of laws, inaccurate national security benefits underscore risk for bailout of nuclear enrichment company   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-Texas) today wrote the Government Accountability Office (GAO) calling for an investigation of... Read More

Legislation would require financial institutions on military bases to offer financial tools that promote savings and reduce need for payday loans   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Servicemembers and their families must cope with unique circumstances that can jeopardize their financial stability. Today, Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)... Read More

46 communities receive funding for housing and infrastructure upgrades, child care and public service programs DENNIS – Tuesday, June 12, 2012 – Governor Deval Patrick today announced that 46 cities and towns across the Commonwealth will receive $26.8 million in federal Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) to support housing... Read More

BOSTON – Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown, along with Congressmen Edward Markey, Niki Tsongas, John Tierney, John Olver, Richard Neal, Jim McGovern, Michael Capuano, Stephen Lynch, and William Keating, today urged the Pentagon to maintain the 3-star billet ranking at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford.   “While we acknowledge... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), House author of the Children’s Television Act and V-Chip legislation, the law that spurred the television industry to develop a voluntary TV ratings system in response to media violence, released the following statement today after the major broadcast television networks... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D- Mass.) today released the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated the 2010 update to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Waste Confidence Decision to temporarily store nuclear waste at power plants for up to six decades,... Read More

Pilgrim licensee Entergy using management team to fill necessary positions   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Massachusetts Congressmen Edward J. Markey (D-Malden), dean of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation, and William Keating (D-Bourne) sent a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) expressing concerns about the current... Read More

WASHINGTON – Brooksley Born, former chairwoman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, will be the featured speaker tomorrow at a press conference on funding for the CFTC.  In the late 1990s, Born was one of the first public officials to recognize the dangers of unregulated derivatives markets.  Her warnings were largely... Read More

Congressman sends letter asking for detailed account of how cuts will be applied, impacts on medical research and health programs   WASHINGTON, D.C. – The first round of automatic budget cuts mandated by the Budget Control Act of 2011 are set to go into effect in six months, bringing with them reductions in billions of dollars to... Read More

GOP “Energy Package” Would Hand Control of Public Lands to Oil Companies, Reduce Drilling Safety   WASHINGTON (June 6, 2012) – Gas prices are falling. The United States produced more oil from federal lands onshore than since 2003. There are more drilling rigs operating now in the United States than in the rest of the world... Read More

Medford, MA – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Malden) congratulated the Natick Public Schools District for winning the Active Schools Acceleration Project’s regional division for most Innovative Physical Activity School Program.   Natick Public Schools’ BOKS program is run before classes and is an aerobic exercise featuring... Read More

Lawmaker included MOX cancellation provision in his SANE legislation that cut $100 billion over next decade from nuclear weapons budget   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D- Mass.), senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee today applauded passage of an amendment to the Energy and Water Appropriates bill... Read More