Manufacturing Jobs for America features 40 bills from 22 senators WASHINGTON - A group of 22 U.S. senators has come together to launch a campaign to get Washington to refocus on manufacturing jobs. The Manufacturing Jobs for America initiative aims to build bipartisan support for legislation that will modernize America's manufacturing sector, help... Read More

Contact: Giselle Barry (Markey) 2022242742 Eben BurnhamSnyder (Markey 2022242742 Washington (October 29, 2013) - One year after Superstorm Sandy lashed the East Coast of the United States, Senator Edward J. Markey (DMass.), released the following statement calling for increased action to reduce the climatealtering pollution that is giving storms... Read More

Washington (October 29, 2013) - Today, the entire Massachusetts Congressional delegation sent a letter to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) expressing concerns about a new plan to reassign responsibility for the monitoring of exit lanes from TSA to airport operators. Exit lanes are the exit doors at airports between arriving flights... Read More

Washington (October 28, 2013) - Senators Edward J. Markey (DMass.), Elizabeth Warren (DMass.), Kelly Ayotte (RN.H.), Ron Wyden (DOre.) and Jeff Merkeley (Ore.) today introduced legislation to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Glen A. Doherty and Tyrone Woods in recognition of their contributions to the nation. Doherty and Woods,... Read More

  House Bill Slashes $40 Billion in Food Stamps - Drastic Cuts Would Eliminate Free School Meals for Children, Remove Food Aid for Millions of Families Washington (October 28, 2013) - Ahead of the first public meeting of the Senate and House 2013 Farm Bill conference committee members on Wednesday, Senator Edward J. Markey (DMass.) joined a... Read More

Contact: Giselle Barry (Markey) 2022242742 Eben BurnhamSnyder (Markey) 2022242742 Washington (October 28, 2013) - Senator Edward J. Markey (DMass.), who led the investigation into the BP oil spill when he was in the House of Representatives, issued the following statement about a new report from the National Academy of Science (NAS) that urged the... Read More

Contact: Giselle Barry (Markey) 2022242742   Sean Brown (Barton) 2022252002 Lawmakers will be introducing bipartisan legislation to update COPPA in the coming weeks Senator Edward J. Markey (DMass.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Rep. Joe Barton (RTexas), cochair of the Congressional Bipartisan... Read More

Contact: Giselle Barry (Markey) 2022242742 While in the House of Reps., lawmaker introduced bipartisan Pill Mill Act to address epidemic of prescription drug addition Washington (October 24, 2013) - Senator Edward J. Markey (DMass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after the Food and... Read More

Washington, DC United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, and Representatives Bill Keating and Joe Kennedy III today announced that Massachusetts has been awarded major grants from the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to support storm mitigation efforts. Salt marsh and wetland restoration and... Read More

In a letter to the Chairwoman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, U.S. Senator Ed Markey, joined by 16 other senators, today urged Senate Members of the 2013 Farm Bill Conference Committee to include language from the Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act (S.954) in the 2013 Farm Bill. The Animal... Read More

Contact: Giselle Barry (Markey) 2022242742 Lawmaker is author of 1990 law that began system for stockbroker accountability, discipline Washington (October 25, 2013) - More than 20 years after Senator Edward J. Markey (DMass.) passed legislation that improved tracking and discipline of unscrupulous stock brokers, a new investigation has revealed... Read More

Contact: Giselle Barry (Markey) 2022242742 Lawmaker calls on FTC to determine if auto financing practices are unfair or deceptive   Washington (October 23, 2013) - In a letter sent today to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Senator Edward J. Markey (DMass.) requested the Commission initiate an investigation of reports of car dealers using... Read More

  Contact: Giselle Barry (Markey) 2022242742 Lawmaker asks Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to investigate medical financial products Washington (October 22, 2013) - As medical debt continues to burden millions of Americans, with more than one in five Americans having problems paying medical bills, today Senator Edward J. Markey (DMass.),... Read More

Contact: Giselle Barry (Markey) 2022242742 New study from CDC indicates prohibiting sales of flavored product has potential to reduce prevalence of youth tobacco use Washington (October 22, 1013) - Senator Edward J. Markey (DMass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following statement after the Centers for... Read More

Contact: Giselle Barry (Markey) 2022242742 Queries Department of Education about increased collection, distribution of sensitive student information  Washington (October 22, 2013) - With the business of storing and sifting through the records of grade school students growing as fast as young students are, today Senator Edward J. Markey... Read More

Contact: Giselle Barry (Markey) 2022242742   Eben BurnhamSnyder (Markey) 2022242742 One company, Beneco, also claims "government approval" for questionable seminars that may promote depriving workers of fair wages Washington (October 21, 2013) - After receiving reports from his constituents of an upcoming seminar conducted by the company... Read More

Contact: Giselle Barry (Markey) 2022242742 Lawmaker files amicus brief with Sen. Casey and Rep. Schwartz in Reyes v. Zions First National Bank case   Washington (October 21, 2013) - Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (DMass.) filed an amicus brief in a case alleging Utahbased Zions First National Bank was complicit in a telemarketing scheme that... Read More

Contact: Giselle Barry (Markey) 2022242742   Boston (October 18, 2013) - Senator Edward J. Markey (DMass.) released the following statement today after the death of former House Speaker Thomas Foley.   "I am deeply saddened to learn of the death of Tom Foley, who served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1989 until 1994.... Read More

Contact: Giselle Barry (Markey) 2022242742   Washington (October 18, 2013) - With upwards of 20 states slated to begin implementing the new Walgreens "Well Experience" pharmacy model, Senator Edward J. Markey (DMass.) today called on the company to respond to questions about the potential impact on patient privacy, data security, and patient... Read More

Washington (October 16, 2013) - Senator Edward J. Markey (DMass.) released the following statement after voting in favor of the bipartisan Senate budget bill that would end the government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling.   "This 16day Tea Party temper tantrum has cost our economy $24 billion dollars, brought the United States to the brink... Read More