Contact: Eben Burnham-Snyder, Rep. Ed Markey, 202-225-2836 Congressman to Introduce Bill to End Ban on Federal Guns Research, Codifying and Expanding New Obama Executive Order WASHINGTON (January 16, 2013) – Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today demanded that House Republicans bring President Obama’s gun control reform package to a vote... Read More

Contact: Eben Burnham-Snyder, Rep. Ed Markey, 202-225-2836 Secretary Protected Grand Canyon, Produced American Clean Energy Including Cape Wind, Resolved Long Standing Challenges for Indian Tribes WASHINGTON (January 16, 2013) – Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the committee that oversees the Interior Department, today praised... Read More

Contact: Eben Burnham-Snyder, Rep. Ed Markey, 202-225-2836 Kathryn Prael, Rep. John Tierney, 202-225-8020 Lauren Amendolara, Rep. Bill Keating, 202-225-3111 House Republicans Refuse to Vote on Fishing Aid in Sandy Bill WASHINGTON (January 15, 2013) – Late last night, House Republicans dealt another blow to New England fishermen and to fishing... Read More

  Contact: Eben Burnham-Snyder 202-225-2836 Surplus weapons-grade plutonium would be turned into $2 billion of fuel for nuclear power plants at a cost of $20 billion to U.S. taxpayers under Department of Energy program WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, sent a... Read More

  Contact: Eben Burnham-Snyder, Rep. Ed Markey, 202-225-2836 Kathryn Prael, Rep. John Tierney, 202-225-8020 Lauren Amendolara, Rep. Bill Keating, 202-225-3111 Multi-pronged Strategy Puts Pressure on Republicans to Support Massachusetts, American Fishermen WASHINGTON (January 11, 2013) – Three Massachusetts House Democrats are pushing a... Read More

Contact: Eben Burnham-Snyder, Rep. Ed Markey, 202-225-2836 Radioactive Scrap Metal Could be Turned into Consumer Products WASHINGTON (January 11, 2013) – A Department of Energy proposal to allow up to 14,000 metric tons of its radioactive scrap metal to be recycled into consumer products was called into question today by Rep. Ed Markey... Read More

  New Poll Shows Americans Deeply Opposed to Unfettered Export of America’s Natural Gas WASHINGTON (January 10, 2013) – A group of American manufacturers today released a new poll that finds voters are opposed the export of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by an almost 5 to 1 margin. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), who has called for a... Read More

WASHINGTON (January 10, 2013) – Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is challenging claims by Shell Oil that they moved an Arctic drilling rig due to weather reports indicating a prolonged period of good weather, citing inconsistencies with reports from the National Weather Service and tax concerns that could have spurred Shell to attempt to rush their... Read More

Contact: Eben Burnham-Snyder, Rep. Ed Markey, 202-225-2836 Adds Corporate Insult to Taxpayer Injury, Says Congressman WASHINGTON (January 9, 2013) – Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today attacked the financial giant AIG for their reported consideration of a lawsuit against the federal government over the terms of the $182 taxpayer-funded bailout the... Read More

Contact: Eben Burnham-Snyder, Rep. Ed Markey, 202-225-2836 Boston Mayor Menino, Leading Gun Control Advocate Join Congressman to Push for Gun Reform WASHINGTON (January 9, 2013) – As Vice President Joe Biden’s task force on gun control is developing its report, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today sent his recommendations to the Vice... Read More

Contact: Eben Burnham-Snyder, Rep. Ed Markey, 202-225-2836 WASHINGTON (January 8, 2013) – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today announced that 2012 was the hottest year on record in the continental United States, breaking the previous record from 1998 by 1.0° degree Fahrenheit. The average temperature for 2012 was... Read More

Contact: Eben Burnham-Snyder, Rep. Ed Markey, 202-225-2836 or 202-494-4486 Patrick Legislation Cleans up Mass. Compounding Companies; Markey Legislation Protects Whole Country WASHINGTON (January 4, 2013) – Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today praised the legislative package to clean up Massachusetts’ compounding pharmacy industry announced... Read More

WASHINGTON (January 3, 2013) – Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), today wrote to Shell Oil Company and the United States Coast Guard requesting information on the ongoing incident with Shell’s oil rig that has run aground in Alaska. Rep. Markey, the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee, which oversees oil drilling, asks in... Read More

January 1, 2013— Washington, D.C.  – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee and dean of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation, released the following statement after voting for the American Taxpayer Relief Act, legislation to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. "This bill... Read More

Lawmaker led Congressional effort that resulted in ban of Chinese assault weapons   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement today after the National Rifle Association press conference addressing the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), dean of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation, released the following statement after President Obama announced his nomination of Massachusetts Senator John Kerry for Secretary of State.   “John Kerry is one of America’s great statesmen and is supremely... Read More

Lawmaker criticized company for risking privacy of users, especially teens, with new privacy policies WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-Chair of the Bi-Partisan Congressional Privacy Caucus, released the following statement after Instagram announced it was reversing course on its previously announced plan to... Read More

WASHINGTON (December 21, 2012) – Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today praised the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for their final pollution control standards for America’s industrial boilers used in major manufacturing facilities and elsewhere. The new standards will reduce many types of pollution, including toxic mercury and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee and dean of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation, released the following statement about the House Republican’s so-called “Plan B”, H.J.Res. 66. Under the GOP’s “Plan B”, 25 million working... Read More

Provision addresses looming crisis in nuclear medicine   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, praised passage of a provision in the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act based on H.R. 3276, the bipartisan American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 2010 that... Read More