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  • WASHINGTON (June 22, 2011) – Transocean, the company that owned the drilling rig involved in the BP oil spill, today issued a report that continues the pattern of the companies involved in the spill passing blame in advance of expected protracted litigation. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the principal force in Congress pushing for oversight of... Read More
  • Medicare is under attack. For decades, Medicare has been a rock solid guarantee for our country’s seniors, ensuring that after a lifetime of hard work, access to quality and affordable health care is secure. But now, Republicans are proposing to end Medicare as we know it. Their plan would hurt millions of middle-class Americans, like David... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) made the following statement on President Obama’s announcement about American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.   “The conflict in Afghanistan is now America’s longest war and has cost far too much in lives and dollars. As America struggles to rebuild our... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Joe Barton (R-Tex.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-Chairmen of the House Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, sent a letter today to Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Michael Astrue expressing concern that sensitive personal information may be vulnerable to unauthorized exposure due to a recently... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and dean of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation, issued the following statement today on a Families USA report examining the devastating impact of the Republican-proposed Medicaid cuts on Massachusetts’ economy and... Read More
  • Lawmakers release nuclear safety investigation in wake of media report that 75% of nuclear reactor sites have leaky pipes   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and Ranking Member on the Natural Resources Committee, and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chief Deputy... Read More
  • Markey Congratulates 1366 Technologies for Department of Energy Funding For Revolutionary Solar Technology $150 million loan guarantee will support solar manufacturing project in Lexington MEDFORD, MA– Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee and dean of the Massachusetts Congressional... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Malden), senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and dean of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation, this week joined 67 of his Democratic colleagues in the House of Representatives in urging Republican House leaders to include bulk-rate negotiation of prescription drug prices... Read More
  • WASHINGTON (June 15, 2011) – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement in response to today's release of the 60-day findings of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) task force reviewing NRC processes and... Read More
  • Statement of Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) “The NRC Inspector General Report on the ‘NRC Chairman’s Unilateral Decision to Terminate NRC’s Review of the DOE Yucca Mountain Repository License Application’ ” Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy June 14, 2011 “I find it highly ironic that we... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-Chairman of the Bi-Partisan Congressional Privacy Caucus and senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement after consumer groups filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) about Facebook’s new facial recognition feature.... Read More
  • WASHINGTON (June 10, 2011) -- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the Ranking Member on the Natural Resources Committee and a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Inspector General report: “The NRC Inspector General report is a vindication for Chairman Jaczko... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today issued the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) added eight substances to its “Report on Carcinogens”, a Congressionally-mandated science-based document that identifies... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton (R-Texas), co-Chairmen of the Bi-Partisan Congressional Privacy Caucus, today issued the following statement on Facebook’s May 27, 2011 response to their letter about a security vulnerability reported by The Wall Street Journal.  The Journal’s story... Read More
  • (New York, NY) - Parliamentarians from around the world appealed to the leaders of China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States to use the forthcoming Summit on Nuclear Security in Paris to reduce their reliance on nuclear weapons and make concrete steps toward fulfilling the vision of a nuclear weapons free world.

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  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-Chairman of the Bi-Partisan Congressional Privacy Caucus and senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today released the following statement on news that Facebook changed user privacy settings to automatically turn on a new facial recognition feature that detects a... Read More
  • Lawmakers introduce bill to commemorate June 2011 as National Aphasia Awareness Month WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and co-Chair of the Bi-Partisan Congressional Alzheimer’s Task Force, announced the introduction of H. Res. 285, the National Aphasia... Read More
  • Decision Shows OPEC Sets Market, Price and Has Been Hijacked by Iran, Venezuela   WASHINGTON (June 8, 2011) – With the stunning decision by the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries to not increase production despite continued high prices, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today said that the United States must engage in a full-scale... Read More
  • Lawmakers highlight need to incorporate safety and aging vulnerabilities, climate change impacts, lessons of Fukushima meltdowns in all NRC re-licensing decisions WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and dean of the New England House Congressional delegation, and... Read More
  • Washington DC (June 6, 2011) – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement today on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Severe Accident Mitigation Guideline (SAMG) inspection results for the 104... Read More