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  • Letter to Commerce Department Asks for Small Business Loans, Interagency Cooperation to Help Bay State Fisherman During Tough Economic Times   WASHINGTON (March 17, 2011) – Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Malden), the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter with Reps. Barney Frank, Bill Keating, and John Tierney asking... Read More
  • Lawmaker Authored 2002 Law That Requires Potassium Iodide for Residents Living within 20 Miles of Nuclear Plant; Law Ignored by Bush Administration   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius requesting the department’s... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the House author of the National Alzheimer’s Project Act signed into law earlier this year, and Founder and Co-chair of the Bipartisan Congressional Alzheimer’s Taskforce, today issued the following statement after the Alzheimer’s Association released its annual Fact and... Read More
  •  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), the top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee and a senior Democratic member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. Lois Capps (D-Calif.), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today called for more information on the seismic safety... Read More
  • News from the Natural Resources Committee   Top Natural Resources Committee Democrat Wants Answers on Safety Improvements, Use of Public Lands   WASHINGTON (March 15, 2011) – Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee, today requested that the Chief Operating Officers from the top five oil... Read More
  • PLAN WILL SPARK INVESTMENT AND INNOVATION             Lawmaker is Author of Mandate Requiring National Broadband Plan    WASHINGTON, D.C. –Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), author of the requirement in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that directed the Federal... Read More
  • REPRESENTATIVE EDWARD MARKEY (D-MA) FULL COMMITTEE MARK-UP OF H.R. 910, THE ENERGY TAX PREVENTION ACT AND H.J. RES. 37, DISAPPROVING THE FCC’S OPEN INTERNET RULE OPENING STATEMENT MARCH 14, 2011   Today’s mark-up may seem to be an odd coupling – first a bill to repeal the scientific finding that global warming pollution is... Read More
  •   Bipartisan legislation increases penalties on healthcare providers who prescribe unnecessary medication, supports law enforcement in efforts to stop ‘pill mill’ operators   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. Vern Buchanan... Read More
  •  Congressman’s Law from 2002 to Distribute Potassium Iodide Ignored by Bush; Requires Potassium Iodide for Residents Living within 20 Miles of Nuclear Plant   WASHINGTON (March 14, 2011) – Despite a law passed in 2002, authored by Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) to supply U.S. citizens within 20 miles of a nuclear power... Read More
  • U.S. Govt. Lacks Coordinated Plan, Says Markey; Congressman Expresses Concerns Over Lack of Nuclear “Emergency Pills,” Calls for Moratorium on New Nuclear Reactors in U.S.  WASHINGTON (March 13, 2011) – Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) raised concerns today that the United States does not have a coordinated plan to deal with a... Read More
  •  Congressman Recommends Actions to Prevent Similar Event in America WASHINGTON (March 12, 2011) -- Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee and a senior Democratic member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today warned that a nuclear accident such as the one currently... Read More
  • Lawmaker also cites seismic safety concerns associated with pending approval of Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactor design   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, sent a letter to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Greg Jaczko requesting... Read More
  • News from Natural Resources Committee: President Also Pursuing Markey’s “Use It” Strategy for Non-Producing Oil Wells   WASHINGTON (March 11, 2011) – Speaking at a news conference today on the Japanese tsunami, the budget debate, and other issues, President Barack Obama continued to leave the option open to use the... Read More
  • After A Harsh Winter, Spring Brings Smiles and Savings from Extension of Popular Program   WASHINGTON, D.C. –In the dark hours of the night this Sunday, Daylight Saving Time will go into effect bringing with it evening sunshine that will last longer and savings for millions of American families on their energy bills. All from an... Read More
  • EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO CONSTITUENTS IN JAPAN An 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan on Friday, shaking office buildings in Tokyo and setting off a devastating tsunami that swept away cars and boats.  Tokyo airports (Narita and Haneda) are currently closed and possibly damaged.  Trains and subways are down in... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a senior member and former chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee, released the following statement in response to Apple’s announcement of new security measures in the IOS 4.3 operation system that would... Read More
  • News From Natural Resources Committee:   Would Release Oil Now to Help Consumers, and Modernize Reserves   WASHINGTON (March 10, 2011) – As unrest has spread in the Middle East, and gas prices continue to rise, House Democrats today introduced new legislation that would initiate a modest release of oil from the nation’s oil... Read More
  • The Energy and Commerce Committee’s Energy and Power Subcommittee has scheduled a vote on H.R. 910, the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011. H.R. 910 is designed to stop the EPA from updating clean air safeguards to protect public health from dangerous carbon pollution. This bill repudiates EPA’s scientific finding that... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a senior member and former chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee, today issued the following statement praising the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) selection of 20 schools and libraries to... Read More
  • HEARING ON H.J. RES. 37, A RESOLUTION DISAPPROVING THE RULE SUBMITTED BY THE FCC RELATING TO PRESERVING THE OPEN INTERNET AND BROADBAND PRACTICES REPRESENTATIVE EDWARD MARKEY (D-MA) OPENING STATEMENT MARCH 9, 2011 Last December, the FCC promulgated a commonsense, light-touch regulatory framework for ensuring that the Internet remains an open, level... Read More