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

   Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, urges Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to institute 100% inspection of all cargo on passenger planes and inspection of container ship cargo before it sets sail for U.S. ports. (photo courtesy: AP) Read More

Congressman introduced the SOUND Devices Act to close loophole in flawed medical device approval process   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement today after Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon unit announced it will not continue... Read More

Renews call for independent investigation into charges of retaliation, safety concerns   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D- Mass.) today released a new unsolicited letter and other accounts indicating a long-standing problem with the safety culture at some NRC regional offices that allegedly has resulted in retaliation... Read More

Privacy, targeted advertising concerns compel lawmakers to query Facebook about possible plans to allow use of social network by children 12 and under   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Use of Facebook by children ages 12 and under raises serious questions about privacy and compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA),... Read More

Contaminated fish, debris off West Coast raise concerns about long-term impacts of Fukushima disaster on Pacific seafood   WASHINGTON (June 1, 2012) – Responding to reports of fish and debris off the West Coast contaminated from the Fukushima nuclear meltdowns in Japan, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today sent letters to the Food and Drug... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-Chair of the Bi-Partisan Congressional Privacy Caucus and senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement after Microsoft announced that the new Internet Explorer 10 browser will have the default setting to 'Do Not Track'. "Microsoft is... Read More

Use of insecticide ‘lindane’ in treatment for lice could harm children, pollutes environment   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to halt the use of the insecticide lindane in pharmaceutical... Read More

Lexington high school student artwork will be on display at U.S. Capitol throughout the year WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Malden) congratulated Sheryl Zhang of Lexington, the 2012 winner for the 7th District of Massachusetts annual Congressional Art Competition. Every year the competition invites local high school... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Obama administration’s Department of Interior today released the next step in their plan to develop commercial wind energy off of Massachusetts’ shores, which would generate clean energy and quality jobs for Massachusetts. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Malden) praised the Obama administration’s commitment to clean... Read More

FDA package doesn’t address safety loophole in flawed medical device approval process   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today praised the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Reform Act of 2012, which included provisions he authored to improve access to... Read More

Congressman Led Efforts to Reveal True Rate of Spill, Releases Timeline of Flow Rate Issues   WASHINGTON (May 29, 2012) – A report by the Wall Street Journal indicates that the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating BP for possibly lying to Congress about the rate of oil flowing out of the company’s blown-out Macondo well... Read More