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  • As Chairman of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee, Rep. Markey pushed BP to disclose all that it knew about the true flow rate of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico and conducted aggressive oversight intothe use of unprecedented volumes of chemical dispersants that were used to combat the effects of the oil spill. In addition, Rep. Markey... Read More
  • Companies Respond to Markey Request to Remove Anti-Microbial Chemical Found in Consumer Products WASHINGTON, D.C. –Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today sent letters to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg and... Read More
  • Vote to fully fund LIHEAP prevents loss of benefits for more than 200,000 MA families WASHINGTON, DC – –Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a longtime champion of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), voted late last night in favor of extending funding for the critical home-heating program at the Fiscal Year... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a longstanding proponent of net neutrality and author of the first ever net neutrality bill, issued the following statement following today’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) open meeting: “The Open Internet Order is not perfect, and it does not contain all the... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 4853, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010. “Yesterday, I voted in opposition to the tax bill. I have strongly supported tax relief for middle class families and the... Read More
  • Longtime Environment and Energy Leader Will Fight for Jobs, Against Environmental Attacks as Ranking Member WASHINGTON (December 16, 2010) – Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) was today selected by the House Democratic Caucus to be the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee for the 112th session of Congress. “In the next Congress,... Read More
  • Markey Urges Inclusion of Policies to Protect Consumers and Innovators, Preserve Openness of Internet in FCC Net Neutrality Order WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a longstanding proponent of net neutrality and author of the first ever net neutrality bill, sent a letter today to Federal Communications Commission... Read More
  • New Law Will Establish First-Ever National Strategy for Curing, Mitigating Effects of Alzheimer’s WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House and Senate have passed the National Alzheimer’s Project Act (N.A.P.A.) co-authored by Representatives Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Chris Smith (R-N.J.), House co-chairs of the Bipartisan,... Read More
  • Unspent Dollars from Wisconsin, Ohio Sent to Massachusetts BOSTON – Senator John Kerry, along with Congressmen John Olver, Edward Markey, Barney Frank, Jim McGovern, Stephen F. Lynch, Niki Tsongas, and Richard E. Neal, today announced that Massachusetts will receive $2,888,305 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to fund high... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the Dean of the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation, today issued the following statement after the House Democratic Caucus meeting:   “Today in the House Democratic Caucus meeting, I voted to reject the Senate Republican tax proposal as currently written. Extending... Read More
  • Washington, DC — Today Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Rep. Edward J. Markey, and Rep. Bart Stupak, released a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) identifying serious weaknesses in the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) plans for recovering and reconstituting the classified supercomputing system in the event of a... Read More
  • Presses NRC to Address Disparities in Release Following Medical Isotope Treatment   WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), Chairman of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today sent a letter to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Greg Jackzo for full comment on... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. –Representatives Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), House co-chair with Representative Chris Smith (R-N.J.) of the Bipartisan, Bicameral Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease, today commended the Senate for passing the National Alzheimer’s Project Act (N.A.P.A.), S. 3036, the Senate companion bill to H.R.4689,... Read More
  • Treaty Would Be Major Step Toward A Nuclear Weapon-Free World WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the founder and co-chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation, this week led a letter, cosigned by 34 of his colleagues in the House of Representatives, calling on the Senate to vote on ratification of... Read More
  • National Oilwell Varco Withholding Key Information from Spill Commission; Senate Republicans Still Blocking Subpoena Power for Panel WASHINGTON (December 8, 2010) – Two members of Congress today demanded that a company involved in the BP oil spill hand over key information to the independent commission studying the disaster. The company,... Read More
  • Legislation would benefit 120,000 residents of the Seventh Congressional District WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), the dean of the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation, issued the following statement after voting for H.R 5987, The Seniors Protection Act, a bill to provide 54 million America seniors with a... Read More
  • Calls for report on how agencies inspect, maintain and operate screening equipment used to enhance aviation security Washington, D.C. — Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and author of the mandate in the law to require screening of all air cargo carried on passenger planes, sent... Read More
  • Lawmaker says joint venture would have “dramatic and durable” impact on media marketplace 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 sent a letter to Federal... Read More
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), the dean of the New England Congressional Delegation, coordinated a letter, cosigned by 18 of his New England colleagues in the House of Representatives, calling for extension of federal unemployment benefits for out of work Americans and a one-time $250 payment to Social Security... Read More
  • Chairman Sends Letter to BP CEO Bob Dudley WASHINGTON (December 3, 2010) – Responding to new claims from BP that the government estimates of the size of the Gulf of Mexico spill are too large, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to the CEO of the company asking for all materials related to his company’s new... Read More