Executive Summary ON AUGUST 2, 2011 Congress passed the Budget Control Act of 2011, commonly known as the “debt deal.” The law raised the nation’s debt ceiling, averting what would have been an unprecedented and catastrophic abandonment of the country’s commitment to pay its bills. In exchange for increasing the U.S.... Read More

Bond Rating, Technical Problems, National Security Concerns All Impediments to Uranium Enrichment Project’s Success, Says Congressman   WASHINGTON (January 20, 2012) – Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today expressed his opposition to the continued support by the Obama administration of the floundering United States Enrichment... Read More

Call for Restoring Full Funding to Home Energy Program WASHINGTON, D.C. – With a fresh batch of snow expected this weekend, Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Malden), dean of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation, and Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) today welcomed news from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of the release of... Read More

Lawmaker Calls on Energy Department to Hold All Pending Applications for Export of Fuel; Announces Intent to Introduce Legislation Keeping Natural Gas Here in America WASHINGTON (January 19, 2012) – This morning, the Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) released a sobering report analyzing the potential impact of... Read More

America Just the Middleman between Dirtiest Canadian Oil and Thirstiest Foreign Markets   WASHINGTON (January 18, 2012) – The Obama administration is expected to announce today that they have rejected the proposed construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. The pipeline had come under increasing fire due to the high pollution content of... Read More

Speech on the Floor of the U.S. House of Representaitves Alzheimer’s Disease- Budget and National Alzheimer's Plan January 18, 2011 As we debate reducing our national deficit, we must address one of the largest costs threatening our economy and bankrupting our families – the Alzheimer’s pandemic. 5.4 million Americans... Read More

Congressman is House author of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and former chairman of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, released a statement following the... Read More

Deep Cuts in Heat-trapping Emissions Still Needed, Says Congressman; Mass. Facilities Emit 18,447,000 Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide   WASHINGTON (January 11, 2012) – A new database established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to track heat-trapping emissions from power plants, industrial facilities and other sources in the... Read More

Lawmakers unsatisfied with responses of social networking site to queries about recent patent application that suggests tracking of users on other websites, using information to target advertisements WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton (R-Texas), co-Chairmen of the Bi-partisan Congressional Privacy... Read More

Local Communities Most Impacted By October Nor’easter to Receive Aid   FRAMINGHAM, MA - In response to Governor Deval Patrick’s request of December 16, 2011 to President Barack Obama, federal disaster aid will be made available to Massachusetts communities to assist in their recovery from the October 29-30, 2011... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), former chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet and current senior member of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee, issued the following statement on Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski’s announcement of the... Read More

Latest data indicates levels of toxic chemical rapidly increasing in the atmosphere   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Committee and senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa... Read More

Congressman is House author of the law requiring development of national strategy to combat and cure Alzheimer’s disease   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a draft of the first ever National Alzheimer’s Plan. Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-Chair of the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Speaking today at the release of the Strategic Defense Review, President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta outlined a new strategic approach to the nation’s defense that will move the country beyond the wars of the past decade while reducing America’s nuclear weapons forces. In October 2011,... Read More

Days before Japanese earthquake and tsunami, Congressman wrote to Commission about critical safety issues with reactor design identified by senior NRC staff member   WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted to approve the final rule for... Read More

BOSTON – Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown, along with Representatives Edward Markey, James McGovern, Niki Tsongas and John Olver, today announced that Massachusetts will receive $44,749,996 for major repairs to roads damaged by last summer’s deadly tornadoes and by Hurricane Irene.  The funding, provided by the U.S. Department... Read More

Massachusetts receives additional $21.8 million in Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program funds, raising the maximum benefit level BOSTON – Wednesday, January 4, 2012 -- The Patrick-Murray Administration today announced an additional $21.8 million for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), increasing the maximum benefit to... Read More

Medford, MA – Dennis Hui, a Malden resident, is spending his winter break from college interning in the Medford District Office of Congressman Ed Markey (D – Malden).  Dennis is a Malden resident who graduated from Malden Catholic High School.  He is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Government and a minor in... Read More

Lawmakers point to DOE analysis that shows possible shuttering, idling of Pennsylvania refineries could lead to heating fuel shortages, prices spikes for 6 million Northeast families WASHINGTON (December 27, 2011) – Concerned that new analysis by the Department of Energy (DOE) shows that decisions by ConocoPhillips and Sunoco to idle or... Read More

Shuttering, idling of ConocoPhillips and Sunoco refineries could lead to fuel shortages, prices spikes for consumers WASHINGTON (December 23, 2011) – Representatives Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.), and Robert A. Brady (D-Pa.) responded to a new analysis completed today by the Department of Energy’s Energy... Read More