WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democratic Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today issued the following statement on the announcement by National Grid that it will be acquiring Keyspan in an $11.8 billion merger: “Today’s merger announcement reflects the reality that the passage... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, today announced that he will introduce legislation when Congress reconvenes next week to require more thorough investigations into proposed foreign takeovers of U.S. critical infrastructure such as ports.  The need for the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democratic Member of both the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Homeland Security Committee, today released a letter urging President Bush and his administration to comply with the 2002 Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act and ensure that KI (potassium... Read More

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Washington, DC - Representative Edward J. Markey, senior Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee released the following statement in response to remarks by President Bush that he would veto any attempt to block the operation of major ports in the United States by a company controlled by a foreign government – the United Arab... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Ed Markey (D-MA), co-chair of the Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation and senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee made the following statement in response to President Bush’s latest push for an exception to U.S. law and international nuclear weapons treaties: “This... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Representatives Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) and Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), senior Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee released the following letter to Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) requesting him to bring port security legislation to the floor immediately upon our return from the... Read More

  The Port of New Jersey, pictured above, is one of the six major seaports that the President plans to permit foreign governments to operate. Do you support this plan? Let me know how you feel by taking the poll below, or  emailing me your thoughts.  To learn more about this issue, read Rep. Markey's blog on the... Read More

Washington, DC- Representative Edward J. Markey, a senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, reacted to President Bush’s visit to the National Renewable Energy Lab hours after the Administration had reversed cuts in the lab’s funding made in the president’s budget. The president’s budget initially called... Read More

Washington, DC - Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Committee on Homeland Security and long-time proponent of increased security safeguards both on cargo transported on airplanes in the United States and on cargo shipped to U.S. ports from overseas, made the following statement in response to news that the Bush... Read More

Washington, DC - Rep. Edward Markey, a senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today noted the irony of President Bush visiting a Milwaukee company that's developing lithium-ion batteries for hybrid cars in his first stop to highlight alternative energy options. “I wonder if any of the workers at this hybrid car... Read More

Washington, DC—Today, Representative Edward J. Markey, senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee said he would introduce legislation to ban the use of carbon monoxide gas to make packaged meat look artificially fresh if the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not immediately revoke its June 2004 decision to allow the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - In response to the President’s weekly radio address, Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and a co-chair of the Bipartisan Nonproliferation Task Force today released the following statement: “The President’s call today for the revival of commercial... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Member of the House Resources and Energy and Commerce Committees sent a letter to Resources Chairman Richard Pombo (R-CA) requesting a legislative hearing and markup on H.R. 4749, the “Royalty Relief for American Consumers Act of 2006.”  The letter was... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA) a senior Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today commented on the misplaced and disproportional interest of the Energy and Commerce Committee in the charitable donation of millions of barrels of heating oil to low-income consumers in Massachusetts, New York and... Read More

Earlier this month President signed off on $50 billion dollars in program cuts that that will make poor people pay more for their health care so that the Republicans can give more tax cuts to wealthy Americans. Now, less than a month later, the President is at it again. His new budget proposes to:• Cut funding for research at 18 of the 19... Read More

  Reps. Markey and Emanuel hold press conference on to introduce their legislation on windfall profits tax legislation.   Read More

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"Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H. Con. Res. 341.  Iran has obligations under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) to not carry out a nuclear weapons program.  Iran has ignored its obligations by carrying out a covert uranium enrichment program.  It is becoming increasingly clear that this enrichment program is not... Read More

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