Multi-billion dollar industry practices may have long-term impact on access to education, health care, employment   WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan group of six lawmakers joined Reps. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton (R-Texas), co-Chairmen of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, in letters sent today to nine major data... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With America hurtling toward the fiscal cliff of automatic budget cuts mandated by the Budget Control Act, Republicans today passed the Department of Defense budget that increases overall non-war defense spending by $1.1 billion over the fiscal year 2012 level and $3.1 billion above the President’s request.... Read More

As Batman Rises, Icebergs Fall and Romney and GOP Ignore Climate Warnings   WASHINGTON (July 18, 2012) – A section twice the size of the island of Manhattan has broken off of the Petermann glacier in Greenland due to warmer ocean temperatures in the latest event in what has been a dangerous, destructive and troubling season of extreme... Read More

WASHINGTON (July 18, 2012) – British investigators closed their investigation today to find the culprits who stole and distributed emails from East Anglia University related to work and discussions of climate change science. The investigators found that the hacking incident was not conducted within the university, and abandoned efforts to... Read More

Award given for work to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and being a leader on climate change WASHINGTON (July 17, 2012) – Massachusetts Congressman Ed Markey (D, MA-7) was honored as one of America’s Great Outdoors Congressional Champions during Great Outdoors America Week or GO America Week (June 26-June 28, 2012 in... Read More

Statement of Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) on H.R. 5856, FY 2013 Defense Department Appropriations Bill Wednesday, July 18, 2012   “In this Republican Fantasyland we have gold-plated nuclear weapons systems that have long outlived their usefulness are lavished with canyons filled with cash. “In this Fantasyland, the... Read More

Marks first time FDA initiated a rule change for infant formula and use of dangerous chemical WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) filed a notice in the Federal Register calling for comments on the lawmaker’s petition to ban... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC— Today Reps. Henry A. Waxman, Diana DeGette, Edward J. Markey, and Anna G. Eshoo sent a letter to Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns, and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden requesting a hearing on reports that cellphone... Read More

Social networking site responds to lawmakers query, but doesn’t directly address plan to grant access to children under 12 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Facebook recently responded to the June letter sent by Reps. Joe Barton (R-TX) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) that queried the company about reports the it was considering a plan to allow children... Read More

HHS tells lawmaker automatic budget cuts would have “profound consequences” on department’s ability to protect Americans’ health and safety WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today released new information from the Department of Health and... Read More

Lawmaker’s investigation revealed 1.3 million requests last year from law enforcement for consumers’ mobile phone information    WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of his continuing investigation into law enforcement requests for consumers’ mobile phone records, today Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) sent a... Read More

Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) Statement on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in opposition to H.Res. 724, the rule providing for consideration of H.R. 6079, the Patients’ Rights Repeal Act “The Affordable Care Act is now part of our nation’s fabric of health care laws. Right alongside Social Security and... Read More

Congressman releases first-ever accounting of responses from wireless carriers that indicate sweeping personal data requests from law enforcement agencies WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the first-ever accounting of its kind, Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) has found that in 2011, federal, state and local law enforcement agencies made more... Read More

BOSTON – Congressmen Edward Markey and Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown, along with Rep. John Tierney, today announced that four fire departments across Massachusetts will receive $2,768,466 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.   The funding, awarded through the Federal Emergency Management Agency... Read More

Lawmaker has introduced Nuclear Power Plant Safety Act to overhaul nuclear safety in the wake of the Fukushima meltdowns WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), released the following statement today... Read More

Tax Credits, Transmission Key to American Wind Energy, Yet GOP Attempting to Kill Both   WASHINGTON (July 2, 2012) – The U.S. Department of Interior today announced the permitting of a huge wind energy facility in Wyoming as a responsible and job-producing way of using America’s public lands, and the advancement of more offshore... Read More

Climate Change Supercharging Storms, Wildfires, Yet GOP Prez Candidate Disavows Former Position on Global Warming WASHINGTON (July 2, 2012) –Wildfires in the West, fueled by record heat and extensive drought, have displaced tens of thousands of Americans. Deadly heat waves have blanketed tens of millions of Americans, and Friday’s... Read More

Transit Center offers amenities to commuters, completion marks first major milestone in redevelopment of Revere’s Waterfront Square   BOSTON – Saturday, June 30, 2012 — The Patrick-Murray Administration today celebrated the opening of the new Wonderland Intermodal Transit Center, a *$*53.5 million project shepherded to... Read More

Lawmakers query EPA on efforts to close knowledge gaps   WASHINGTON, DC — Congressmen Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Brad Miller (D-N.C.) today released a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that found that, despite an increase in research in the wake of the BP oil spill, very little is known about either the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and dean of the Massachusetts delegation, released the following statement after the Supreme Court today upheld the constitutionality of the health care law.   “Today’s decision is an historic victory for Americans... Read More