Statement by Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) Full Committee Markup on H.R. 3548, Keystone XL Pipeline Legislation February 7, 2012 “The Keystone pipeline would carry some of the world’s dirtiest oil right through the middle of our country.  Whether it is the carbon pollution that spews into the skies or the oil spills... Read More

Lawmaker is House co-author of the law requiring development of national plan to treat, cure Alzheimer’s disease   WASHINGTON, D.C. – With approximately 5.4 million Americans suffering nationwide from Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced $156... Read More

Opening Statement from Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) Full Committee Markup on H.R. 3548, Keystone XL Pipeline Legislation, Energy and Commerce Committee February 6, 2012 “We have been told that the oil coming through this pipeline would enable us to reduce our dependence on oil imported from unfriendly Middle Eastern nations. In... Read More

Offshore Wind Leasing Could Be Meaningless Without Extension of Tax Credits   WASHINGTON (February 3, 2012) – The Obama administration’s Interior Department today announced the next step in opening the best wind resources in federal waters off Massachusetts for offshore wind development. This comes on the heels of announcements... Read More

Washington, D.C. — Today, Representatives Steve Israel (D-Long Island) and Edward J. Markey (D-Malden) announced the details of a friendly wager on Super Bowl XLVI between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants. Rep. Markey has agreed to provide Rep. Israel with world-renowned New England clam chowder and lobster from Massachusetts... Read More

WASHINGTON (February 3, 2012) – Today, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and other House Democrats called the bluff of Keystone XL pipeline supporters by introducing a bill that would ensure that the oil and refined fuel from the Canadian conduit is actually sold in the United States. The bill comes as Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce... Read More

Bill Spurs Research and Drug Development into Most Deadly, Costly Diseases Like Alzheimer’s   WASHINGTON – At a press conference today in the United States Capitol, U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, unveiled the Spending Reductions... Read More

Congressman is House author of original E-Rate Program that helps link up schools to the Internet   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and former chairman of the Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee, today issued the following statement... Read More

NRC tells Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant that the ‘bucket brigade’ is just not good enough   Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement in response to the announcement by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that... Read More

Bill Spurs Research and Drug Development into Most Deadly, Costly Diseases Like Alzheimer’s   WASHINGTON – On Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 11:30 a.m., Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, will join U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate... Read More

SOUND Devices Act will protect consumers by ensuring new medical devices are not approved based on defective products WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thousands of patients have suffered grave health effects from faulty medical devices cleared by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) solely because they were considered similar to other devices –... Read More

Lawmakers call MA installations Hanscom, Natick, Westover, Fort Devens, Air Station Cape Cod, Sector SE New England “country’s leading defense industrial cluster”   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, led by Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Malden), dean of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation, the entire Massachusetts... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-Chair of the Congressional Cystic Fibrosis Caucus, released the following statement after the Federal Drug Administration’s announcement today that it has approved a new drug to treat cystic fibrosis (CF) – Kalydeco – manufactured by Cambridge-based Vertex... Read More

??Members share FTC’s concerns over privacy, ask Commission to keep eye on commercial utilization of new technology WASHINGTON, D.C. – Several members of the Bi-Partisan Congressional Privacy Caucus sent a letter Tuesday to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Jon Leibowitz echoing the Commission's concern about the commercial... Read More

103 lawmakers sign letter to President urging funding of $4.7 billion for LIHEAP; More than 200,000 MA families rely on life-saving program   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), longtime Congressional champion of providing assistance to low-income families to heat and cool their homes and dean of the... Read More

Legislation would require disclosure to consumers of presence of monitoring software, express consent for transmission of information to third parties   Lawmaker recently asked FTC to investigate Carrier IQ software   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Consumers may have no idea that through monitoring software their mobile devices are... Read More

  Washington (January 28, 2012) – With release of previously secret internal emails that indicate BP recognized that the amount of oil that could spill into the Gulf of Mexico as a result of the Deepwater Horizon explosion could have been up to 81,000 barrels a day – an amount much higher than what even the federal government... Read More

Privacy Caucus co-Chairmen ask FTC to investigate if Google violated recent consent agreement with privacy policy changes WASHINGTON, D.C. – With Google’s announcement this week of changes to its privacy policy less than a year after reaching an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for alleged privacy misrepresentations,... Read More

Washington, DC— Today Reps. Henry A. Waxman, Cliff Stearns, Edward J. Markey, Joe Barton, Diana DeGette, Marsha Blackburn, G.K. Butterfield, and Jackie Speier sent a letter to Google CEO Larry Page to request  information on Google’s new privacy policy, which allows sharing of consumer data among nearly all of Google’s... Read More

EIA Data Vastly Underrepresents How Much Oil and Gas Produced on Federal Lands Washington (January 26, 2012) – In this week’s State of the Union address, President Obama highlighted that American oil production is at an eight year high and is projected the grow another 22 percent this decade. But data presented by the Energy Information... Read More