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

Washington, DC— Today Reps. Henry A. Waxman, Bobby L. Rush, John D. Dingell, Edward J. Markey, Eliot L. Engel, Lois Capps, Mike Doyle, Charles A. Gonzalez, and Kathy Castor sent a letter to Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield to request at least one additional day of hearings on draft legislation to direct the Federal Energy... Read More

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, issued the following statement after Google announced plans to require users to allow the company to follow their activities across email, social... Read More

Washington (January 24, 2012) – Congressman Ed Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee released the following statement in reaction to the Republican response delivered by Governor Mitch Daniels to tonight’s State of the Union address. “Governor Daniels is wrong on pipeline safety. The Keystone... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee, a senior Democratic Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and the dean of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation, responded this evening to President Obama’s State of the Union speech: “An economy built to last... Read More

Latest DOE findings undermine G.O.P. 'Drill Baby Drill' strategy, underscore Congressman’s call to limit natural gas exports   Washington (January 24, 2012) – The Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) released new projections and modeling results this week regarding the U.S. energy system... Read More

Massachusetts Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., was honored for a lifetime of pioneering work promoting the rights of people with disabilities. Perkins School for the Blind, part of Markey’s 7th Congressional District, is keenly aware of the value of his contributions. America’s first school for the blind, Perkins is also the nation’s... Read More

Congressman Honored for Championing People Who Are Blind and Deaf During Perkins Night at the Celtics WHAT:              Perkins Night at the Celtics & “Heroes Among Us” Presentation WHO:              ... Read More

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