WASHINGTON, D.C. – Despite efforts by House Democrats to create an Energy bill that fosters fuel efficiency, improves the use of renewable energy resources and decreases the U.S. dependency on foreign oil, today the House of Representatives passed an Energy Bill (H.R. 6) (275-Y, 156-N) which fails the American public across the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Despite efforts by House Democrats to prevent foreign governments from buying up U.S. electric utilities or natural gas companies, Republicans defeated an amendment offered by Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA) (6 – 10) during the Energy Conference today. The amendment would make it illegal for a company owned or... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the panel which oversees nuclear reactors, Representative Martin T. Meehan (D-MA), a Member of the Armed Services Committee and Representative John F. Tierney (D-MA), a Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democratic Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the House Homeland Security Committee, and author of the 1979 law regulating remote liquefied natural gas (LNG) siting, made the following statement in response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, prosecutors announced that the blood of a decapitated Canadian country musician was found on the clothes of Gregory Despres, the 22-year old chainsaw-and-hatchet-toting man who crossed over the U.S. Canadian border before he was arrested in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts in June. Following the border incident, Rep. Edward... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee, today released a statement in response to a report in the Washington Post that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is spending critical homeland security dollars lavishly. “House Republicans tell us that there is not enough... Read More

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 in response to President Bush’s signing of the Energy Policy Act of 2005: “Today President Bush signed an Energy Bill, but he still lacks an energy policy.... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Responding to the news that Susan Wood, Assistant Commissioner for Women's Health and Director of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Women's Health, resigned today in protest over how the FDA has handled the Plan B Emergency Contraception Over-the-Counter Application Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democratic Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today issued the following remarks in response to an announcement that Department of Energy will release oil from the national strategic petroleum reserve to a refiner at the request of an oil company in the Gulf.... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC: Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today made the following statement in response to an announcement that the Bush Administration plans to change the way in which the fuel economy level for light trucks is calculated: "Today’s announcement does next to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democratic Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today re-issued his call for President Bush to release the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to break oil price speculation. Representative Markey made the following remarks in response to reports that Crude-oil futures... Read More

 Letter to Gov. Romney, September 2, 2005 Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning to police that Al Qaeda cells might use fuel trucks as weapons to attack Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. Responding to this terrorist alert, Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democratic Member of the Homeland Security Committee, issued... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Representative Markey joined House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Congressmen Robert Menendez, Bennie Thompson and first responders at a news conference today to call for close scrutiny of the U.S. disaster preparedness four years after the 9/11 attacks.  Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democrat on... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democratic Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today issued the following letter from the entire Massachusetts delegation calling on Governor Romney to immediately investigate market conditions to determine whether an energy market emergency exists in order to... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC- Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior Democrat on the House committee on Homeland Security, today wrote a strongly-worded letter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff disagreeing with a recommendation by staff of the Transportation Security Administration to relax passenger screening at our nation’s airports with... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democratic Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today called for the immediate creation of a federal gasoline anti-profiteering task force. A letter sent today by Rep. Markey to the Federal Trade Commission, the Justice Department and the Department of Energy... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In order to ensure that the lessons of the Katrina response efforts are not washed away with the flood waters, Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democrat on the Homeland Security Committee, Homeland Security Committee Ranking Democrat Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and thirteen members of the Homeland Security... Read More

 Letter to Gov. Romney, September 2, 2005 Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing entitled “Recovering from Hurricane Katrina” to discuss the impact of Hurricane Katrina on oil markets and emerging consumer concerns about gas price gouging. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democratic Member of the House Energy and... Read More