Program would authorize $25 million annually to prepare workers for the offshore wind opportunities unlocked by the Inflation Reduction Act Bill Text (PDF) Washington (November 3, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety and a member of the... Read More

Funding would support Leonard’s Wharf Rehabilitation and Extension Project  Boston (November 3, 2023) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congressman Bill Keating (MA-09) today announced that the New Bedford Port Authority has been awarded $24 million through the Department of Transportation’s Port... Read More

The Sunshine Protection Act passed the Senate in March 2022, but has not been taken up this Congress as date approaches to “fall back” to darker evenings Washington (November 3, 2023) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released a statement today on making daylight saving time (DST) permanent and ending the antiquated practice of changing the... Read More

“We urge you to continue your efforts to press the Israeli government to meet these obligations under international law.” Text of Letter (PDF) Washington (November 3, 2023) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, urging the... Read More

Washington (November 2, 2023) - Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.), together with Senators Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Chris... Read More

Washington (November 2, 2023) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Representative Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), along with Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ron... Read More

Washington (November 2, 2023) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in introducing legislation to prohibit irresponsible and unacceptable drilling in the Arctic, which puts at risk the health of local ecosystems, communities, and the global environment. The Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2023 would... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (November 2, 2023) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security,and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) reintroduced the Flu Vaccine Act, legislation to invest in research for a universal influenza vaccine, that... Read More

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington (November 2, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in sending a letter to Secretary of the Department of Homeland... Read More

Boston (November 2, 2023) - Today, U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement regarding Wafaa Abuzayda and Abood Okal of Medway and their one-year-old son Yousef, who have left Gaza and begun the journey back to the United States: “After weeks of public and private advocacy, we are... Read More

Washington (November 1, 2023) – Following Vice President Kamala Harris’s speech on artificial intelligence (AI) at the U.S. Embassy in London, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (CA-51) applauded Vice President Harris’s commitment to defending civil and privacy rights while adopting an inclusive definition of AI... Read More

Washington (October 31, 2023) - As the United States Senate prepares an emergency supplemental appropriations bill to respond to the ongoing humanitarian and military crises in Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, and elsewhere, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Elizabeth Warren... Read More

Washington (October 31, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Sara Jacobs (CA-51) led 21 colleagues to urge the Biden-Harris administration to promote the importance of civil rights and democratic values in the governance of AI as the Vice President Kamala Harris joins the UK AI Safety Summit this week. In a letter to Vice... Read More

Washington (October 31, 2023) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) celebrated the Department of Transportation awarding nearly $4 million – through the first round of the Fiscal Year 2023 Safe Streets and Roads for All grants – to make safe bike paths accessible by developing... Read More

Markey also celebrated the inclusion of key provisions on AI and biosecurity in the executive order Washington (October 30, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) applauded the Biden administration for heeding their call to incorporate the White House Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights into its... Read More

Washington (October 30, 2023) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) introduced legislation to help people experiencing homelessness and behavioral health issues, including substance use disorder, receive coordinated support services. Specifically, the Homelessness and Behavioral Health Care Coordination Act of 2023 would... Read More

More than two-thirds of voters across parties support birth control pills being sold over-the-counter Washington (October 30, 2023)  – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined 43 Senate colleagues, led by Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chair of the Senate Health, Education,... Read More

Washington (October 27, 2023) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) in releasing the following statement on the... Read More

Washington (October 27, 2023) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined 19 Senate colleagues, led by Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, and Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Jeff... Read More

Washinton (October 26, 2023) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) announced $500,000 in federal funding through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving (EJCPS) Program to improve stormwater management along the Nashua... Read More