Washington (March 28, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement on the passing of former Massachusetts State Representative Mel King.“With the passing of Mel King, we have lost a trailblazer in all of its forms: civil rights leader, grassroots organizer, educator, writer, legislator. He was my friend and one of the... Read More

Letter urges EPA to act on its own data, doubling number of lives saved within ten years Text of Letter (PDF) Washington (March 28, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, and Representatives Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE) and... Read More

 Bill Text (PDF) Washington (March 28, 2023) – Ahead of the second international Summit for Democracy co-hosted by the United States, and as LGBTQI+ people experience growing assaults on their safety and freedom both domestically and internationally, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today reintroduced... Read More

Washington (March 27, 2023) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) are introducing legislation that would redesignate the Salem Maritime National Historic Site as the Salem Maritime National Historical Park.Salem Maritime was established in 1938 as the first National Historic Site to be included in the... Read More

Washington (March 27, 2023) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined 17 Senate colleagues in a letter led by Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to President Biden raising concerns over reports the Administration is considering a return to the ineffective and inhumane practice of detaining migrant... Read More

Shaheen’s letter reaffirms key U.S. national security priorities tied to providing access to non-covered reproductive health care for service members in the wake of the Supreme Court reversing Roe v. Wade, including health of the force, military readiness and recruitment and retention for all U.S. military branches.Washington (March 27, 2023)... Read More

Washington (March 23, 2023) - U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and U.S. Representative David Trone (MD-06) introduced the Due Process Continuity of Care Act. The bicameral bill amends Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy (MIEP) to ensure that pre-trial... Read More

Markey: “Taking on TikTok alone will not solve the sinister surveillance that kids and teens face online every day…Our obligation—in this moment—is to end the sinister surveillance across all of the Big Tech behemoths that is fueling a youth mental health crisis in our country.”WATCH: Senator Markey on TikTok and... Read More

Washington (March 21,2023) - Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Richard E. Neal (MA-01) joined Chicopee Mayor John Vieau and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials to announce a $2,854,800 earmark to support the Chicopee Water Pollution Control Facility’s (WPCF) Nitrogen and Energy Optimization Project. The... Read More

At Roosevelt Institute convening on “Building the Green Transition,” Senator Markey lays out vision for path forward on permitting and unleashing clean energy that prioritizes rapid development and community engagement, without sacrificing environmental justice principles that facilitated passage of Inflation Reduction ActFull Text:... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (March 21, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Grace Meng (NY-06) today reintroduced the New Deal for New Americans Act, legislation to promote the inclusion of immigrants and refugees in the United States. The New Deal for New Americans Act would help... Read More

Resolution Text (PDF) Washington (March 20, 2023) – On the anniversary of the 1833 signing of the Siamese-American Treaty of Amity and Commerce treaty, which first established relations between the United States and Thailand, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) today introduced their... Read More

Total LIHEAP funding for Massachusetts reaches $216 million for the 2023 Fiscal Year Washington (March 16, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), author of the Heating and Cooling Relief Act, today celebrated an announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that Massachusetts and the Mashpee Wampanoag... Read More

Washington (March 16, 2023) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), both of whom are members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today in introducing the Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2023 to allow the public further transparency into the judicial system by allowing television... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (March 16, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined 18 senators in a letter, led by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Angus King (I-Maine), to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Daniel Werfel and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, expressing strong support for Secretary Yellen’s... Read More

New MCC code would also help financial institutions monitor and report suspicious activity connected to trafficking in firearms, money-laundering proceeds from trafficking in firearms, or other criminal activity Washington (March 15, 2023) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Elizabeth Warren... Read More

Legislation would improve research and boost access to resources and education regarding the condition Washington (March 15, 2023) - Amid Long COVID Awareness Day, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) reintroduced the Comprehensive Access to Resources and Education (CARE) For Long COVID... Read More

Washington (March 14, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined dozens of Democratic lawmakers led by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Katie Porter (CA-47) in introducing the Secure Viable Banking Act, legislation that would repeal Title IV of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act of... Read More

Washington (March 13, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, released the following statement in response to the Biden administration’s announcement that it has approved the Willow Project:“Approval of the Willow... Read More

Text of Letter (PDF)   Washington (March 13, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking, and Representative David Trone (MD-06), the Commission’s co-chair, today sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling on the State Department to issue... Read More