Bicameral legislation would help consumers protect their connected-homes and devices from growing cyber threats Washington (March 24, 2021) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Ted W. Lieu (CA-33) today reintroduced the Cyber Shield Act, legislation that will create a voluntary cybersecurity certification program for...
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Bipartisan resolution condemns
treatment of religious and ethnic groups, seeks to build international
investigation into human rights abuses and crimes in Xinjiang WASHINGTON –
Today, U.S. Senators Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Mitt...
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Washington (March 19, 2021) –
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)
and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Representatives Tony Cárdenas (CA-29) and Linda
Sánchez (CA-38) and a bicameral group of their colleagues to urge the Biden
administration to ensure undocumented immigrants across the country can...
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Washington,
D.C. (March 19, 2021) — U.S. Senators Edward Markey (D-Mass.),
Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) joined as a
bipartisan group of Senators in introducing a bipartisan resolution condemning the Chinese government’s ongoing crackdown
against democracy and fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong as well...
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Washington D.C. (March 19, 2021) – U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey
(D-Mass.) joined Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, and 36 of his Senate colleagues in requesting the Biden
administration join the U.S. Congress in officially recognizing the Ottoman Empire's genocide against the Armenian people.
To...
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Letter to Baker (PDF) | Letter to Treasury (PDF)Washington D.C. (March 18, 2021) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), along with members of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation, sent letters to Governor Charlie Baker and Treasury Secretary...
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Washington (March 19, 2021) -- Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representatives Seth Moulton (MA-06) and Lori Trahan (MA-03) today re-introduced the Essex National Heritage Area Permanency Act of 2021, legislation that would eliminate the total funding cap for the Essex National Heritage Area and extend its...
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Washington DC (March 18, 2021) - United States Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren
(D-Mass.) and Congressman Andrew Levin (D-Mich.), along with Congresswoman
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...
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“Alice
Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act” establishes standards to ensure equitable
and quality education for all students Washington (March 17, 2021) – Senators Edward
J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), and Representatives
Matt Cartwright (PA-08) and David McKinley (WV-01) today reintroduced
bipartisan legislation that will...
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Washington (March 12, 2021) – Today, U.S. Senators
Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii)
re-introduced legislation that would help restore trust between law enforcement
and the communities they serve by helping prevent police-involved deaths and
encouraging independent, impartial investigations into law...
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WASHINGTON –
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration
(EDA) is awarding a $662,922 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the city of
Salem, Massachusetts, to implement a recovery strategy to plan for long-term
recovery and ensure the region’s tourist economy remains competitive in the
future. This EDA grant, to...
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Washington (March 12, 2021) — Senators Ed
Markey (D-Mass.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Roy Blunt
(R-Mo.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) reintroduced the Sunshine Protection
Act this week, legislation that would make Daylight Saving Time (DST)
permanent...
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Bill Would Extend Authorization For
Fifteen Years, Remove Funding Limits WASHINGTON—U.S.
Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.),
and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Friday reintroduced
legislation to reauthorize the two National Heritage Areas (NHAs) in
Connecticut...
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As passenger complaints skyrocketed during the coronavirus
pandemic, the Trump administration’s DOT finalized a rule that weakened its own
consumer protection authorityWashington (March
11, 2021) — Senator Edward J. Markey
(D-Mass.), Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.),
Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.),...
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Fellowship
broadens U.S. cooperation with Taiwan and expertise in the Indo-Pacific region
by exchanging U.S. public servants to Taiwan Washington (March 10, 2021) - Senators Edward J.
Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman of the East Asia Subcommittee on the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), member of the Senate...
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Washington (March 10, 2021) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following joint statement after the Chatham Select Board approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) yesterday between the Town of Chatham and the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge). The agreement will continue the Town’s management...
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Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren
(D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Edward J. Markey
(D-Mass.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) today introduced the Educational
Equity Challenge Grant Act to create a $100 billion application-based
grant program over...
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DIY
firearms growing in popularity among white supremacy groups WASHINGTON,
D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today led a letter along with Sens.
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Richard Blumenthal
(D-Conn.) urging President Joe Biden to take executive action to close the
“ghost gun” loophole in the Gun...
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Legislation would reverse IRS ruling that allowed tar sands oil to avoid paying into the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
Washington (March 8, 2021) — Unlike other types of oil, tar sands oil – one of the dirtiest forms of fossil fuel – is currently exempt from taxes used to fund the clean up of oil spills. Today,...
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Members
condemn Beijing’s proposed restrictions on Hong Kong’s electoral system WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), Chairman of
the East Asia Subcommittee on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rep. Ami
Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Chairman of the Asia Subcommittee on the House Foreign
Affairs Committee, Senator Mitt Romney...
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