Failure to Ensure Availability of Kits and Misleading Information from Trump Administration Have Confused and Delayed Response to Coronavirus Pandemic, Placing Millions at Risk
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Washington, D.C. – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor...
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Strategic National Stockpile contains only a fraction of the supplies necessary; Senator’s resolution calls for use of the Defense Production Act to mobilize industry to respond to coronavirus crisis
Berkshire Medical Center in Mass. reported requiring 3,500 respirator masks a day, but Mass. only recently received 70,000 of these...
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Washington (March 16, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today issued the following statement after Airlines for America (A4A), a trade association representing carriers like United, American, and Delta, released its proposal for a $54 billion bailout package...
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Trading curbs were first authorized through 1990 legislation introduced by then-Representative Markey following the 1987 stock market crash
Washington (March 16, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), formerly Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, issued the following statement after trading...
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Requests White House Task Force publish its testing plans, including a projection of the number of tests that will be available this week, in one week, three weeks, and six weeks.
Washington (March 16, 2020) – After conflicting statements from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Vice President Mike Pence, and...
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Current pandemic likely to exacerbate a longstanding “homework gap” without immediate action
Washington (March 16, 2020) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) today led thirteen of their colleagues in calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to...
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Reports across country reveal jam-packed airport terminals, long lines, and hours of delays as travelers wait to be questioned by health authorities about potential coronavirus exposure
Boston (March 15, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey, top Democrat on the Security subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science, and...
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Calls on President to use government authority to mobilize domestic medical manufacturing industry during national emergency
Boston (March 15, 2020) – With the country confronting a shortage of both coronavirus test kits and critical medical equipment, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) is today calling on the Trump...
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Lawmakers urge Sonny Perdue to Protect Hungry Americans
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WASHINGTON – Today, Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), United States Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), and Congressman Joe Kennedy (D-MA-04) led members of the Massachusetts Delegation in a letter to United...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, along with Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), today announced the introduction of legislation that would prohibit the Department of the Interior from slashing royalty rates for fossil fuel corporations, amid reports that the Trump administration is...
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Federal government relief should focus on addressing coronavirus and supporting working families
Washington (March 13, 2020) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today decried any plan to bail out fossil fuel executives as part of the national coronavirus response. Reports...
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Office within DOJ ordered immigration court judges and staff to remove all posters with public health information about COVID-19; quickly reversed decision after public reports
Lawmakers urge the DOJ office to prioritize public health, require the posting of the CDC guidance in immigration courts
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CDC Has Awarded Nearly $12.15M to Commonwealth for COVID-19 Response to Date
Boston, MA - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), William Keating (D-MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), Katherine...
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Calls for protections for most vulnerable, outlines plan to address public health emergency
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Washington (March 11, 2020) – As states ban large events and declare public emergencies, the NCAA shuts its annual basketball tournament to spectators, and the number of coronavirus cases reaches 1,000...
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Calls for protections for most vulnerable, outlines plan to address public health emergency
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Washington (March 11, 2020) – As states ban large events and declare public emergencies, the NCAA shuts its annual basketball tournament to spectators, and the number of coronavirus cases reaches 1,000...
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Stimulus should focus on boosting working Americans, not corporate bottom lines ~
WASHINGTON – Today in a letter to President Trump, 34 Senate Democrats led by U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) called for an economic stimulus package focused on helping working Americans and their families who will be most harmed by...
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Lawmakers Call on Pence to Take Specific Action to Support Massachusetts During COVID-19 Outbreak
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Boston, MA - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), William Keating (D-MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III...
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Agency should exercise broad authority to stop predatory business practices during this public health emergency
Washington (March 11, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging the agency to...
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Senators Urge VP to Consult with Workers & Add a Labor Department Representative to the Task Force
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Washington, DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, along with Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and...
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Proliferation of drone technology increases security risks to aviation and critical infrastructure, requires new measures and authorities to protect public safety
Boston (March 9, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Security, today sent a letter to the Federal...
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