Washington (September 3, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Representative Grace Meng (NY-06) released the following statement after Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr announced the FCC would vote to... Read More

Washington (September 2, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) today slammed the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that ruled in favor of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The court held that the district court lacked... Read More

Boston (August 29, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after the Trump administration declaredit will unlawfully withdraw and terminate $679 million in funding for offshore wind projects,... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (August 26, 2025) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, House Natural Resources Ranking Member Jared Huffman (CA-02), Vice Ranking Member Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), and Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Ranking Member Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) today wrote to... Read More

Washington (August 22, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-chair of the Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group, today released a statement in response to media reporting that the Trump administration plans to give up to 20 metric tons of weapons-usable plutonium—enough for approximately 2,000 nuclear bombs—to U.S. power... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (August 20, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, alongside Representative Lori Trahan (MA-03), member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today announced reintroduction of the Pipeline Accountability Act, comprehensive legislation to update pipeline... Read More

Boston (August 13, 2025) - Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) announced he would cosponsor the Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act. The legislation — unveiled ahead of the 90th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act into law — reverses the disastrous cuts the Trump administration has made to the Social... Read More

Boston (August 7, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the Trump administration declared it will unlawfully terminate the $7 billion Solar for All funding that has been awarded to 60 states, Tribes, and nonprofits, and that was set to enable over... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Boston (August 7, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Angus King (I-Maine), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), today sent a letter to Environmental Protection... Read More

Watch: Sen. Markey, Rep. Moulton celebrate Salem Maritime Boston (August 7, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) today celebrated the recent passage of their Salem Maritime National Historical Park Redesignation and Boundary Study Act into law with a... Read More

Washington (August 5, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, led 27 Democratic colleagues in writing to the Department of the Interior condemning the Trump administration’s move to eliminate protections... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Boston (August 5, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today wrote to Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Andrew Ferguson and FTC Commissioners Melissa Holyoak and Mark Meador. In his letter, Senator Markey questioned the FTC’s reversal of its... Read More

Washington (July 31, 2025) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.)—co-chairs of the U.S. Senate Environmental Justice Caucus—issued the following statement after Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced his proposal to rescind the 2009 endangerment finding, a landmark... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (July 31, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, along with Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Representatives Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Mike Lawler (NY-17), and Haley Stevens (MI-11), today reintroduced the bipartisan,... Read More

Resolution Text (PDF) Washington (July 31, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Dr. Raul Ruiz (CA-25), and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), today introduced the Dr. Paul Farmer Memorial Resolution, to honor Dr. Farmer's staggering life and legacy and lay out his extraordinary vision for realizing... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) | One Pager (PDF) Washington (July 31, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today released a discussion draft of legislation, called the TikTok Transparency and Data Security Act, that would address the national security risks posed by ByteDance’s ownership of... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (July 31, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) today led a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) recent usage of Predator... Read More

Washington (July 30, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today on the Joint Resolutions of Disapproval of Arms Sales. “The actions of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government, fueled by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and supported by the Trump... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (July 30, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Gun Violence Prevention Caucus, along with Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Representative Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), reintroduced the Gun Violence Prevention Research Act, legislation that would dedicate $50 million each year for the next five... Read More

Washington (July 29, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), along with Representatives Scott Peters (D-Calif.) and Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-La.) introduced the Gas Pipeline Leak Detection and Repair Act of 2025 to modernize decades-old gas pipeline leak... Read More