WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) joined Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA), U.S. Representatives Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and 53 of their colleagues on Thursday in sending a... Read More

Increasingly Popular Platform May Not Be Adequately Safeguarding Users' Data and Privacy Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Zoom Communications Inc. requesting information on how the videoconferencing platform is protecting the safety and privacy... Read More

  Boston (April 9, 2020) – – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today sent a letter to President Donald Trump regarding reports that White House senior adviser Jared Kushner has been in contact with several private companies about creating a national surveillance... Read More

  Millions of Americans may be vulnerable to cyberattacks as they meet and communicate online   Boston (April 8, 2020) – As countless Americans turn Zoom into a verb, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to issue... Read More

“Reliable local news and information has been critically important during the COVID-19 pandemic, yet it has become more scarce.”   [WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) joined Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and a group of nineteen senators calling for funding to support local journalism and media in any... Read More

  As hospitals and testing laboratories still face multi-day testing delays, additional flexibility in staffing and license requirements is needed for rapid testing expansion   Washington (April 8, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), joined by Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), today called on the... Read More

  Queries FDA and CDC on guidance for retail food industry workers and consumers   Boston (April 8, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) is calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue and promote clear guidance for workers in the retail food industry and... Read More

Washington, D.C. - 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), Seth Moulton (D-MA-06), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07) and Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), today... Read More

  Boston (April 8, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a leading Congressional champion for online privacy and author of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), released the following statement after media reported that the Trump administration, led by White House senior advisor Jared Kushner, is looking to... Read More

  Washington (April 7, 2020) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today sent a letter to Google requesting information about the company’s recently announced COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports. According to Google, this project employs... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) led more than a dozen of his colleagues today in urging Senate leaders to provide full funding for the U.S. Postal Service in the next COVID-19 relief package. Without such funding, the lawmakers warned, the USPS “may have to reduce or limit its services…as early as... Read More

  Members Push Administration to Ensure Most Vulnerable Small Businesses have Access to COVID-19 Relief Funding    (Washington, D.C.)—Senate Democratic leaders today sent a letter to U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Jovita Carranza and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin urging the Trump... Read More

Desperate Small Businesses Need Immediate Help But Delays and Confusion Mark Program Kickoff  Senators Call for Clear Guidance To Ensure All Small Businesses Have Equal and Expedient Access to Funding   Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC -  United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) today... Read More

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), Seth Moulton (D-MA-06), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), William Keating (D-MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07) and Lori... Read More

EPA Has Suspended Enforcement of Existing Clean Air, Clean Water, and Climate Rules and Used Outbreak as Cover to Continue Weakening Environmental Protections "In the midst of a respiratory disease outbreak, rolling back environmental safeguards, particularly those that protect clean air and reduce lung disease and asthma, is highly dangerous and... Read More

  Lawmakers call for voices of the fishing industry to be heard during a rapid process of assessment, allocation, and distribution of funds   Boston (April 4, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) are calling on the Commerce Department and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration... Read More

  Massachusetts lawmakers applaud bridge replacement plan, will fight for federal funding   Massachusetts (April 3, 2020) - Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren, and Congressman William R. Keating (MA-09), today commended the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for its final “Major Rehabilitation Evaluation... Read More

Lawmakers Seek Additional VA Resources to Stop Spread of COVID-19 and Prevent Similar Outbreaks at VA-Operated Long-Term Care Facilities Across the Commonwealth Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01) and Ayanna Pressley... Read More

  Request comes in wake of Trump Administration’s final fuel economy emissions rule that is projected to result in hundreds of additional deaths from air pollution alone   Washington (April 3, 2020) – As the country learns more about the devastating risks posed by the novel coronavirus, a group of Senators led by Senator... Read More

  Washington (April 3, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and seven of his colleagues today urged Senate leadership to include language that would preserve first responders’ access to T-band spectrum (470–512 MHz) in upcoming coronavirus economic relief legislation. Senator Markey previously introduced the Don’t... Read More