Saugus Fire Dept. Awarded Over $884K to Hire Five New Firefighters Washington, DC - 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), William Keating (D-MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05) and Seth Moulton... Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), both members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today urged the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to publish a rulemaking for the remote identification of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) without further delay and requested... Read More

  VIDEO: https://bit.ly/2k7LCtA   Washington (September 11, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), and Tom Udall (D-N.M.) today introduced the Arctic Refuge Protection Act, legislation... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sens. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, along with Sens. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Banking, led a letter to Secretary Pompeo and Secretary Ross... Read More

Commonwealth Receives Over $500k for Reemployment Services for Workers Impacted by Plant's Closure   Boston, MA - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representative William Keating (D-MA-09), today applauded a $503,079 competitive federal grant awarded to the Commonwealth of... Read More

  Washington (September 9, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after media reports indicate Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross threatened to terminate staff at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) after a National Weather Service office contradicted a false tweet from President... Read More

  [WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) wrote today to Boeing CEO, President, and Chairman Dennis Muilenburg to urge “full and transparent cooperation with international air-safety authorities” as the company attempts to bring its grounded 737 MAX aircraft back... Read More

Easthampton Fire Department Awarded Over $600k to Hire Four New Firefighters Boston, MA - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), William Keating (D-MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), and Seth Moulton (D-MA-06) today... Read More

  Four human cases have been detected in Massachusetts, including one fatality   Washington (September 6, 2019) – Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren today sent a letter to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) within the National Institutes of Health to seek information on... Read More

  Washington (September 5, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos regarding the internet-connected doorbell company Ring, which Amazon owns, and Ring’s partnership with over 400 police departments. Reports indicate that these partnerships offer law enforcement officials access to... Read More

  Senator Markey is House author of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)   Washington (September 4, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its settlement with Google over YouTube’s children’s privacy violations.... Read More

  Lawmakers urge Nuclear Regulatory Commission to keep important safety requirements in place   Boston (September 3, 2019) – Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren and Representative William Keating (MA-09) wrote to the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to urge that the Commission reject a... Read More

House Oversight Subcommittee to Hold Emergency Hearing on this Abrupt Policy Change   WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), along with Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA), Congressman Lou Correa... Read More

  Boston (August 30, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement regarding the arrests by Hong Kong police of prominent political activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, and Andy Chan. The arrests come just before the... Read More

  Boston (August 30, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after media stories reported that Google has agreed to pay between $150 million and $200 million to resolve a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation into YouTube over... Read More

  Boston (August 29, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Climate Change Task Force and member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement following the announcement of the Trump administration’s proposal to rollback methane emissions... Read More

  Boston (August 28, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement following media reports that North Korea is building new submarines capable of launching nuclear-armed ballistic missiles. Senators Markey and Cory... Read More

Asylum Officers in Boston, Newark Offices Reassigned to Southern Border Cases Decision Essentially Freezes Over 40,000 Pending Asylum Cases in New England Text of the Letter (PDF) Boston, MA - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), sent a... Read More

Federal Funds Will Be Used to Make Critical Upgrades to South Station's Tower 1 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 (D-MA-04), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), Seth... Read More

Boston (August 23, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, which has jurisdiction over the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), released the following statement after the Commission approved the transfer of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station’s shutdown plant and spent fuel dry... Read More