[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) issued the following statement today after the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Volkswagen, two of its subsidiaries, and its former CEO Martin Winterkorn with defrauding investors and underwriters in connection with its multi-year effort to... Read More

ATLANTA – U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., reintroduced the bipartisan Merrill’s Marauders Congressional Gold Medal Act, S.743, this week with the support of 21 Senate cosponsors. The bill would bestow the Congressional Gold Medal on the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) in recognition of the heroic unit’s... Read More

Washington (March 14, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Ranking Member of the East Asia Subcommittee, released the following statement after Facebook provided responses to questions posed by Senator Markey following the company’s decision to ban four ethnic armed groups... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ed Markey (D-MA), and Jerry Moran (R-KS), along with Representatives Seth Moulton (MA-6) and Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-3), today reintroduced the Championing Apprenticeships for New Careers and Employees in Technology (CHANCE in Tech) Act.... Read More

Washington (March 12, 2019) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) released the following joint statement regarding the release of new documents obtained from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that detail the expansion of facial recognition technology to all international... Read More

Request information about why FAA determined that pilots needed neither additional information nor training on the plane’s flight control systems   Washington (March 12, 2019) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today sent a letter... Read More

Senators Markey and Hawley Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Update Children’s Online Privacy Rules   Legislation would extend protections for the first time to teens aged 13, 14, and 15 from having companies collect their personal and location information   Washington (March 12, 2019) – With increased tracking of children... Read More

  TRACED Act would boost call authentication, call blocking, and penalties for scammers   Washington (March 8, 2019) – This week, a new bipartisan group of ten U.S. senators officially co-sponsored the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act, legislation recently introduced by Senator John... Read More

  Washington (March 7, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement in anticipation of Daylight Saving Time (DST) this weekend. As part of the 2005 Energy Policy Act, then-Representative Markey and Representative Fred Upton (R-Mich.) amended the Uniform Time Act of 1996 to increase the portion of the year... Read More

  Washington, D.C. – Democratic leaders of the House and Senate today unveiled the Save the Internet Act, legislation that will keep the internet open and free.  The legislation will reverse the disastrous repeal by President Trump’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in late 2017 of critical net neutrality... Read More

Washington (March 6, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, expressed his concern about reports and imagery suggesting that North Korea is restoring facilities at the Sohae long-range rocket launch site in Tongchang-ri. North Korea appeared to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined with House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), and Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) in sending letters to Environmental Protection Agency... Read More

  The HANGUP Act would protect consumers from receiving abusive robocalls and robotexts on their mobile phones from government contractors   Washington (February 28, 2019) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Representative Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18) today reintroduced the bipartisan Help Americans Never Get... Read More

  Bill would strengthen Congressional oversight of any civil nuclear cooperation between U.S. and Saudi Arabia   Washington (February 28, 2019) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-30), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs... Read More

Administration needs to brief Congress to explain next steps to ensure continued engagement   Washington (February 28, 2019) – As the summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi came to an abrupt end, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) called for the immediate resumption of strong and direct... Read More

  Washington (February 27, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), House author of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), released the following statement today after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today fined TikTok $5.7 million for violating COPPA. The FTC will also now require TikTok to gain parental... Read More

  Senator urges Trump to secure commitment to credible, verifiable, and significant denuclearization steps from Kim before U.S. concessions are made   Washington (February 27, 2019) – As President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi at their second leader-level summit, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)... Read More

  The effectiveness of the current flu vaccine is estimated to be under 50 percent this season   Washington (February 26, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today reintroduced the Flu Vaccine Act, legislation to conduct or support comprehensive research for the creation of a universal... Read More

Washington (February 26, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a long-time Congressional leader on nuclear arms control and nonproliferation issues, released the following statement in response to news that the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration... Read More

  Bill would commission research on children’s technology use and outcomes including addiction, bullying, and depression   Washington (February 26, 2019) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and Susan Collins (R-Maine), and... Read More