Washington (February 7, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) today introduced a Green New Deal resolution in both the Senate and House of Representatives that would create millions of good, high-wage jobs in the United States, provide unprecedented levels of prosperity and economic... Read More

WASHINGTON  - Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County), Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA), Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA), Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced the reintroduction of the bicameral Hold... Read More

[WASHINGTON, DC]— U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) introduced two bills— the Crumbling Foundations Small Business and Homeowners Assistance Act and the Aid to Homeowners with Crumbling Foundations Act—to provide meaningful relief for homeowners and businesses in Connecticut with crumbling... Read More

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Ed Markey (D-MA) today introduced the Saudi Educational Transparency and Reform Act, legislation requiring the Department of State to report on religious intolerance in education materials and curriculums distributed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The... Read More

  Washington (February 6, 2019) – In November 2018, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) wrote AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile, asking them to respond to a study that showed possible net neutrality violations on their networks. Specifically, the study, which used data collected... Read More

Washington (February 5, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after President Donald Trump’s second State of the Union address. This year, Senator Markey brought as his guest Varshini Prakash, Executive Director and co-founder of Sunrise, a movement of young people working to stop climate change.... Read More

Washington (February 5, 2019) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), and Representatives Ann Kuster (NH-02) and Lori Trahan (MA-03) today introduced legislation to designate portions of the Nashua, Squannacook, and Nissitissit Rivers in Massachusetts and New... Read More

GE Aviation was Awarded $517 Million for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development Contract for ITEP Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) along with Representative Seth Moulton (MA-06) applauded the announcement that GE Aviation has been awarded a competitive, single $517,375,800... Read More

  Washington (February 4, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after voting against the motion to invoke cloture on S.1, Strengthening America's Security in the Middle East Act of 2019.   “The Boycott, Divest, Sanctions movement fundamentally challenges Israel’s right to exist and... Read More

  Life-long Massachusetts resident and UMass Amherst graduate is leading voice for young people mobilizing to implement inclusive climate and energy policies   Washington (February 4, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) will bring Varshini Prakash, Executive Director and co-founder of Sunrise, a movement of young people... Read More

The TRACED Act would boost call authentication, call blocking, and penalties for scammers   Washington (February 1, 2019) – All Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioners, major industry associations, and leading consumer groups all agree that the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal... Read More

Senator Markey filed amicus brief challenging the FCC December 2017 decision to eliminate net neutrality rules   Washington (February 1, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) is in court today to support the plaintiffs who are challenging the federal government’s repeal of net neutrality rules. The D.C.... Read More

  Washington (February 1, 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 on the Trump administration’s decision to declare Russia in material breach of the... Read More

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), along with Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Kamala Harris (D-CA), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH), today announced the introduction... Read More

  Washington (January 30, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after a TechCrunch story revealed that Facebook has been offering teens financial compensation for access to vast amount of those minors’ personal... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) announced the reintroduction of legislation to prevent the president from launching a nuclear first strike without congressional approval. Rep. Lieu and Sen. Markey announced the reintroduction of the “Restricting First Use... Read More

  Washington (January 29, 2019) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today sent a letter to Facebook demanding information about new evidence that the company knowingly manipulated children into spending their parents’ money without... Read More

  Effort comes as FTC investigates Facebook in wake of repeated and massive privacy breaches   Washington (January 25, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after media stories report that Facebook plans to integrate its messaging... Read More

  Washington (January 24, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and leading Congressional voice on nuclear safety, released the following statement after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) today approved a weakened version of a rule designed to protect America’s... Read More

Reducing the number of national wireless carriers from four to three could result in higher prices for consumers   Washington (January 24, 2019) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), all members of the Commerce, Science and... Read More