Senator has co-sponsored the Consumer Privacy Protection Act to require companies to defend against cyberattacks and data breaches, quickly provide consumers with notice and protection   Boston (November 30, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement in response to news from Marriott that its reservation... Read More

Seismic testing will harm marine mammals and valuable fishery resources   Boston (November 30, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee and Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the National Marine Fisheries Service issued incidental harassment... Read More

Amazon has failed to answer key questions from lawmakers about privacy, civil rights implications of sale of facial recognition technology    Washington (November 29, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Representatives Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Luis Gutiérrez (IL-04) today led a letter to Amazon renewing their... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), today announced the introduction of the Prevention of Arms Race Act of 2018, new legislation that would... Read More

  Boston (November 23, 2018) – Today, the Trump administration released the second volume of the Fourth National Climate Assessment. The Global Change Research Act of 1990 requires periodic assessment of the impacts of climate change in the United States. This report is intended to be an authoritative assessment of the impacts of climate... Read More

  The Bay State received $136 million in Fiscal Year 2019, a decrease of nearly eight percent from last year   Boston (November 20, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman William Keating (MA-09) today led members of the Massachusetts delegation in calling for answers from the Trump administration on why the... Read More

  Lawmakers highlight whistleblower accounts of nurses asleep during shifts, neglecting regularly required monitoring of patients, and other misconduct   Text of the Letter (PDF)   Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) have sent a letter to the Department of... Read More

  Former Big Coal lobbyist nominated to take over permanently for disgraced former Administrator Scott Pruitt   Washington (November 16, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Chair of the Senate Climate Change Task Force, today blasted the nomination of Acting... Read More

  Urges the agency to move swiftly in implementation of proposed changes   Boston (November 16, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) issued the following statement in response to an announcement by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the agency’s intent to restrict the availability of flavored e-cigarettes,... Read More

Thune, Markey bill targets the worst offenders   WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) a member of the committee and author of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, today announced the introduction of S. 3655, the... Read More

Washington (November 15, 2018) – U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren today released the following statement after the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its initial recommendations in the wake of the September 13 natural gas pipeline disaster that killed one, injured dozens, and displaced thousands in... Read More

Federal assistance is critically needed to help the Commonwealth repair and replace infrastructure destroyed by explosions and restore gas service  Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, DC - United States Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with the Massachusetts Congressional... Read More

Recent research alleges violations of net neutrality principles in slowing down select internet traffic   Washington (November 15, 2018) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today sent letters to AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile after a recent study revealed the companies were... Read More

Resolution Congratulates Red Sox on Fourth World Series Title in Fifteen Years Resolution Text (PDF) Washington, DC - Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey today led the New England Senate delegation and the Massachusetts Congressional delegation in introducing a resolution to congratulate the Boston Red Sox on their... Read More

Washington (November 14, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) praised today’s passage of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018. As a member of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries,... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) issued the following statements applauding the passage of their bipartisan National Timing Resilience and Security Act, which directs the Secretary of Transportation to provide for the establishment, sustainment, and operation of a land-based, resilient, and... Read More

WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) introduced the Government Spectrum Valuation Act. The bill would require annual coordination of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to determine... Read More

Bipartisan letter urges Trump administration to encourage southeast Asian countries to push for international humanitarian commitments from the Burmese government   Washington (November 14, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Ranking Member of its East Asia Subcommittee, led... Read More

Washington (November 13, 2018) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn), members of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to launch an investigation into new evidence of manipulative marketing practices in... Read More

Washington (November 12, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after a new New York Times report reveals that North Korea may be continuing to expand its ballistic missile program. At a July 25 Senate Foreign... Read More