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

  Car manufacturers have acknowledged cyber vulnerabilities to investors but not to the public   Washington (August 22, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today sent a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety... Read More

  Lawmakers write in support of local residents and Massachusetts Attorney General petitions   Washington (August 21, 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 it delay ruling on the... Read More

  Lawmakers write in bipartisan support of nascent offshore wind industry   Washington (August 19, 2019) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), John Kennedy (R-La.), and Representatives Richard Neal (MA-01), Steve Scalise (LA-01), William Keating (MA-09), and Joseph Kennedy III... Read More

Boston (August 13, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced that it plans to issue a decision next week based on staff recommendation to approve the license transfer from Entergy to Holtec of the... Read More

WASHINGTON (August 12, 2019) — Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today in sending letters to numerous education technology (EdTech) companies inquiring about data collection practices on American students. The Senators raised concerns that the learning tools used by these... Read More

Boston (August 12, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Chair of the Senate Climate Change Task Force, released the following statement after the Department of the Interior announced changes to implementation of the Endangered Species Act.   The Trump... Read More

Boston (August 10, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.),  a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Commerce Committees, released the following statement after the Department of the Interior announced it is delaying approval of a key permit for the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project. Senator Markey led a letter in... Read More

  Preliminary drop in overdose deaths for 2018 is promising but raises questions about progress on the larger public health crisis   Washington (August 9, 2019) – Following a recent preliminary report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicating a reduction in non-fatal opioid overdoes in 2018, Senator Edward... Read More

Grant Will Support New Ferry Terminal to Service the Cape and Islands Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with Representative William Keating (D-Mass.), announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded the Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard, and... Read More

  BILLERICA, Mass. – Senator Edward J. Markey (D- MA) today joined Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian for a private roundtable discussion with staff and inmates at the Middlesex Jail & House of Correction about efforts to expand opioid treatment in jails.   Senator Markey visited Billerica to discuss the Middlesex... Read More

  Facebook recently confirmed that a design flaw allowed children to chat with unapproved users   Washington (August 6, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today sent a letter to Facebook about a design flaw in the... Read More

  Washington (August 2, 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 condemning the Trump administration’s official withdrawal from the Intermediate-range... Read More

  Washington (August 2, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following statement in response to the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) vote to revise existing rules governing contracts between cable operators and local... Read More