Washington, D.C. – Nineteen senators, led by U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), today joined their Democratic colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee in calling on the White House to make Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s complete White House record available to the Senate and the... Read More

  Legislation would allow ratepayers to challenge rate increases at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission   Washington (September 5, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) praised yesterday’s passage of his Fair Ratepayer, Accountability, Transparency and Efficiency Standards (RATES) Act. The legislation would ensure... Read More

  FASTER Act would dedicate all September 11 Security Fees to aviation security   Washington (September 5, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today introduced the Funding for Aviation Screeners and Threat Elimination Restoration... Read More

  Washington, DC – Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO), Ed Markey (D-MA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) introduced the Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative (TAIPEI) Act on Monday. This legislation is intended to strengthen Taiwan’s standing around the world and comes in response to several... Read More

  Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Ed Markey (D-MA), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy released the following statement regarding the decision by a court in Burma to convict two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone... Read More

Call on Congress to pass legislation to ground rising airline fees   Washington (August 31, 2018) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today called on Congress to pass legislation to ground exorbitant airline fees in light of skyrocketing... Read More

  Washington (August 31, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18) today sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) demanding an explanation for reports that Verizon throttled the Santa Clara County Fire Department’s ‘unlimited’ data plan during the Mendocino... Read More

  Last week, the New York Times reported that Secretary DeVos is proposing allowing states and school districts to purchase firearms and firearm training with federal funds   Senators: “This plan runs counter to the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act and will make our schools more dangerous, and our students less... Read More

Washington (August 29, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Climate Change Task Force and member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the statement following news that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be initiating federal review of the Obama-era proposal to determine whether... Read More

  Bipartisan legislation will establish a Fisheries Advisory Committee to help identify projects for funding under the Saltonstall-Kennedy Fisheries Grant Program   Washington (August 29, 2018) – The Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program, established in 1954, provides critical support for developing and maintaining sustainable... Read More

  Washington (August 29, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after the International Trade Commission (ITC) today voted unanimously to reversing tariffs on Canadian newsprint. The tariff would have impacted the entire newspaper industry, including the 170,000 workers it employs. Newspapers in... Read More

  Washington (August 28, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.) and 27 U.S. Senators and 76 members of the House of Representatives filed an Amicus Brief with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) December 2017 decision to eliminate net... Read More

$20 Million Awarded to MBTA to Improve Commuter Rail Safety Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, along with Representatives James P. McGovern, Michael Capuano, Stephen F. Lynch, Niki Tsongas, William Keating, Joseph P. Kennedy III, Katherine Clark and Seth Moulton, today announced that the U.S. Department... Read More

  New Trump plan would increase U.S. oil consumption by 500,000 barrels a day, cause loss of 60,000 job in auto industry   Washington (August 23, 2018) – Today, all Democratic members of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee called for an immediate hearing on the Trump administration’s effort to freeze the... Read More

Congress continues to appropriate funding for missile defense-related activities despite lack of information about efficacy and cost effectiveness  Washington (August 22, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) is calling on the Defense Department to release its long-overdue Missile Defense Review (MDR), a comprehensive review of U.S.... Read More

  Russia continues to support North Korea in ways that benefit its nuclear and military programs   Washington (August 21, 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 the United States announced new sanctions... Read More

  “Dirty Power Plan” would release 12 times more climate change-causing carbon pollution into air and environment than Obama Clean Power Plan   Washington (August 21, 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,... Read More

  Senator Markey releases new report that details questionable travel insurance marketing practices for policies that overpromise and under-deliver   Washington (August 21, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released a new report on his investigation into the travel insurance industry that reveals that air travelers... Read More

Washington (August 17, 2018) – With new federal data showing a continued increase in opioid overdose deaths from 42,000 in 2016 to a provisional estimate of 49,000 in 2017, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today expressed concern that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ignored red flags that may have resulted in inappropriate... Read More

Fall River Fire Dept. Awarded Nearly $1.4M in Federal Funds Washington (August 17, 2018) - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, along with Representatives Stephen F. Lynch, William Keating, Joseph P. Kennedy III and Seth Moulton, announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded eight fire... Read More