Cosponsored by 131 representatives and 39 senators – the most senators ever to sign on a resolution formally calling for a cabinet official’s ouster   Follows repeated abuses of power and ethics violations by EPA’s Pruitt   WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Kathy Castor... Read More

Congress recently appropriated $3.3 billion for fiscal year 2018   Washington (April 18, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today queried the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) about how they plan to distribute the new funding Congress appropriated to help respond to the... Read More

Bill introduction comes before Senate hearing on abusive robocalls   [WASHINGTON, DC] – Today in advance of a hearing in the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee entitled “Abusive Robocalls And How We Can Stop Them,” U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ron Wyden (D-OR),... Read More

Washington (April 17, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement today that he will vote against the nomination of Mike Pompeo to be Secretary of State. During the confirmation hearing, Mr. Pompeo refused to apologize under questioning from Senator Markey... Read More

Washington (April 17, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement today after Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Mignon Clyburn announced her resignation.   “Commissioner Clyburn has served the American people with... Read More

60 Minutes investigation reveals years of lax enforcement at FAA for alarming number of mechanical safety issues at Allegiant Air   Washington (April 16, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today requested that the Federal Aviation... Read More

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Dean Heller (R-NV) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) today urged the federal agency tasked with improving vehicle safety to implement crash avoidance technology information, such as active braking and lane-tracking technology and forward collision warning, into the safety rating information listed on the Monroney... Read More

Says Markey, “President let Russia escape culpability for its protection of the murderous regime in Damascus”   Washington (April 13, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, tonight criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to conduct military strikes without... Read More

20-person full-time security detail costs taxpayers approximately $3 million a year   Washington (April 13, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today called on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt to repay the American taxpayer for security... Read More

  Washington (April 12, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today urged the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to complete many overdue safety rulemakings without delay. NHTSA has missed at least ten key... Read More

VIDEO: https://bit.ly/2GTSqVZ   Washington (April 12, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today asked Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo to apologize to the Boston Muslim community for his statement after the 2013 Boston Marathon terrorist attack that American Muslim leaders... Read More

Conventional war on the Korean Peninsula could see deaths of between 30,000 and 300,000 U.S. personnel in the first days of a conflict   VIDEO: https://bit.ly/2IPWnY6   Washington (April 12, 2018) – Under questioning today by Senator Edward J. Markey at his nomination hearing in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,... Read More

Washington (April 11, 2018) – Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren today asked the Department of Health and Human Services to immediately release the remaining ten percent of Low-Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) funds, amounting to approximately $337 million, to help families in Massachusetts and across the... Read More

  Washington (April 11, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, criticized President Donald Trump’s warnings that he intends to conduct military strikes in retaliation for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons that killed dozens of Syrian civilians in the... Read More

   [WASHINGTON, DC] – Today U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal, (D-CT) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced the Food Labeling Modernization Act to minimize confusing and misleading information that consumers encounter on food packages. Companion legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives... Read More

Strong standards projected to save consumers more than $1 trillion and nearly 2.5 million barrels of oil a day by 2030, reduce global warming pollution by six billion metric tons   Washington (April 10, 2018) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Chris... Read More

Washington (April 10, 2018) – With Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifying today in front of a joint hearing in the U.S. Senate, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today introduced a privacy bill of rights to protect the personal information of American consumers. In the wake of the revelation that more than... Read More

Boston (April 6, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Chair of the Senate Climate Task Force, today called for the resignation of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt.   “Since becoming leader of the EPA last year, Scott Pruitt has gutted... Read More

Senator Markey sent a letter to Facebook requesting that Zuckerberg testify before the Senate.   Washington (April 5, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today responded to Facebook’s announcement that “malicious actors” collected... Read More

Washington (April 4, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today responded to Facebook’s announcement that personal information about 87 million users may have been improperly shared with the consulting firm Cambridge Analytica.     “We now... Read More