Washington (February 8, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement on the proposed Senate budget deal.   “I am pleased that this budget proposal invests meaningfully in combatting the opioid crisis, advancing life-saving medical research, and helping our students, veterans, and first responders. It... Read More

Senators call for consequences to end human rights abuses including sexual and gender-based attacks against the Rohingya population   Washington (February 7, 2018) –Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations East Asia Subcommittee, today praised passage of his amendment to the Burma Human Rights and... Read More

Washington (February 7, 2018) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) reintroduced two pieces of legislation today to improve the safety and security of decommissioning reactors and the storage of spent nuclear fuel at nuclear plants across the... Read More

Calls on Trump administration to reclaim US leadership of global nuclear disarmament efforts by stating intent to pursue 5-Year extension of New START Treaty central limits   Washington (February 5, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Congressional leader on nuclear... Read More

Markey joins Heinrich in leading group of 18 senators questioning Dr. Victor Cha’s removal from consideration to be Ambassador; Raises concerns over “bloody nose” strategy against North Korea   WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 5, 2018) -  Today, U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) joined U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), member... Read More

Increases possibility of nuclear conflict by building new nuclear weapons, lowering threshold for use   Washington (February 2, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Congressional leader on nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation issues, released the following statement... Read More

Washington, D.C. - As the Administration prepares a broad infrastructure plan while around 23 million Americans living in rural areas across the country still lack access to high-speed broadband, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) joined by their colleagues, U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Patty Murray (D-WA), Ron... Read More

Report of proposed cuts to renewable energy programs comes after State of the Union Address declaring war over “on clean coal”   Washington (January 31, 2018) – On the heels of a State of the Union Address in which President Donald Trump declared, “We have ended the war on American Energy -- and we have ended the war on... Read More

Stakes are high between Massachusetts and Pennsylvania   Washington (January 31, 2018) – With the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles set to square off in the Super Bowl on February 4, 2018, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Bob Casey (D-Penn.) and Pat Toomey (R-Penn.) have placed a... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee, in leading twenty of their Democratic Senate colleagues Tuesday in a letter to Secretary of State Rex... Read More

The Administration Has Done Little Since Declaring the Crisis a Public Health Emergency Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC - United States Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ranking Member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) in sending a letter to... Read More

Exit of Trump administration’s ambassadorial pick for South Korea suggests how seriously White House is considering striking Kim regime   Washington (January 31, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today urged the Trump administration to... Read More

Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Carbonite CEO Mohamad Ali; January 30, 2018 Washington (January 30, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address. Senator Markey’s guest to the event this year was Mohamad Ali, President and Chief... Read More

In new letter, 16 Senators urge President Trump to reconsider efforts that would undermine decades of U.S. nonproliferation leadership by building new nuclear weapons, lowering threshold for use   Washington (January 29, 2018) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Elizabeth Warren... Read More

At 11 years old, Ali came from Guyana with his mother with $34 dollars in their pockets; now is CEO of Boston-based data protection company Carbonite   Boston (January 29, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) will bring Mohamad Ali, President and Chief Executive Officer of Carbonite, the Massachusetts-based data protection... Read More

Massachusetts leads the nation in solar jobs per capita, with 15,000   VIDEO: http://bit.ly/2Gjsf7n   Boston (January 26, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) was joined today by solar energy and union leaders to blast the recent Trump administration decision to place a tariff on imported solar panels and cells, putting... Read More

Would help further efforts already underway in Massachusetts to improve care for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease   Washington (January 26, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to the Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Research, Care and Services encouraging it to examine ways to improve the quality... Read More

Washington (January 25, 2018) – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today acted to reverse long-standing guidance that classified major sources of air pollutants as continuous and indefinite, and in the process began the reversal of all progress that has been made reducing hazardous air pollutants like arsenic, mercury, lead, and dozens... Read More

[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), members of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, issued the following statement after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) posted warning letters to eleven marketers and distributors of dietary... Read More

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt will appear before the EPW Committee on January 30   Washington (January 23, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass,), Chair of the Senate Climate Task Force and a member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today hosted several former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staff to discuss... Read More