Momentum grows for grassroots effort to ensure a free and open internet by passing a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn President Trump and FCC Chairman Pai’s anti-consumer regulation   Washington (January 9, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee,... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Ed Markey joined Senator Jeff Merkley today in leading more than three dozen U.S. Senators, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, in sharply criticizing the Trump administration’s decision to reopen offshore drilling leases three years ahead of schedule. This decision puts vast stretches of coastline along... Read More

Official Documents Show HHS/CDC Directed Use of Term “Obamacare” Over “Affordable Care Act” and Called for Other Words to be Avoided   WASHINGTON – In response to a letter led by U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and co-signed by U.S. Senators Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.),... Read More

Army Secretary has Directed Army Decorations Board to Reconsider Previous Denial of Posthumous Medal of Honor to Corporal David D. White Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey along with Representatives Richard Neal and Niki Tsongas sent a letter to Secretary of the Army Mark Esper to... Read More

Lawmaker will pursue introducing Congressional Review Act resolution to block proposed drilling plan   Washington (January 4, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today lambasted the Trump administration for proposing a new offshore drilling plan that would allow oil and gas drilling in the waters off the East, West and Florida... Read More

  200,000 Massachusetts families depend on LIHEAP each year   Washington (January 4, 2018) – As a brutal winter storm bears down on the Northeast, the Massachusetts Congressional delegation today called for the immediate release of as much as possible of the remaining 10 percent of Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)... Read More

Senator has introduced legislation preventing Trump or any U.S. President from launching a nuclear first strike   Boston (January 2, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after President Donald Trump tonight tweeted,... Read More

Lawmaker reiterates call for additional measures against Pyongyang and its enablers Boston (January 2, 2018) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, welcomed South Korea’s proposal for talks with North Korea about potential participation in next month’s... Read More

Markey was leading Congressional investigator into BP oil spill   Washington (December 29, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the Trump administration published its proposal today to roll back rules meant to prevent offshore drilling... Read More

Washington (December 22, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to enact another round of sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on... Read More

Markey legislation would provide Customs and Protection the latest in chemical screening devices and scientific support to detect and intercept fentanyl and other synthetic opioids at the border   New CDC Data shows nearly half of opioid overdose deaths in 2016 linked to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl   Washington (December 22, 2017)... Read More

Washington (December 21, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after voting against the year-end government spending package.   “Instead of devoting their energy to providing certainty for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, protecting our DREAMers, and ensuring that we have funding... Read More

Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Congressman Michael E. Capuano (D-Mass.) today applauded the decision by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to release $100 million in federal funding for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation's (MassDOT) and Massachusetts Bay... Read More

Lawmakers ask for more information since Congress has never authorized biometric exit scanning for U.S. citizens   Washington (December 21, 2017) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), members of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today called on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to answer... Read More

Senator Markey has announced intent to introduce Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to reverse FCC decision on net neutrality rules; CRA now has 26 co-sponsors   Washington (December 20, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee released the following statement in... Read More

Senator has long called for banning triclosan due to public health risks   Washington (December 20, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule that over-the-counter health care antiseptic products such as patient skin preparations,... Read More

VIDEO: http://bit.ly/2AZvXQj   Washington (December 19, 2017) – As Senate Republicans prepare to jam through their tax bill during the late hours of the night, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) took to the U.S. Senate floor to speak out in opposition to the plan. Calling it a “con job” and a “Trojan Horse full of... Read More

WASHINGTON – Following reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and potentially other agencies were directed to avoid using certain words or phrases in official budget documents, U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Richard Blumenthal... Read More

Washington (December 18, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement today after the release of President Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy.   “The divergence between the words of President Trump’s written National Security Strategy, and... Read More

Boston (December 15, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s remarks at the December 15 United Nations Security Council Ministerial Meeting on the Democratic People's... Read More