Commends Senate Armed Services Committee for striking amendment on expanded military cooperation with Burma  Washington (September 13, 2017) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Cory Gardner, Ranking Member and Chair of the East Asia Subcommittee, and Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,... Read More

Co-sponsors legislation to move national debate toward ultimate goal of universal coverage Washington (September 13, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today joined his Democratic colleagues in support for the Medicare for All Act of 2017. Senator Markey is an original co-sponsor of the legislation introduced by Senator Bernie... Read More

Trump administration rolled back Obama-era directive that would have improved climate resilience of communities and infrastructure  Washington (September 12, 2017) – In the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) in a letter today called on the Trump administration to rebuild... Read More

Reiterates call on Trump administration to launch direct negotiations with North Korea  Washington (September 12, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, commended the United Nations Security Council for increasing economic sanctions in response to... Read More

Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, and Representatives Richard E. Neal, Jim McGovern, Stephen Lynch, Mike Capuano, Niki Tsongas and Bill Keating announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded twelve fire departments in Massachusetts over $2.2 million in federal grants. Ten... Read More

Previous TSA effort to allow knives on planes was met with fierce outcry  Washington (September 11, 2017) – Today, on the 16th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attack, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Congressmen David P. Joyce (OH-14) and Daniel W. Lipinski (IL-03) introduced legislation banning small knives on planes.... Read More

Four weeks later, inaction leaves communities on the frontlines of opioid crisis in need of resources, relief  Washington (September 11, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today led a group of ten senators in calling on President Donald Trump to take immediate action on the opioid crisis and answer specific questions about the... Read More

[WASHINGTON, DC] – As Hurricane Irma, one of the strongest storms in recorded history, makes landfall in the Caribbean, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) wrote to Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao today to call for a swift investigation into reports of price gouging by airlines targeting those... Read More

Calls on Congress to immediately pass BRIDGE Act to protect Dreamers  Boston (September 5, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the Trump administration is ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which has protected from... Read More

Calls on Trump administration to launch urgent shuttle diplomacy to resolve crisis Washington (September 3, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called on the Trump administration to launch high-level shuttle diplomacy to bring the United States,... Read More

Lack of transparency may violate federal record-keeping law ‘It is essential to the functioning of our democracy that our government does its business in the open’   Washington, DC – Six Senators are calling out Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt for running the Agency under a veil of... Read More

Markey called on Trump administration to tap SPR to address refinery closures, increase in gasoline prices in wake of Hurricane Harvey   Washington (August 31, 2017) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the Department of Energy released 500,000... Read More

  Senator Cites Refinery Outages Following Hurricane Harvey And Rising Gasoline Prices    Washington (August 30, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today called on President Donald Trump to protect consumers from rising fuel prices in the wake of Hurricane Harvey... Read More

Markey's plan for sanctions on revenue generating and regime strengthening goods/services was formed during visit to border crossing between China and North Korea   Washington (August 29, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called for Ambassador... Read More

Washington (August 29, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Foreign Relations Committee and the Environment and Public Works Committee and co-Chair of the Senate Climate Action Task Force, released the following statement in response to reports that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson intends to eliminate or downgrade... Read More

Renews Call for bold, realistic strategy to peacefully resolve nuclear threat   Washington (August 28, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement denouncing today’s North Korean launch of a ballistic missiles over... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – August 14, 2017 – The Fitchburg Fire Department has been awarded more than $315,000 in federal funding through the Staffing Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program. The Fitchburg Fire Department will receive $315,116 to hire two new firefighters for three years. The Staffing for Adequate Fire and... Read More

In the first quarter of 2017, fentanyl was present in 81% of opioid overdose deaths   Washington (August 22, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after the Massachusetts Department of Public Health released new data today on opioid-related deaths in Massachusetts in the first six months of 2017. The... Read More

Tobacco company marketing and promotion campaigns disproportionately target African Americans, who suffer greatest burden of tobacco-related mortality of any ethnic or racial group in the U.S.   Washington (August 22, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today led a group of U.S. Senators in calling on the Food and Drug... Read More

Reiterates calls for a comprehensive whole-of-government strategy to include military and diplomatic options to end 16-year war   Washington (August 21, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement in response to President Trump's speech on the U.S.... Read More