Washington (June 19, 2017) –Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the family of Otto Warmbier announced that he has died. Mr. Warmbier, who was detained in North Korea since March 2016, returned to the United States... Read More

  Washington (June 19, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement:    “Yesterday, we learned of an engagement by U.S. fighter jets to defend U.S.-backed Syrian fighters under attack by the Assad regime. Today, Russia has said our... Read More

[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) released the following statement today in response to reports that Takata is preparing to file for bankruptcy as early as next week:   “Takata should not file for bankruptcy until it is sure it has a firm restructuring deal in place that... Read More

If Trumpcare were enacted, Massachusetts hospitals would lose up to $423.5 million dollars in Medicaid spending next year, by 2026 the loss could be up to $17.8 billion dollars Boston (June 16, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) was joined today at a press conference at Cambridge Health Alliance by the Massachusetts Health &... Read More

New documents show Pruitt did not disclose a third email account he used as OK Attorney General Pruitt was asked repeatedly about his email accounts during confirmation   Washington, DC – Today, Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee members Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Tom Carper (D-DE), Bernie Sanders (I-VT),... Read More

Senator Markey is the co-author of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which protects consumers from harassing robocalls   Washington (June 14, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today led a group of ten senators in a letter to Federal Communications Commission... Read More

Senate Dems Announce “No Hearing, No Vote Act” to Prevent The Senate From Considering Any Reconciliation Bill, Like Trumpcare, Unless It Was Reported Out By at Least one of the Instructed Senate Committees & Had At Least One Hearing On Every Major Reported Provision In The Bill   Despite The Fact That GOP’s Legislation... Read More

Washington (June 13, 2017) –Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced that North Korea had released American college student Otto Warmbier, who had been detained in North Korea... Read More

Washington (June 9, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) this week joined Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) to introduce the Young Fishermen’s Development Act (S.1323), legislation to mitigate the challenges facing new entrants into the fishing industry and... Read More

Senator Markey joined Senator Al Franken and his colleagues pressed AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson for answers regarding the company's widespread use of pre-dispute, forced arbitration clauses in customer contracts that affect millions of consumers in Minnesota and across the country.The letter-which was joined by Sens. Richard Blumenthal... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Senator Edward J. Markey joined Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in writing to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos today to highlight bogus materials sent by the Heartland Institute, a group with a long record of climate denial, to more than 300,000 public school science teachers... Read More

Washington (June 7, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after a statement for the record by former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) James Comey was made publicly available before his testimony to the Senate Intelligence... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Democratic Policy and Communications Committee today released a compilation of over 100 oversight letters the Trump Administration has refused to answer in response to congressional inquiries sent since January of this year.  This release followsreports that the Trump Administration instructed federal... Read More

Washington (June 5, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement in reaction to news that the Trump administration is backing a plan to privatize air traffic control, taking it from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and handing it over to a... Read More

Senator has introduced legislation that would save $100 billion over ten years through nuclear spending reductions   Washington (June 5, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, called on the Trump administration to curtail costly plans to upgrade America’s nuclear weapons arsenal, in... Read More

Mega-deal would make Sinclair the largest TV broadcast company in the U.S., impacting consumers by decreasing competition and diversity in broadcasting WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a letter today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) led seven of her Senate colleagues urging Senators John Thune (R-SD) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the chairmen of... Read More

Boston (June 1, 2017) – Despite the United States being the world’s biggest carbon polluter in history, President Donald Trump today announced he is withdrawing America from the Paris climate agreement. In 2015, in the largest gathering of heads of state in history, 195 countries, led in great part by the United States, crafted a global... Read More

To bring attention to the issue of gun violence, Americans are encouraged to wear orange on June 2nd – what would’ve been Hadiya Pendleton’s 20th birthday   Boston – Senator Edward J. Markey joined Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL) joined together... Read More

Secretary Kelly indicated high airline bag fees may undermine the TSA’s efforts to detect dangerous devices in luggage   Washington (May 31, 2017) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today sent a letter querying Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly about airline bag fees and their impact on... Read More

Senator Markey is co-author of only comprehensive climate change legislation to pass a chamber of Congress   Boston (May 31, 2017) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today after media reports that President Donald Trump will withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement. U.S. leadership... Read More