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

Recent reports suggest Grindr shared information about users’ HIV statuses with third parties   Washington (April 3, 2018) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today sent a letter to the CEOs of Grindr, Apptimize, and... Read More

Move to weaken standards threatens consumer savings, energy independence, and the environment   Washington (April 3, 2018) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) requested that Environmental... Read More

EPA revised final determination says standards are “wrong” and “too high”   Washington (April 2, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Chair of the Senate Climate Task Force, released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency... Read More

EPA has reportedly sent rollback to White House for review   Washington (March 30, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Chair of the Senate Climate Task Force, released the following statement after reports that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sent a draft of... Read More

43 Senators will oppose any Senate effort to pass discriminatory House-passed bill that would gut enforcement of the bipartisan Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)   Washington (March 29, 2018)  – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) joined Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and 41 of their colleagues in writing to Senate Majority Leader... Read More

Washington (March 29, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today urged the State Department to increase pressure on the Honduran government to uphold the fundamental human rights of all its citizens, including those who exercise their rights to protest. The United Nations High... Read More

Effort would undermine national security, consumer savings, and climate pollution reductions   Washington (March 26, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Chair of the Senate Climate Task Force, released the following statement after media reported that the Environmental... Read More

This flu season, lawmaker introduced legislation for increased investment in enhanced research for universal flu vaccine development   Boston (March 23, 2018) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today applauded inclusion of $100 million towards the development of a universal flu vaccine in the fiscal year 2018 omnibus spending bill. The... Read More