Washington (March 29, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today released the following joint statement after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint charging Volkswagen with deceiving consumers about emissions in its... Read More

Senator’s bipartisan legislation with Senator Paul to expand medication-assisted therapies recently passed key Senate health committee Atlanta (March 29, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today commended the announcement from the White House that it is calling for an expansion of specialized treatment for prescription... Read More

Bipartisan group of senators call for increased funding, improved enforcement of campus sexual assault laws— Federal agency responsible for investigation, enforcement has fraction of resources & staff needed   WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey joined Senators Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Kirsten Gillibrand of New... Read More

TEL AVIV – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led a bipartisan congressional delegation with Senators Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) to Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Israel.  In... Read More

WASHINGTON, March 23  – Senator Edward J. Markey and 16 other Senators urged Senate appropriators in a letter this week to dedicate funds for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct research into the causes and prevention of gun violence in the United States. A 1996 Republican appropriations rider prohibits federal... Read More

 U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released the following statement after Toyota announced that almost all Toyota and Lexus vehicles will come standard with automatic emergency braking by 2017. The news follows an announcement last week by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s... Read More

Washington (March 22, 2016)— Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced new warnings for immediate-release opioid pain medications and additional labeling changes to be made on all opioid products intended to reflect the risks of these pain... Read More

Washington (March 22, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement on the terrorist attacks in Brussels. “The attacks in Brussels are a senseless act of terror and violence and we must condemn them with both words and actions. We will always remember those whose lives were senselessly taken, and we will... Read More

Remarkable role of top-secret unit in World War II remained classified for more than forty years Washington (March 21, 2016) – Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren last week introduced the Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act (S.2730) to honor the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, also called the “Ghost... Read More

Washington (March 18, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, this week led a group of 24 other Democratic Senators in urging appropriators to provide critical funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF) in its Fiscal Year 2017 legislation. The requested funding will... Read More

Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) issued the following statement in response to an announcement today by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) and Insurance Institute for Highway Safety that 20 automakers have committed to make automatic emergency braking... Read More

Price Comparison Websites Promote Price Competition in the Airline Industry by Allowing Consumers to Make Apples-To-Apples Comparisons among Fares and Flights, but Recent Reports Indicate That Airlines Are Refusing to Provide Flight Information to These Sites   In a Letter to the DOT, the Senators Called on the Department to Investigate these... Read More

Republicans block legislation in committee to protect consumers from excessive airline fees Washington (March 16, 2016) – Today, the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee unanimously passed legislation to continue the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) authority to operate through September 2017. Several amendments... Read More

Washington (March 16, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after President Obama nominated D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Merrick Garland to the United States Supreme Court.   “With his nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, President... Read More

Amendment would increase access to life-saving medication-assisted therapies for those battling prescription painkiller and heroin addiction   Washington (March 16, 2016) – The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee today unanimously passed a manager’s amendment introduced by Senators Edward J. Markey... Read More

Lead New England colleagues in raising concerns about recent capacity payments and capacity auction structure   Washington, DC – Continuing their call for reforms to New England’s energy capacity markets, Congressman Joe Kennedy III and Senator Edward J. Markey led the Massachusetts delegation and other colleagues from the... Read More

Washington (March 15, 2016) – The day after Massachusetts enacted new sweeping opioid legislation, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today commended the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for releasing its long-delayed Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain. Senator Markey has been a leading voice in the Senate on... Read More

East Coast Senators last year introduced legislation to percent Atlantic offshore drilling and #KillTheDrill Washington (March 15, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the Department of the Interior today released its five-year offshore... Read More

Washington (March 14, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today after Governor Charlie Baker signed into law legislation to address Massachusetts’s prescription opioid drug and heroin epidemic. Last week, the U.S. Senate passed the Comprehensive Abuse and Recovery Act (CARA), legislation that... Read More

Lawmaker is co-author of law that extends DST, saves money, increases hours of evening sunshine   Washington (March 11, 2016) –Whether your clock automatically jumps ahead one hour this weekend, or you have to remember to do so first thing when you wake up, Daylight Saving Time heralds the coming of spring and will provide longer hours... Read More