Lawmaker calling for immediate reform of FDA approval process for opioid painkillers fueling prescription drug and heroin epidemic  Boston (January 25, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today announced he has placed a hold on Food and Drug Administration  (FDA) Commissioner nominee Dr. Robert Califf, calling for immediate... Read More

Actions would implement key components of Markey Legislation to Reduce Wasting of Natural Gas on Public Lands Washington (January, 22, 2016) – The Obama Administration announced it will update 30 year old regulations to reduce the amount of natural gas that is wasted through venting and flaring from oil and natural... Read More

Big polluter legal effort to delay historic Clean Power Plan dealt significant blow   Washington (January 21, 2016) –The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today rejected a stay to block implementation of the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan that was requested by opponents of the plan.   Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), a... Read More

More Than 2,000 Union Workers Have Been Locked-Out since August in Ohio, Oregon, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania. Brown Will Rally with Steelworkers in Ohio on Friday. WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), along with U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ed... Read More

Despite 33,000 deaths a year from gun violence, CDC spends nothing to research health crisis due to 1996 appropriations rider Washington (January 21, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today led a group of Democratic Senators and renowned national researchers in calling for immediate funding of a gun violence research agenda at the... Read More

Senators will reintroduce legislation to increase transparency and earlier reporting of auto defects Washington (January 15, 2016) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after automakers and the federal government... Read More

Interior Department action would implement reforms called for by Senator to protect taxpayers, climate Washington (January 15, 2016) – After three decades of calling for reform to the broken federal coal program that potentially costs American taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) today applauded the... Read More

County will be designated a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) by federal government   Washington, DC – Congressman Joe Kennedy III (MA-4), Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator Edward J. Markey, and Congressman Bill Keating (MA-9) today announced that Bristol County will be designated as a High Intensity Drug... Read More

Washington (January 13, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today celebrated news that General Electric will move its global headquarters to Boston. He released the following statement: “With the announcement of its new global headquarters in Boston, GE’s new motto should be ‘We Bring Good Things to Mass.’ Since... Read More

Washington (January 12, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) issued the following statement after President Obama delivered his final State of the Union address. Senator Markey’s guest at the address was Massachusetts gun violence prevention and opioid addiction recovery leader John Rosenthal. John is co-founder of several of... Read More

Rosenthal is co-founder of Stop Handgun Violence and Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative Boston (January 8, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) will bring Massachusetts gun violence prevention and opioid addiction leader John Rosenthal as his guest to the State of the Union address. John is co-founder of several of... Read More

Currently, A Republican Appropriations Rider From 1996 Prohibits Federal Funds From Being Used To Conduct Research At The CDC On The Epidemic Of Gun Violence In America; Rider’s Original Author, Former Congressman Jay Dickey, Now States That A Ban On Research Funding Was Not The Intention Of The Law   In New Letter, Senate Democrats Call... Read More

Senator outlines additional UN and U.S. sanctions that could compel North Korea to halt nuclear weapons development, negotiate with int’l community Boston (January 8, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, today called for strong action by the United States and its international... Read More

“In order to win back the public’s trust in the wake of this fraud, it will be important to ensure that the terms of such a program provide consumers with options in addition to generous compensation.”   “Volkswagen owes it to the public to make sure that robust incentives are in place that will keep polluting cars off... Read More

Markey Joins 162 members of the Senate and House in urging the Supreme Court to uphold women’s constitutionally protected reproductive freedom in Whole Woman’s Health v. Cole Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators  Edward J. Markey D-Mass. joined  Patty Murray, D-Wash., and... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – After efforts from U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Edward Markey (D-MA), the Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced a civil suit against Volkswagen over the company’s use of emissions-cheating software to skirt federal emissions tests. Klobuchar and Blumenthal sent a letter to the... Read More

Lawmaker has introduced ‘smart gun’ technology legislation to ensure that only authorized users can operate handguns and to increase federal funding for gun violence research at the CDC Boston (January 4, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) praised executive actions announced today by the White House to reduce gun violence... Read More

New documents reveal the company manipulated data showing risks in airbag safety (Washington, DC) – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), members of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, issued the following statement on new documents showing Takata knowingly manipulated test data on... Read More

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) issued the following statement on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) current completion rates for replacing recalled Takata airbags: “Today’s update from NHTSA reiterates what we already know: the... Read More

Lawmakers also send letters to 167 liquid nicotine retailers demanding they stop marketing efforts and to 25 corporations whose trademarks appear to be misused by retailers   Washington (December 22, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) was today joined by Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Richard Blumenthal... Read More