Washington, D.C. – Fifteen U.S. Senators today applauded the Obama Administration’s efforts to act on climate change, while urging swifter action to limit methane pollution from oil and natural gas production.  Methane is the principal component of natural gas and emits less carbon pollution than coal or oil when burned to... Read More

United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, and Representatives Niki Tsongas, Bill Keating, Joe Kennedy III, and Katherine Clark applauded the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) award of $117,651 to the Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards to study the benefits of paid family and medical leave... Read More

Senators write to White calling for safeguards in private securities offerings WASHINGTON – Four Democratic senators today urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to promptly adopt proposed safeguards designed to protect investors from potential fraud and abuse in private securities offerings. In a letter to SEC Chair Mary Jo White,... Read More

Co-author of only comprehensive climate bill to pass the House or Senate urges UN summit participants to be bold   WASHINGTON (September 23, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the co-author of the Waxman-Markey climate bill that passed the House of Representatives in 2009, and the current chair of the Foreign Relations... Read More

WASHINGTON (September 19, 2014) – In advance of the UN climate meetings in New York next week,  Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) introduced the Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act, with Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.). The legislation will help improve America’s public health response... Read More

  Washington (September 18, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement regarding the proposal to arm and train Syrian rebels.   “I commend President Obama and Secretary Kerry for their steadfastness during this conflict. ISIL is a brutal terrorist... Read More

WASHINGTON (September 18, 2014) – With Ukraine expected to endure dangerous energy shortages this winter due to the ongoing conflict with Russia, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today passed legislation out of committee that included key provisions authored by Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) that would help Ukraine to become more... Read More

Companies Kickstarter, Vimeo, Etsy and more to join lawmakers on Capitol Hill   Washington (September 16, 2014) – As more lawmakers add their support to the call to reclassify broadband as a utility under Title II of the Telecommunications Act, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Al Franken (D-Minn.) will be joined by several major... Read More

Senator drafting legislation to enact coal lease reforms and impose moratorium on new lease sales WASHINGTON (September 15, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released a response from the Department of Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Land Management regarding the Senator’s inquiries about the agency’s faulty coal... Read More

  Washington (September 12, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today was joined by Senators Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Kristen Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) in a letter to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) inquiring into the current state of research at the agency on the causes... Read More

Washington (September 11, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) this week took to the Senate floor to call for a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. Today, Senator Markey voted in support of a pending Constitutional amendment introduced by Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) that would give... Read More

Washington (September 11, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), former senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee and leading advocate for aviation, maritime and grid security, released the following statement marking the 13th anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attacks.   “As we commemorate the 13th anniversary of... Read More

In an effort to preserve Internet freedom, Markey led recent call for FCC to reclassify broadband as a utility under Title II Washington (September 10, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today joined ranks with companies, advocates and national organizations throughout... Read More

  (Washington, DC) – In a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) today called on the FTC to investigate and address the recent data breach at Home Depot. The possibility of a data breach was first disclosed last Tuesday on the security blog... Read More

Lawmaker has introduced legislation with Sen. Blumenthal to help protect consumers’ personal and financial information from hackers   Washington (September 08, 2014) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after Home Depot today confirmed the... Read More

Senator has introduced legislation to expand treatment, help combat prescription drug and heroin crisis   Washington (September 08, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today commending the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) for releasing new rules to expand safe and convenient options for the disposal... Read More

Washington (September 05, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today after Specialist Brian K. Arsenault of Northborough, Massachusetts was killed in action in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.   “I was deeply saddened to hear that Specialist Brian K. Arsenault was killed in action in... Read More

In 2011, lawmaker called for FTC investigation of possible consumer protection issues related to “in-app” purchases   Boston (September 04, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today commended the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settlement with Google that... Read More

BOSTON (September 4, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), who led the congressional investigation into the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, today praised the ruling by a Louisiana federal court that BP was “reckless” and guilty of “gross negligence” in their contributions to the spill. BP would be... Read More

Senator introduced “Protecting Student Privacy Act” with Senator Hatch to protect students, provide tools to parents when information is stored in the cloud Washington (September 2, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement today... Read More