Cutting Short-Lived Pollutants Will Produce Long-Term Climate Gain   WASHINGTON (February 16, 2012) – Speaking today at the launch of “A New Climate Change and Clean Air Initiative,” Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton,  outlined a program that partners the United States with Ghana, Mexico, Bangladesh, ... Read More

Congressman last week introduced SANE Act to cut $100 billion over next decade from outdated nuclear weapons programs   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) responded to media reports that the Obama administration and White House are considering steep cuts to America’s nuclear arsenal, including... Read More

Crisis for New England Families Approaches As Heating Oil Prices, Demand for Help Remain High   WASHINGTON (February 15, 2012) – A perfect storm of international unrest driving oil prices towards record highs, continued economic hardship for American families and record high demand for home energy assistance could result in a serious... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC — Today Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Rep. Edward J. Markey, and Rep. Diana DeGette wrote to NIH Director Francis Collins and FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg expressing concern over a recent report documenting the underreporting of results of clinical drug trials.  The report, published in the British Medical Journal, found that... Read More

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15, 2012, 12:30 PM   Contact: Eben Burnham-Snyder, Rep. Ed Markey, 202-225-6065   House Dems, Vets, Heating Assistance Groups to Push for Low-Income Energy Assistance Funding   WASHINGTON – With a cold snap hitting the Northeast and international unrest sending oil prices higher, several... Read More

$8.3 billion in taxpayer dollars at risk if DOE fast-tracks approval for Southern Company loan guarantee for nuclear project beset by financial risk, serious safety concerns   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week’s decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to approve the licenses for the Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant means the Department... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Obama’s budget released today will put Americans back to work rebuilding critical infrastructure and ending billions of dollars in giveaways to the biggest oil companies while reducing America’s deficit by more than 50 percent in the next five years, said Congressman Edward J. Markey... Read More

New White House report repudiates Republican attacks on clean energy, offers key ways of improving loan program WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee and senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement after the White House released... Read More

Blasts latest 4-1 vote to stall implementation of post-Fukushima upgrades even for new nuclear reactors   WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) today approved the license for the construction and operation of two new nuclear reactors... Read More

Congressman joined by 34 co-sponsors on legislation to cut $100 billion over next decade from outdated nuclear weapons programs   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Edward J. Markey took to the House floor to decry the wasteful spending in America’s nuclear weapons programs and to introduce legislation that would cut $100... Read More

Finds Erratic, Inadequate Federal Enforcement, Fines Related to Oil and Gas Drilling Violations; Interior Secretary Urged to Reform Safety and Enforcement   WASHINGTON (February 8, 2012) – For safety and environmental infractions that occurred over a thirteen year period starting in the late 1990s, the Interior Department collected less... Read More

Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) Floor Statement “Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures (SANE) Act of 2012” Wednesday, February 8, 2012   “Mr. Speaker, America’s nuclear weapons budget is locked in a Cold War time machine. “It doesn’t reflect our 21st century security needs.  It makes no... Read More

Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) Energy and Power Subcommittee Hearing:  “The American Energy Initiative” EPA Utility MACT rule February 8, 2012 “In the movie Groundhog Day, a weather-man named Phil Connors played by Bill Murray finds himself repeating the same day over and over and over again. “And here... Read More

Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Communications and technology “Cybersecurity: Threats to Communications Networks and private-sector responses” Opening Statement February 8, 2012 When the Stuxnet computer worm hijacked a series of nuclear centrifuges in Iran two years ago, the cyber genie was officially released from... Read More

Legislation speeds development of life-saving devices for children   WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the development of devices for children still lagging at least five to ten years behind those for adults, today Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) introduced The Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement... Read More

Statement by Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) Full Committee Markup on H.R. 3548, Keystone XL Pipeline Legislation February 7, 2012 “The Keystone pipeline would carry some of the world’s dirtiest oil right through the middle of our country.  Whether it is the carbon pollution that spews into the skies or the oil spills... Read More

Lawmaker is House co-author of the law requiring development of national plan to treat, cure Alzheimer’s disease   WASHINGTON, D.C. – With approximately 5.4 million Americans suffering nationwide from Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced $156... Read More

Opening Statement from Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) Full Committee Markup on H.R. 3548, Keystone XL Pipeline Legislation, Energy and Commerce Committee February 6, 2012 “We have been told that the oil coming through this pipeline would enable us to reduce our dependence on oil imported from unfriendly Middle Eastern nations. In... Read More

Offshore Wind Leasing Could Be Meaningless Without Extension of Tax Credits   WASHINGTON (February 3, 2012) – The Obama administration’s Interior Department today announced the next step in opening the best wind resources in federal waters off Massachusetts for offshore wind development. This comes on the heels of announcements... Read More

Washington, D.C. — Today, Representatives Steve Israel (D-Long Island) and Edward J. Markey (D-Malden) announced the details of a friendly wager on Super Bowl XLVI between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants. Rep. Markey has agreed to provide Rep. Israel with world-renowned New England clam chowder and lobster from Massachusetts... Read More