“Asthma alone kills 3,500 people every year, and nearly all of these deaths are preventable with regular treatment and affordable care. This cannot be allowed to continue.” Washington (January 8, 2023) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP),... Read More

Massachusetts will be receiving several Clean School Bus Awards to serve the school districts of Boston, Fall River, New Bedford and Worcester. Boston (January 8, 2024) - Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding Massachusetts funding for 85 electric school buses... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (January 5, 2024) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the Biden administration raising concerns about the slowpaceat which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has adjudicated applications from Afghan nationals for humanitarianparole into the United States.With tens of thousands of Afghan parole... Read More

Recent reporting reveals Tesla is well aware of existing safety flaws with suspension & steering control parts but blames them on consumers & conceals them from U.S. regulators Letter Text (PDF) Washington (December 27, 2023) – After alarming reporting on Tesla safety flaws, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal... Read More

Letter Text (PDF)  Washington (December 22, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) - a member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services - and Chairman Richard E. Neal (MA-01), sent a letter to Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III requesting the Department of Defense examine the safety of the... Read More

Operator NextEra has proposed to move key emergency response capabilities 1,200 miles off-site, with delays in response time expected Letter Text (PDF) Washington (December 21, 2023) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (December 21, 2023) –Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate and Nuclear Safety,led his colleagues in a letter to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm demanding the agency use its oversight authority over the National Oilheat Research... Read More

Washington (December 20, 2023) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Roger Marshall (R-K.S.), and members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined a bipartisan group of their colleagues in a letter urging the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the... Read More

In December 2022, consumers filed nearly 14,000 complaints, with vast majority focused on flight delays and cancellations Letter Text (PDF) Washington (December 20, 2023) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)today sent a letter to the airline... Read More

Washington (December 20, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), author of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, released the following statement after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed update to... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (December 19, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, led his colleagues in a letter to Federal Drug and Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf urging the agency to ensure that its new... Read More

Lawmakers: “A host of federal investigations, press reports, and reports by incarcerated people have revealed apparent deficiencies in Wellpath’s care.” Wellpath (PDF) l Wellpath MA (PDF) Washington (December 19, 2023) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), Raphael Warnock... Read More

Washington (December 19, 2023) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and 45 colleagues in a letter to Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Vice Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) urging them to reject any new poison pill policy riders... Read More

Letter (PDF) Washington (December 19, 2023) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) sent a letter to President Joe Biden calling on the Administration to address the rising state of insecurity and the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Haiti. In their letter, the Senators expressed grave concern about the lack of... Read More

Washington (December 19, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), co-authors of the Green New Deal resolution and Civilian Climate Corps legislation, released the following statement today on the new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Biden administration’s American Climate Corps... Read More

Washington (December 18, 2023) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced a $140 million settlement with Southwest Airlines over its mass flight... Read More

Washington (December 15, 2023) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Congressman Bill Keating (MA-09) today announced the Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and Army Corps a $372 million grant to start replacing the Cape Cod Canal Bridges under... Read More

Washington (December 15, 2023) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) issued the following statement after Congress passed the Department of Defense... Read More

Letter Text (PDF)   Washington (December 15, 2023) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Department of State Secretary Antony Blinken urging the Biden administration to designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Belarus. TPS... Read More

Washington (December 15, 2023) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Representatives Richard Neal (MA-01), James P. McGovern (MA-02), Lori Trahan (MA-03), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Stephen Lynch (MA-08), celebrated the Department of Transportation (DOT) grants to Massachusetts totaling more than $17... Read More