Washington, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) issued the following statement today after the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, members of her staff and others innocent bystanders in Tucson, Arizona: “Today’s news of the shooting of my colleague Rep. Gabrielle Giffords,... Read More

Debate is about “Health Care vs. Don’t Care” Says Lawmaker WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and Dean of the Massachusetts congressional delegation, today spoke against the Republicans’ “Don’t Care” legislation to repeal... Read More

New Law Will Establish First-Ever National Strategy for Curing, Mitigating Effects of Alzheimer’s WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, President Barack Obama signed into law historic new legislation co-authored by Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Chris Smith (R-N.J.), House co-chairs of the Bipartisan, Bicameral... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Malden) and Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown today announced that fire departments across Massachusetts have received $1,972,528 for critically needed equipment and safety gear for first responders. The funding, awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)’s Assistance... Read More

Below is a transcript of his remarks: Embargoed until Saturday, April 23, 2005 at 11:06 a.m. EDT "Good Morning. I'm Congressman Ed Markey of Massachusetts, a senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. "When I was a boy, my father drove a truck for the Hood Milk Company. Affordable gasoline was the lifeblood of the... Read More

MEDFORD, MA (December 30, 2010) – Following the announcement by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick’s administration that it will be setting new, ambitious targets for cutting dangerous heat-trapping pollution in the state, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-author of the only federal standards to cut emissions that have passed either... Read More

As Chairman of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee, Rep. Markey pushed BP to disclose all that it knew about the true flow rate of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico and conducted aggressive oversight intothe use of unprecedented volumes of chemical dispersants that were used to combat the effects of the oil spill. In addition, Rep. Markey... Read More

Companies Respond to Markey Request to Remove Anti-Microbial Chemical Found in Consumer Products WASHINGTON, D.C. –Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today sent letters to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg and... Read More

Vote to fully fund LIHEAP prevents loss of benefits for more than 200,000 MA families WASHINGTON, DC – –Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a longtime champion of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), voted late last night in favor of extending funding for the critical home-heating program at the Fiscal Year... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a longstanding proponent of net neutrality and author of the first ever net neutrality bill, issued the following statement following today’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) open meeting: “The Open Internet Order is not perfect, and it does not contain all the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 4853, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010. “Yesterday, I voted in opposition to the tax bill. I have strongly supported tax relief for middle class families and the... Read More

Longtime Environment and Energy Leader Will Fight for Jobs, Against Environmental Attacks as Ranking Member WASHINGTON (December 16, 2010) – Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) was today selected by the House Democratic Caucus to be the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee for the 112th session of Congress. “In the next Congress,... Read More

Markey Urges Inclusion of Policies to Protect Consumers and Innovators, Preserve Openness of Internet in FCC Net Neutrality Order WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a longstanding proponent of net neutrality and author of the first ever net neutrality bill, sent a letter today to Federal Communications Commission... Read More

New Law Will Establish First-Ever National Strategy for Curing, Mitigating Effects of Alzheimer’s WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House and Senate have passed the National Alzheimer’s Project Act (N.A.P.A.) co-authored by Representatives Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Chris Smith (R-N.J.), House co-chairs of the Bipartisan,... Read More

Unspent Dollars from Wisconsin, Ohio Sent to Massachusetts BOSTON – Senator John Kerry, along with Congressmen John Olver, Edward Markey, Barney Frank, Jim McGovern, Stephen F. Lynch, Niki Tsongas, and Richard E. Neal, today announced that Massachusetts will receive $2,888,305 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to fund high... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the Dean of the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation, today issued the following statement after the House Democratic Caucus meeting:   “Today in the House Democratic Caucus meeting, I voted to reject the Senate Republican tax proposal as currently written. Extending... Read More

Washington, DC — Today Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Rep. Edward J. Markey, and Rep. Bart Stupak, released a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) identifying serious weaknesses in the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) plans for recovering and reconstituting the classified supercomputing system in the event of a... Read More

Presses NRC to Address Disparities in Release Following Medical Isotope Treatment   WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), Chairman of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today sent a letter to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Greg Jackzo for full comment on... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Representatives Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), House co-chair with Representative Chris Smith (R-N.J.) of the Bipartisan, Bicameral Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease, today commended the Senate for passing the National Alzheimer’s Project Act (N.A.P.A.), S. 3036, the Senate companion bill to H.R.4689,... Read More

Treaty Would Be Major Step Toward A Nuclear Weapon-Free World WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the founder and co-chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation, this week led a letter, cosigned by 34 of his colleagues in the House of Representatives, calling on the Senate to vote on ratification of... Read More