Author of Internet Freedom Preservation Act Speaks at FCC Hearing in Boston WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, delivered the following prepared remarks at the Federal Communications Commission hearing on Internet freedom in Cambridge, MA this... Read More

Markey Champions Creating Public Database of Flawed, Defective or Unsafe Products WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today pressed the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to account for unacceptably long delays between when the CPSC becomes aware of faulty and... Read More

Bush Should Jump-Start Negotiations to Ban Anti-Satellite Weapons WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee and the founder and co-chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation, today criticized the Bush administration for using a Navy missile to destroy... Read More

Rep. Markey Plans Legislation to Implement Report Recommendations WASHINGTON, D.C. – Industrial, research and commercial use of nuclear materials that could be used to make a dirty bomb should be reviewed by the government and one potentially deadly radionuclide, cesium chloride, is so dangerous it should be phased-out completely according to... Read More

Microsoft, Patient Privacy Advocates, Mental Health Providers Support TRUST Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Representative Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) late yesterday introduced the Technologies for Restoring Users' Security and Trust (TRUST) in Health Information Act, H.R. 5442, to promote the use of information... Read More

Rep. Markey Introduces Internet Freedom Legislation with Rep. Pickering WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunication and the Internet, today introduced H.R. 5353, the Internet Freedom Preservation Act, continuing his efforts started in 2006 to ensure that the historic, open... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, reacted today to news that New York Police Department investigators were able to easily and anonymously purchase toxic chlorine via the Internet. Rep. Markey has repeatedly expressed concern over potential use of chemicals like... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, this morning opened his fourth hearing of this Congress on the Digital TV Transition. "Today we are 370 days away from a significant milestone in the history of television. This morning's hearing will... Read More

Markey and Lynch Had Urged TSA to Select Logan for Employee Screening Pilot Program WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has selected Boston’s Logan International Airport as one of seven sites across the country where TSA will test an employee screening program, a move Representatives Edward J. Markey... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet and 20 other members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee expressed concerns to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) about the converter box coupon program, a... Read More

Markey, Dingell, Stupak Call for Congress to Reject Telecomm Immunity WASHINGTON, D.C. – This afternoon, Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, joined Reps. John D. Dingell (D-MI), chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and Bart Stupak (D-MI), Chairman of... Read More

Rep. Markey Questions Sec. Bodman on Use of Nonproliferation Funds WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, this morning pressed Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman on the legality of U.S. subsidies to Russian nuclear scientists that are helping to build important parts... Read More

President’s Budget Cuts Emergency Response, Health, Heating Programs While Boosting Defense Spending to Record Levels WASHINGTON, D.C. – For his final annual budget proposal, President Bush stuck to his pattern of proposing harmful cuts to critical domestic programs while extending tax cuts for the wealthy and boosting military... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), joined his colleagues in the House of Representatives to pass the New England National Scenic Trail Designation Act, H.R. 1528, by a vote of 261-122. This legislation will designate a 220- mile long National Scenic Trail through Massachusetts and Connecticut, allowing the existing... Read More

New Requirements for 100% Screening of Cargo on Passenger Planes Passed into Law Last Year WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, and Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), chairman of that committee, have asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to... Read More

New Commerce Department Rule May Weaken U.S. Export Controls, Benefit China’s Military WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce and Homeland Security Committees and the co-chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force on Non-Proliferation, demanded information from the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, delivered the following opening statement this afternoon during a hearing on Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) Services: Good Afternoon.  Today the Subcommittee will examine issues related to... Read More

State of the Union Speech Signals More of the Same from Bush, But America Deserves Better WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), responded this evening to President Bush’s final State of the Union speech: "Tonight, the president essentially told Americans, ‘read my lips, no new ideas.' Despite the... Read More

Bush Administration Continues to Sweep Science Under the Rug WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce and Homeland Security Committees, condemned the Bush administration’s decision to ignore a 2002 law he authored requiring that the cheap and well-established... Read More

Markey requirements for use of Inherently Safer Technology part of subcommittee-passed legislation WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, today welcomed the adoption of common sense protections at high-risk chemical facilities during subcommittee consideration of... Read More