WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chairman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) of the House Energy and Environment Subcommittee and of the Select Committee on Global Warming and Energy Independence delivered the following opening statement before the full Energy and Commerce Committee: l "The coalition of American businesses and environmental groups before us... Read More

Bill includes billions for plug-in batteries, renewable energy and weatherization  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), who chairs key energy and global warming panels in the House, praised the stimulus package released today for its robust funding of smart energy policies that will create jobs and set a path for... Read More

Bush administration expected to sign agreement today WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment and co-chairman of the Bi-Partisan Task Force on Non-Proliferation, wrote to President-elect Barack Obama, urging him not to pursue the nuclear... Read More

Agreement with China gives a 60-day window before inspections can occur   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment and a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee, today decried a last-minute agreement between the Bush administration and China to... Read More

Legislation Likely to be One of the First Bills Signed into Law by President Obama   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today issued the following statement after the House passed a historic expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Rep. Markey is a senior member of the Energy and... Read More

Markey Vows to Introduce Legislation to Restore Critical Nonproliferation Safeguards and Expand Medical Supply   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the incoming Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, and the founder of the House Bipartisan Task Force on... Read More

Vows to ensure comprehensive regulation of coal sludge in wake of Tennessee coal ash contamination.    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today asked the Environmental Protection Agency what it was doing to protect the public and the environment from power plant wastes following numerous media reports... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a senior member of the House Telecommunications and the Internet Subcommittee, today released the following statement regarding the digital television (DTV) transition on February 17, 2009. l Rep. Markey said, "President-elect Obama's call to move back the digital television... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rick Boucher (D-Va.) announced today that they are set to switch Energy and Commerce subcommittee gavels in the 111th Congress. Markey is set to chair Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, and Boucher is set to chair the Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee. Markey... Read More

President Bush will leave office with critical work left undone WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), today released the following statement after the Bush administration announced it will not finalize its rulemaking on Corporate Fuel Economy Standards before leaving office. l "Apparently the Bush administration... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA) released the following statement  regarding the possible funding shortfall for the digital television (DTV) converter box program. Rep. Markey has led the Congress in questioning the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National Telecommunications and Information... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA) released the following statement today regarding the situation in Gaza:   “Instead of laying the foundation for an independent state following Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza more than three years ago, Hamas turned Gaza into a launch pad for rockets targeting Israeli... Read More

Agencies respond to Markey questions; NTIA cites sudden funding shortfall for converter box program WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Telecommunications and the Internet Subcommittee, today released the following responses from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National... Read More

As deadline approaches consumer's readiness still unclear WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the Digital Television (DTV) transition deadline looms, Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Telecommunications and the Internet Subcommittee, today asked the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the... Read More

Congressman Pushes for Clean Energy, Broadband, Health Information Technology, other Investments Benefiting MA and Nation WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Massachusetts and states across the country look for ways to turn the global economic crisis into an opportunity, Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Malden) and his Bay State colleagues met with... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, today applauded the decision by Yahoo! Inc. to decrease the amount of time they keep personal information about online searches and consumer web use to 90 days, after which that information will be effectively... Read More

Markey Had Called for End of Troubled Program WASHINGTON, D.C. –Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Telecommunications and the Internet Subcommittee and the founder of the House Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation, responded today to a media report in The Washington Times on the tightening of controls over a... Read More

Markey-Clinton Legislation Would Reduce Risk by Incentivizing the Replacement Dangerous Radioactive Materials WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today slammed a recommendation from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) dismissing efforts to ban or replace a... Read More

Markey, Frank and Sestak succeed in pushing for change in reimbursement process to ensure 740,000 fraud victims nationwide receive total of $150 million WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Co-Chairman of the Congressional Alzheimer’s Task Force, today... Read More

Rep. Markey, along with more than a dozen local broadcasters and data service providers, will work together this coming Tuesday to test the Boston TV market’s digital transition readiness  WASHINGTON, D.C. – To help viewers prepare for the federally mandated shutdown of full-power television analog signals and the transition to... Read More