Recent TSA statements suggest misinterpretation of 100% cargo screening mandate, raise doubts about meeting deadline for 100 percent cargo screening WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee and author of the 100 percent air cargo screening mandate signed into law in August 2007,... Read More

Product database championed by Markey included in final reform bill WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today the House of Representatives approved key consumer product safety reforms, including reforms championed by Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), primarily, establishing a national database of toy and other product warnings and risks. With the passage of... Read More

Lawmakers Introduce Bill Requiring Administration to Use Realistic Gas Price Assumptions When Setting Fuel Economy Standards WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representatives Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Todd Russell Platts (R-PA) will today introduce a bill, the Accuracy in Fuel Economy Standards Act, requiring the Department of Transportation to use realistic... Read More

Funding level is increase from last year WASHINGTON, D.C. -  Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, responded today to news that Boston and surrounding communities will receive a boost in homeland security funding through the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Urban Area... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -  Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), founder and co-chairman of the Bi-partisan Non-proliferation Task Force, released the following statement on H.R. 6574, the United States-Russian Federation Nuclear Cooperation Agreement Act of 2008, which passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee today. The bill would give... Read More

Committee Adopts Markey Amendment to Strengthen Patient Privacy Protections in Health IT Bill   WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and the author of comprehensive electronic health record promotion and privacy legislation (H.R. 5442, the TRUST Act) , today... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, today chaired a hearing to examine telecommunications competition issues that have impacted national broadband deployment over the last decade. Though the United States was first in the world in broadband deployment... Read More

Rep. Markey and members of the New England Congressional Delegation urge President Bush to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to provide consumers with immediate relief from high energy prices. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and members of the New England Congressional Delegation are already thinking about the dead of winter.... Read More

Telecom and the Internet Hearing: “What Your Broadband Provider Knows About Your Web Use: Deep Packet Inspection and Communications Laws and Policies.”   WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet chaired a hearing on Deep Packet Inspection... Read More

Markey proposal to create public, online database of toy and other consumer product risks agreed upon   WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today a proposal created by Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, to create an online, searchable public database of “adverse incidents” at the Consumer... Read More

Key Lawmakers Question Local Provider Over Use of NebuAd Software Without Directly Notifying Customers   WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representatives Edward J. Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, John D. Dingell (D-MI), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Joe Barton (R-TX),... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today the House of Representatives passed a resolution by Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), founder of the Congressional Cystic Fibrosis Caucus, to express Congressional support for the need to cure Cystic Fibrosis - this dreadful, cruel disease - and bring hope to people living with CF and their loved ones. Rep. Markey's... Read More

Loopholes in Agreement Contradict Bush Admin Promises, Hyde Act   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the founder and co-chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation, expressed his shock at the loopholes contained in the... Read More

No Need to Rush IAEA, Nuclear Suppliers’ Group processes   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the founder and co-chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation, expressed doubts that the Bush administration would succeed in... Read More

Rep. Markey welcomes Pyongyang’s declaration of nuclear activities, urges continued monitoring   WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the Bush Administration announces its removal of North Korea from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list in return for Pyongyang turning over its long-awaited declaration of nuclear activities, Representative Edward... Read More

Rep. Markey (center) and the Witnesses from the "Universal Service" Hearing, (L-R) Mr. Randolph J. May, Mr. Rey Ramsey, Mr. George Lucas, Ms. Jane Smith Patterson, and Mr. Charles Sullivan on June 24, 2008. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Edward Markey, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, chaired... Read More

WASHINGTON – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, today commended Charter Communications, the nation’s fourth-largest cable company, for their decision to delay plans to track the Web sites visited by their customers and disclose this sensitive the data to an... Read More

Rep. Markey, with MA Delegation, introduces resolution to congratulate the Boston Celtics on winning the 2007-2008 NBA World Championship WASHINGTON – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), dean of the Massachusetts congressional delegation, has introduced House Concurrent Resolution 376 along with the entire Massachusetts delegation in the... Read More

WASHINGTON – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, chaired a hearing this morning exploring the core principles of universal service, which historically has provided a baseline level of affordable voice telecommunications service to everyone in the United States, in... Read More

  The Energy & Air Quality Subcommittee convened a hearing, entitled “Legislative Proposals to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions: An Overview,” to discuss legislation to combat Global Warming. Rep. Markey delivered a statement on the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions quickly and deeply enough to avoid dangerous... Read More