WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Reps. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, with Rep. Todd Russell Platts (R-PA), member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Labor, and Government Reform Committees, and a... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Representatives Edward J Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Mike Rogers (R-MI), today introduced “The Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Act of 2007” to encourage innovators to design medical devices specifically for children while improving the system to ensure... Read More

Washington, DC -- Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA), today announced the appointment of David Moulton to be his Staff Director of the new House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. “I am proud to appoint David Moulton to this position, where he will be responsible for organizing and running this new committee and assisting all... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA) made the following statement in reaction to the FTC investigation of the TJX data breach. Rep. Markey said, “An FTC investigation into the TJX data breach should uncover the extent of the harm suffered by TJX customers and shine a light on the security weaknesses at TJX that... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee, along with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes-Norton (D-DC), today introduced an amendment to H.R. 1401, the Rail and Public Transportation Security Act of 2007, requiring rail carriers to re-route security sensitive materials around High Threat Urban... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA) made the following statement in reaction to the FTC investigation of the TJX data breach. Rep. Markey said, “An FTC investigation into the TJX data breach should uncover the extent of the harm suffered by TJX customers and shine a light on the security weaknesses at TJX that... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, and a senior Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the proposed takeover of Texas Utilities Corporation (TXU) by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR),... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following can be attributed to U.S. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chairman, House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, regarding the Bush Administration's plan for consumer converter boxes for the digital TV transition: "Keeping the government and affected industries on target for the February... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Member of the Homeland Security Committee and co-Chairman of the Bi-Partisan Congressional Privacy Caucus, today issued the following statement in response to the release of a report by the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General on FBI misuse of the process... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, and co-chair of the Bi-Partisan Congressional Privacy Caucus, today insisted that Congress tighten internal company and governmental controls to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of personal phone records. Pointing to how... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Member of the House Energy and Commerce and Natural Resources Committees, released a statement in reaction to the overwhelming adoption of a funding resolution on the House Floor creating a bipartisan, fifteen-member Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), released a statement in reaction to the announcement by Speaker Nancy Pelosi that he will chair the newly-created Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. The select committee will conduct hearings and investigations, gather information, and develop recommendations in order... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, introduced bi-partisan legislation to extend and improve crucial energy tax credits for American homes and commercial buildings with Reps. Jim McDermott (D-WA) and Jerry Weller (R-IL). As part of a major thrust in national energy... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, and Rep. John Dingell (D-MI), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, sent a set of pre-hearing questions to John Kneuer, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information at the National Telecommunications... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, today held a hearing to examine the radio industry’s power and potential, as part of the subcommittee’s series on assessing the digital future of the United States. Recognizing the powerful democratizing... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, and Rep. John Dingell (D-MI), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, sent a set of pre-hearing questions to John Kneuer, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information at the National Telecommunications... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Reps. Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Fred Upton (R-MI), senior members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today held a press conference to outline the energy and cost-saving benefits the nation will see when clocks spring forward one hour this Sunday, March 11. The spring change to Daylight Saving Time (DST) comes three... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee, today announced the reintroduction of the “Torture Outsourcing Prevention Act” at a press conference, joined by a coalition of national and international human rights organizations. Rep. Markey’s bill will put an end to the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today Rep. Edward J. Markey, a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement on the guilty verdicts in the CIA leak trial of former White House Aid I. Lewis Libby case: “In the Bush Administration’s rush to commit the United States to a needless and disastrous war in Iraq, the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today addressed an alarming Government Accountability Office report on the Department of Energy’s extreme delay in setting and meeting appliance and building code standards at a press conference. His prepared remarks... Read More