Democratic Leadership Fulfills Pledge to Working Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), marked the first increase in the federal minimum wage in the past 10 years which takes effect today. This minimum wage increase is part of a broader effort by the new congressional leadership to support families who work... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the House Telecommunications & the Internet Subcommittee, this morning held the second in a series of oversight hearings focusing on the management and functioning of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)and the views of all five of the Commissioners. The... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, this evening responded to reports that airport employees at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor Airport are not consistently enforcing screening requirements for those entering the secure area of the airport late at night. Rep. Markey... Read More

Lawmaker Urges Senate to Adopt House Language to Give FDA the Authority to Review Marketing Plans That Could Put Public Health at Risk WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey, a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and author of drug safety legislation incorporated into the Food and Drug Administration reform... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the heels of a high-profile congressional hearing on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) failure to protect the nation’s food supply, two key Members of Congress introduced legislation that would require that meat that is blasted with carbon monoxide (CO) be labeled as such so consumers are not deceived... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), founder and co-chairman of the House Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation, released the following statement on the conclusion of the current round of U.S.-India negotiations on an agreement for nuclear cooperation:“It appears that India has been trying to secure even... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, released a new draft version of his Broadband Census Bill yesterday.     Copy of the bill available here.     Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, has been appointed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the House-Senate conference committee that will negotiate the final details of a H.R. 1, legislation to implement the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission. The House version of... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two years to the day after President Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced an unprecedented nuclear cooperation agreement between the U.S. and India, Representative Edward J. Markey, founder of the House Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation, expressed concern over the ongoing technical agreement... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, responded to pledges made by 11 food marketers concerning television advertisements directed at children announced at a Federal Trade Commission workshop today.   Rep. Markey said, “These voluntary... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today responded to a new report from the National Petroleum Council entitled “Facing the Hard Truths about Energy.” In the report the NPC recommends that the government increase fuel economy standards to the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today responded to a new report from the National Petroleum Council entitled “Facing the Hard Truths about Energy.” In the report the NPC recommends that the government increase fuel economy standards to the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, today released the letter he received from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in response to an inquiry about data thefts reported at the TSA and the TSA’s failure to secure the information collected through... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), last night successfully passed an amendment on the House Floor that will ensure that low-income residents at the Heritage Apartments in Malden, MA are not displaced by expiring affordable housing requirements.   The current owners of the Heritage Apartments are trying to prepay a... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. John D. Dingell (D-MI), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and Edward Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, sent the following letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about the implications that private equity ownership of media and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), released the following statement today as the House voted to responsibly withdrawal U.S. troops from Iraq: “It is long past time that the disaster in Iraq is brought to an end. The president’s failed policy has been repudiated by the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, criticized... Read More

House Passes FDA Reform and Drug Safety Bill Set to Pass House Tonight WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today applauded the expected passage of legislation tonight that will make the most sweeping safety and regulatory changes to the Food and Drug... Read More

Chairman Markey: Major Companies Lack Hard Guidelines WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, today released the responses he received from the Coca-Cola Company, General Mills, Kraft Foods, McDonald’s and PepsiCo., in answer to his letters... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, opens a hearing to examine the relationship between wireless consumers and wireless service providers, just one week after the much-anticipated release of the Apple iPhone. For more information click here. Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, applauded the expected passage of legislation that will make the most sweeping safety and regulatory changes to the Food and Drug Administration in years. He spoke on the House Floor in support of langauge he helped write in the bill... Read More