WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce and Natural Resources Committees, today commended former Vice President Al Gore on his movie, An Inconvenient Truth, winning the Academy Award for best documentary. Rep. Markey said, “Congratulations to Vice President Gore on his well-deserved... Read More

At 2 a.m. on March 11, groggy Americans will turn their clocks forward one hour, marking the beginning of Daylight Saving Time (DST). Make sure to Spring Forward on time next week, as Daylight Saving Time is arriving 4 weeks earlier than last year. - When you go to sleep on Saturday, March 10 set your clocks forward 1 hour - When you wake up on... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications & the Internet and Co-chair of the Congressional Privacy Caucus, sent a letter to Department of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Federal Trade Commission Chair Deborah Majoras and IRS Commissioner Mark Everson... Read More

MEDFORD, MA -- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released a statement in response to reports that there were previous data breaches at retailer TJX.  Rep. Markey has previously called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate this and any other data breaches fully. "My staff met... Read More

Washington, D.C. -- Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats today sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) expressing serious concern about the test methods and findings of the CPSC in regards to the levels of lead in children’s lunch boxes. According to a recent news report,... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA) a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, sent a letter to the Department of Transportation Secretary, Mary Peters, to ask what is being done to inform Americans of the changes to extend daylight savings time by four weeks beginning this year.  Reps. Markey and Fred Upton... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following statement can be attributed to U.S. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, regarding today's proposal by XM and Sirius satellite radio companies to merge: "This is a merger proposal that merits the utmost scrutiny by Federal... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Natural Resources Committee, questioned the Interior Department’s Inspector General Earl E. Devaney at the first House hearing on the royalties’ fiasco at the Interior Department.  Interior I.G. shed significant light on the Interior Department’s... Read More

Today, the Bureau of Indian Affairs will officially recognize the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), the Dean of the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation and a senior member of the House Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement: “Almost 400 years after the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe welcomed... Read More

Tomorrow morning, the House Natural Resources Committee will hold the first full House committee hearing on the oil and gas royalties’ fiasco at the Department of Interior.    Following a report in the New York Times last year that the Interior Department was dropping a claim against the Chevron Corporation indicating that it had... Read More

On February 13, 2007, Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet addresses the American Association of Public Television Stations conference. His prepared remarks follow: Good Afternoon.  I want to thank John Lawson for his excellent leadership and for the invitation to speak this... Read More

On February 13, 2007, Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet addresses the American Association of Public Television Stations conference. His prepared remarks follow: Good Afternoon.  I want to thank John Lawson for his excellent leadership and for the invitation to speak this... Read More

Washington, DC -- Today, Rep. Edward J. Markey, Co-Chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation and a senior member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement regarding the negotiation of an agreement on the denuclearization of North Korea: “North Korea’s nuclear program is one of the top... Read More

The following text is the floor statement made today by Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) on the Iraq Resolution Disapproving of Escalation: Madame Speaker, I rise in support of the resolution.  This debate marks the beginning of the end of an ill-conceived, mis-managed, and ultimately failed War in Iraq.  The war in Iraq was launched on the basis... Read More

The following text is the floor statement made today by Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) on the Iraq Resolution Disapproving of Escalation: Madame Speaker, I rise in support of the resolution. This debate marks the beginning of the end of an ill-conceived, mis-managed, and ultimately failed War in Iraq.   The war in Iraq was launched on the basis of... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, praised two bipartisan private sector panels of scientists, union manufacturers and consumers at a House Energy and Air Quality subcommittee hearing.  Rep. Markey noted that the experts outlined a way forward that would curb green... Read More

On February 7, 2007, the House Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation welcomed Dr. Pierre Goldschmidt, former Deputy Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Head of the Department of Safeguards, to speak on the subject of his recent publication, “Priority Steps to Strengthen the Nonproliferation Regime"   Pleas click... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), called the FDA’s warning on the prescription drug, Ketek, long overdue and plans to reintroduce legislation this week to increase transparency and accountability at... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), the Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, received the Alliance for Public Technology’s Susan G. Hadden Award at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. today. His remarks prepared for delivery are below [I want to thank my friend Charles Benton for his... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce and Homeland Security Committees, released the following statement reinforcing Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s request that only U.S. crews be used on tankers transporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) into Massachusetts’ ports. ... Read More