Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), and Rep. Todd Russell Platts (R-PA) introduced legislation that will require vehicles to improve their fuel economy standards by at least 4 percent every year, reaching 35 miles per gallon by 2018.
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Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior Democratic member of both the House Resources and Energy and Commerce Committees, urged the passing of the CLEAN Energy Act in order to repeal wasteful tax breaks for oil companies and to invest in long term energy efficiency and conservation.
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Today, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, urged his colleagues on the house floor that stem cell research is the future of our ability to treat debilitating diseases that American families battle everyday.
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This past week the country mourned the loss of Father Robert Drinan, a moral compass in Congress, long time mentor and friend for Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA). The Congressman remembered Drinan’s mark on the world with colleagues on the floor of the House of Representatives.
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Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, released a report entitled “To Secure America: The State of Homeland Security and Implications for Massachusetts,” examining the state of aviation, chemical, nuclear, LNG, public transportation, and hazardous materials security, focusing on how...
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Though President Bush signed the Safe Port Act today, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, highlighted that even after months of work on legislation that was supposed to close security loopholes, the bill is still missing essential provisions to screen 100% of all US-bound cargo, to check for...
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Today, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), the co-chair of the House Bipartisan Taskforce on Nonproliferation, voiced strong opposition to the Conference Report of the US-India nuclear cooperation agreement.
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Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, delivered the keynote address at the National Conference for Media Reform in Memphis, Tennessee.
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In light of North Korea’s reported nuclear weapon test, Congressman Ed Markey, the Co-Chair of the House Bipartisan Taskforce on Nonproliferation, continues to underscore the need to engage in diplomatic talks. While initially continuing Clinton-era policies but then antagonizing the North with “Axis of Evil” rhetoric, the...
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Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), senior member of both the House Energy & Commerce and Homeland Security Committees, urged the adoption of a resolution on the floor of the House of Representatives to send a strong signal to the Bush Administration in bring an end to the Iraq War.
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Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, and fellow Democrats pushed through a bill to implement several remaining recommendations of the Sept. 11 commission, including the tightening of cargo security.
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Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), joined by Caroline Fredrickson, Director of the Washington Legislative Office of the American Civil Liberties Union (left) and Alex Arriaga, Director of Government Relations for Amnesty International USA (right), reintroduces the “Torture Outsourcing Prevention Action” at a press conference today.
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Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, denounced Republican legislation that divides America and ignores critical security recommendations as a means of remembering the tragic events of September 11, 2001.
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Lawmaker Exposes Double Standard for Aviation Security, Demands That If Cargo Cannot Be Inspected By Current Explosive Detection Methods, It Should Not Be Loaded onto Passenger Planes Markey Highlights Other Massive Cargo Loophole, Urge Inspections for All Cargo on Container Ships Before Arrival at U.S. Ports Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior...
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MALDEN, MA -- Today, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, responded to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff’s appearances on the Sunday morning news shows this morning:
“I am troubled by Secretary Chertoff's continued rejection of high priority homeland security upgrades...
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MALDEN, MA -- Today, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, responded to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff’s appearances on the Sunday morning news shows this morning:
“I am troubled by Secretary Chertoff's continued rejection of high priority homeland security upgrades...
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MEDFORD, MA -- Today, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, urged the Department of Homeland Security to enforce the terrorist no-fly list everyday in every country, not just red alert days in the U.K.:
"It shouldn't take an imminent terrorist attack and a Code Red alert to ensure that no...
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MEDFORD, MA -- Today, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, urged the Department of Homeland Security to enforce the terrorist no-fly list everyday in every country, not just red alert days in the U.K.:
"It shouldn't take an imminent terrorist attack and a Code Red alert to ensure that no...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement on the airline bombing plot that was reportedly foiled by British authorities and the subsequent raising of the terror threat level to Code Red:
“As the fifth anniversary of the September 11th...
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