WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee released the following statement on the terrible accident at a Raleigh, North Carolina hazardous waste facility that has resulted in the mass evacuation of 17000 people to escape a chlorine gas cloud: “The alarming situation in North... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Edward J. Markey, the Co-Chair of the House Bipartisan Taskforce on Nonproliferation, criticized the Bush Administration’s inaction towards North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, calling the Administration’s nonproliferation policy a disaster.  This week Pyonyang declared its intention to test... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Edward J. Markey, the Co-Chair of the House Bipartisan Taskforce on Nonproliferation, criticized the Bush Administration’s inaction towards North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, calling the Administration’s nonproliferation policy a disaster.  This week Pyonyang declared its intention to test... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement in anticipation of President Bush signing the Homeland Security Spending Bill into law. "The Homeland Security Spending Bill that President Bush signed today fails to close dangerous loopholes that leave... Read More

The following is a Statement of Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA) regarding the GOP oversight of the Congressional Page program: “It is apparent that the inappropriate, unethical and possibly illegal behavior of Republican Rep. Mark Foley, who resigned last Friday, was long ago brought to the attention of numerous Republican leaders in the House... Read More

The following is a Statement of Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA) regarding the GOP oversight of the Congressional Page program: “It is apparent that the inappropriate, unethical and possibly illegal behavior of Republican Rep. Mark Foley, who resigned last Friday, was long ago brought to the attention of numerous Republican leaders in the House... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Rep Edward J. Markey today noted that Congress has left town for the elections without acting either to remove special subsidies for gas guzzling automobiles or removing the cap on the tax credit for hybrid automobiles. “For a country that is dangerously dependent on foreign oil, the current tax incentives are a true car... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), the ranking Democrat on the House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee, released the following statement on the indictments handed down by the California Attorney General in the Hewlett Packard spying case: "Last week ten former HP employees, a private detective firm hired by HP, and telephone... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Rep Edward J. Markey today noted that Congress has left town for the elections without acting either to remove special subsidies for gas guzzling automobiles or removing the cap on the tax credit for hybrid automobiles. “For a country that is dangerously dependent on foreign oil, the current tax incentives are a true car... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), the ranking Democrat on the House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee, released the following statement on the indictments handed down by the California Attorney General in the Hewlett Packard spying case: "Last week ten former HP employees, a private detective firm hired by HP, and telephone... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement in anticipation of President Bush signing the Homeland Security Spending Bill into law. "The Homeland Security Spending Bill that President Bush signed today fails to close dangerous loopholes that leave... Read More

One of the last bills passed by Congress before recessing for the November elections killed a bipartisan agreement to bring the nation’s chemical facilities under the umbrella of homeland security oversight. I am a member of the Homeland Security Committee, and the committee worked hard last July to send to the House a bipartisan bill... Read More

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WASHINGTON, D.C.  -- U.S. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, delivered the following statement today, condemning a Homeland Security Appropriations bill, for its staggeringly weak chemical security provisions. While in July the Homeland Security committee provided bipartisan... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C.  -- U.S. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, delivered the following statement today, condemning a Homeland Security Appropriations bill, for its staggeringly weak chemical security provisions. While in July the Homeland Security committee provided bipartisan... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement in reaction to President George Bush’s speech this morning on terrorism: “The President’s decision to go to war in Iraq has turned into a black hole taking the lives of our brave young men... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement in reaction to President George Bush’s speech this morning on terrorism: “The President’s decision to go to war in Iraq has turned into a black hole taking the lives of our brave young men... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee, was named to the House-Senate Conference Committee to negotiate a final port security bill and on the House floor delivered the following statement urging that conference committee to adopt stronger measures for nuclear bomb scanning abroad and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), the top Democrat on the House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee and a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, today registered his opposition to H.R. 5285, the Electronic Modernization Surveillance Act, legislation intended to expand... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee, was named to the House-Senate Conference Committee to negotiate a final port security bill and on the House floor delivered the following statement urging that conference committee to adopt stronger measures for nuclear bomb scanning abroad and... Read More