Washington, DC -- Today Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, condemned the compromise on redefining America’s commitments under the Geneva Conventions announced by President Bush yesterday. “For the Bush Administration, the air is too thin on the moral high ground,” Rep. Markey... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce and Homeland Security Committees released letters to Speaker Hastert, Leader Pelosi, and House Appropriators urging the rejection of inadequate chemical security measures promoted by the chemical industry and agreed to behind closed doors by Congressional Republicans.  ... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, unveiled the startling rates of Massachusetts residents who have significant gaps in their Medicare coverage.  The report, prepared by the House Ways and Means Committee looked at 140,175 seniors and disabled workers in... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- In anticipation of hearings in the House Energy and Commerce Committee at the end of September, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), the top Democrat on the House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee released the following statement about the Hewlett Packard privacy debacle.  Rep. Markey, also... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce and Homeland Security Committees released letters to Speaker Hastert, Leader Pelosi, and House Appropriators urging the rejection of inadequate chemical security measures promoted by the chemical industry and agreed to behind closed doors by Congressional Republicans.  ... Read More

Washington, DC -- Today Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, condemned the compromise on redefining America’s commitments under the Geneva Conventions announced by President Bush yesterday. “For the Bush Administration, the air is too thin on the moral high ground,” Rep. Markey... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, unveiled the startling rates of Massachusetts residents who have significant gaps in their Medicare coverage.  The report, prepared by the House Ways and Means Committee looked at 140,175 seniors and disabled workers in... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), the ranking member of the House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee, sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin to urge him to reconsider granting hundreds of exemptions to closed-captioning obligations. A copy of the letter can be found here: Letter to FCC... Read More

Washington, DC  -- A group of House Democrats today called for immediate congressional hearings and investigations into reported efforts by senior Interior Department officials to allow oil and gas companies to cheat American taxpayers out of royalty payments.  Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA), Congressman... Read More

Washington, DC -- Today Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA), the top Democrat on the House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee and a senior member of the full Energy and Commerce Committee, released a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras urging her to explain a press report that the FTC has not yet compensated... Read More

Washington, DC -- Today Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA), the top Democrat on the House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee and a senior member of the full Energy and Commerce Committee, released a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras urging her to explain a press report that the FTC has not yet compensated... Read More

Washington, DC  -- A group of House Democrats today called for immediate congressional hearings and investigations into reported efforts by senior Interior Department officials to allow oil and gas companies to cheat American taxpayers out of royalty payments.  Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA), Congressman... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), the ranking member of the House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee, sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin to urge him to reconsider granting hundreds of exemptions to closed-captioning obligations. A copy of the letter can be found here: Letter to FCC... Read More

Washington, DC:  Today, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, introduced five Resolutions of Inquiry to force the release of information relating to the case of Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen who was transferred by American officials to Syria where he was subsequently tortured.  While the... Read More

Washington, DC:  Today, Reps. Ed Markey (D-MA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee, urged the Republican Congress and the Bush Administration to fully fund luggage screening measures in the upcoming Homeland Security Appropriations bill.  In light of a report by aviation... Read More

 MARKEY AND THOMPSON URGE FULL FUNDING FOR 100% LUGGAGE SCREENING IN HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPS BILL IN LIGHT OF REPORT CITING SERIOUS CONCERNS TO KEEP UP WITH MORE CHECKED BAGS Read More

Washington, DC -- Today the Republican majority of the House panel charged with overseeing the National Institute of Health (NIH) voted on party lines aginst protecting the NIH budget from the ravages of inflation.  Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the panel, offered an amendment that would have required that the annual... Read More

 MARKEY AND THOMPSON URGE FULL FUNDING FOR 100% LUGGAGE SCREENING IN HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPS BILL IN LIGHT OF REPORT CITING SERIOUS CONCERNS TO KEEP UP WITH MORE CHECKED BAGS Read More

Today, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), leader of the effort in the House to stop the Bush Administration sending detainees to other countries that engage in torture, called for a full accounting of the U.S. policy of extraordinary rendition in the wake of a official Canadian investigation into the case of Maher Arar shed new light on the U.S.... Read More

U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Malden), the Dean of the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation, released the following statement in honor of former Massachusetts Governor, Ed King, who passed away today:   “As a former professional athlete, Ed King was a fierce competitor when he served as Governor, and he was a champion of working... Read More