Washington, DC: Last week Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Ranking Democrat on the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, sent a letter to the Chairman of the Federal Communications Committee (FCC) regarding reports of the disclosure by the nation’s largest telecommunications carriers, AT&T, Verizon, and...
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Copy of FCC Response (228.12 KB), May 22, 2006 Link to Press Release, May 22, 2006 Link to Rep. Markey's Original Letter to FCC, May 15, 2006
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Copy of FCC Response (228.12 KB), May 22, 2006 Link to Press Release, May 22, 2006 Link to Rep. Markey's Original Letter to FCC, May 15, 2006
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Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this amendment and in opposition of the underlying bill.
Just last week we finished the Fiscal Year 2006 budget process, which cut $50 billion from Medicare, Medicaid, Student Loans and other programs, gave away $70 billion in tax cuts for wealthy Americans, and added approximately $20 billion to the...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. –Representative Edward J. Markey, a senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement in response to today’s Federal Trade Commission report on price gouging.
“It doesn’t surprise me that the Bush Administration hasn’t found any evidence of price gouging at...
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Washington, DC: Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), co-chair of the Congressional Privacy Caucus, made the following statement in response to breaking news that a theft at the home of a Veterans Affairs (VA) employee has resulted in the loss of personal information belonging to 26.5 million U.S. military veterans.
“Social...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to media reports about elevated levels of benzene—a harmful carcinogen—in many popular soft drinks and fruit and energy drinks, on March 27, 2006, Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Representative Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), senior Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, sent a...
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"Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Hinchey-Markey amendment that would help put an end to unlimited royalty free-drilling on public lands by big oil companies. Oil companies pay a fraction of the value of oil and gas produced on public lands as a royalty to the federal government. However, right now, we currently give some companies...
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Rep. Markey holds a press conference with grammy-nominated musician, Moby to discuss saving the internet. To learn more about their efforts, please visit: Featured Issue: Network Neutrality.
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Washington, D.C. – Grammy-nominated musician Moby joined today with Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), ranking Democrat on the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, to demand that Congress reject upcoming legislation that would allow AT&T, Verizon, and other telecommunications giants to take over the...
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Mr. Chairman, Rep. Saxton has offered, and I strongly support, an amendment to strike from the Pombo bill the language dealing with National Marine Sanctuaries. My amendment would strike the text of the substitute amendment from page 61, line 1 through page 62 line 3, thus preserving current law regarding the protection of our 13 National Marine...
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BOSTON, MA. - Rep. Markey delivered the following remarks:
"Thank you Representative Coughlin for inviting me to speak here today. More importantly, thank you for hosting this event for the second straight year to raise awareness about the effects Cystic Fibrosis has on so many young people and their families. Enough can’t be...
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced new requirements regarding the cargo that is transported on passenger planes, but left unaddressed the complete failure of TSA to inspect or scan most of that cargo. U.S. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democrat serving on the House...
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WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Committee on Homeland Security and the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today announced that the Homeland Security Committee agreed to include his provision calling for an authorization of $60 million in funding for the Metropolitan Medical Response System...
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Dear Mr. Chairman:
We are writing regarding a report entitled “Nuclear Power Plants: Efforts Made to Upgrade Security, but the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Design Basis Threat Process Should Be Improved” released on April 3, 2006 by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The report concluded that “GAO found...
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WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Member of the House Energy and Commerce and Homeland Security Committees, and Representative William D. Delahunt (D-MA), senior Democrat on the House International Relations Oversight and Investigations Committee today sent a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)...
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WASHINGTON, DC –Today Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), co-chair of the House Non-proliferation Task Force and a senior Democratic Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today sent a letter to President Bush asking about the legality of the European proposal to allow Iran to acquire a light water reactor.
“It is...
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