WASHINGTON, DC- Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democrat on the House Committee on Homeland Security, today expressed disappointment with the decision by the House Republicans to prevent a vote on his amendment to ban funding in the Intelligence Authorization Act for the extraordinary rendition program that facilitates the...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to turn the Internet into a two-lane highway of discriminatory service, tolls, and bottlenecks by knocking down an amendment to protect the open architecture of the Internet. Representative Edward J. Markey, the ranking Democrat on the House Subcommittee on...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to turn the Internet into a two-lane highway of discriminatory service, tolls, and bottlenecks by knocking down an amendment to protect the open architecture of the Internet. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), the ranking Democrat on the House Subcommittee...
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WASHINGTON, DC- Today, April 26, 200, U.S. Representatives Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) announced their plan to file a discharge petition to force immediate action on a bill designed to reign in the racing profits of America's big oil giants and help American energy consumers.
"Under pressure from their constituents to...
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WASHINGTON, D.C.– Hours away from a critical vote on the open architecture of the Internet in the House Energy & Commerce Committee, a coalition of consumer groups, seniors, and Internet users is petitioning Members of the Committee to support legislation offered by Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), the ranking Democrat on the House...
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Washington, DC– Today, Representatives DeGette, Markey and Solis blasted President George W. Bush and the Republican Congress for six years of failure on energy policy.
“President Bush’s announcement today is nothing more than a cheap political stunt that will do nothing to lower gas prices or solve our nation’s energy...
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Good Afternoon. Tomorrow the Committee will take a historic vote. At stake, is the fate of the Internet as we know it.
Tomorrow, I will be offering a “Network Neutrality” amendment, cosponsored by Mr. Boucher, Ms. Eshoo, and Mr. Inslee, to preserve the Internet and its open, non-discriminatory nature. Since the...
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Good Afternoon. Tomorrow the Committee will take a historic vote. At stake, is the fate of the Internet as we know it.
Tomorrow, I will be offering a “Network Neutrality” amendment, cosponsored by Mr. Boucher, Ms. Eshoo, and Mr. Inslee, to preserve the Internet and its open, non-discriminatory nature. Since the...
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Rep. Markey, joined by Reps. Koutoujian and Kaprielian, addresses the kNOw Genocide rally in front of the Massachusetts State House to support the new coalition's efforts to prevent genocide denial, April 21, 2006.
PREPARED REMARKS OF REPRESENTATIVE EDWARD J. MARKEY (D-MA) ON THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2006
We have...
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WASHINGTON, DC– Today U.S. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democrat serving on the House Homeland Security, today announced his plan to offer an amendment to ensure 100% inspection of all cargo containers before they arrive at U.S. ports. The Markey amendment, which will be offered when the Homeland Security Committee marks...
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Washington, DC- Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior Democratic Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. George Miller, the Ranking Democratic Member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, today issued the following statements in response to confirmation that Wilshire Associates received a subpoena...
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WASHINGTON, D.C.– Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Member of the House Energy and Commerce and House Resources Committees, reacted today to record high prices for oil and gasoline by calling for immediate action to suspend royalty relief for big energy companies drilling on public lands. The Democrats’...
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WASHINGTON, D.C.- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), who has been pressing Congress for several years to close an unusual safety exemption in the law that excludes any federal participation in investigating and preventing deaths on amusement park rides and is the author of the National Amusement Park Ride Safety Act to close this massive loophole in...
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Copy of ISIS Report (198.35 KB) Copy of Letter to Director Goss (4/11/06) (145.70 KB) Copy of Letter to Secretary Bodman (4/11/06) (146.69 KB)
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WASHINGTON, DC- Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation, today released letters to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Secretary of Energy asking for more information about a recent report that India...
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