WASHINGTON, D.C.– In the wake of a new report from the Department of Energy indicating that gasoline prices this summer are projected to rise to an average of $2.62 per gallon this summer – 25 cents higher than the same time period last year - Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA) called for a re-examination of Republican energy...
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WASHINGTON, DC- Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and a long time advocate for strong nuclear plant safety regulations and enforcement thereof, sent a letter today to Nils J. Diaz, Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) asking questions about recent reports of the NRC...
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Washington, DC- Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee and a strong proponent of 100% screening of cargo entering our nation’s ports, made the following statement in response to the news that twenty-two stowaways passed through the Port of Seattle undetected in a cargo...
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If you think open nondiscriminatory access to the Internet is what makes the Web special, you had better get ready to fight for it, because Congress is toying with a new paradigm that could close the Web down to many of tomorrow's innovators...
Read the full post by Rep. Markey at The Huffington Post
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Since its inception, the Internet has represented an unprecedented free market of ideas, where the quality of a thought or innovation is more closely correlated to success than the money one pays to advertise it. Sure, there are groups that have dropped millions of dollars into websites in an effort to buy their way onto our computer screens, but...
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Washington, DC- Representative Edward J. Markey, a Ranking Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, made the following statement after a House Panel approved Rep. Barton’s National Cable Franchising and Net Neutrality Legislation (27-Y, 4-N).
“This vote should...
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WASHINGTON, D.C.– The obstacles to the President’s proposed nuclear deal with India are mounting. The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) rejected a request from the U.S. to put the deal on the Nuclear Suppliers Group May plenary agenda, despite lobbying from senior members of the Administration and Indian officials. Bush’s...
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Washington, DC- Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee and strong proponent of the “Sail Only if Scanned Act of 2006” to ensure 100% screening of cargo entering our nation’s ports, reacted today to a report by the AFL-CIO detailing the Administration’s deference to big...
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WASHINGTON, D.C.– The obstacles to the President’s proposed nuclear deal with India are mounting. The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) rejected a request from the U.S. to put the deal on the Nuclear Suppliers Group May plenary agenda, despite lobbying from senior members of the Administration and Indian officials. Bush’s...
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Washington, DC- Today, the Chief Executive Officers of Amazon.com, Google, Microsoft, eBay, Yahoo!, and the InterActive Corp. sent a letter to the Chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), urging Members of Congress to tighten the language on net neutrality in the Barton Telecommunications bill. ...
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Rep. Markey and Sens. Mendendez and Schumer, Rep. Nadler, and Sens. Lautenberg and Clinton urge The Congress to enact 100% screening of foreign cargo containers. Click Here to read more about this important issue.
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In the Energy & Commerce Committee, Rep. Markey points out the fact that increased fuel economy standards reduce our need for imported oil (click here to see the chart). For more information, please visit our special section dedicated to America's Energy Challenge.
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Rep. Markey calls for the President to set a specific target for fuel economy standards in order to reduce the current pressure on gas prices. For more information, please visit our special section on America's Energy Challenge.
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Rep. Markey and families from Massachusetts' Seventh District in front of the Capitol on Constituent Day, April 19, 2006. To see more photos, click on your city/town under the 7th District tab in the menu above and to the left.
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Good Afternoon. Ladies and gentlemen, tomorrow we will have the first significant vote on the future of the Internet. At stake, is the fate of the Internet as we know it.
Tens of millions of Americans and hundreds of thousands of American businesses use and rely upon the Internet every...
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Statement of U.S. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA) Ranking Democrat, House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet Mark-up of the Telecommunications bill April 4, 2006
Good Afternoon. Ladies and gentlemen, tomorrow we will have the first significant vote on the future of the Internet. At stake, is the fate...
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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, issued the following statement in response to reports that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) determined that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) altered its security regulations for nuclear...
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