WASHINGTON, D.C.– In the wake of new reports of record-high gas prices and surging profits for energy companies, Representatives Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) and Diana DeGette (D-CO) called for a re-examination of Republican energy policies and urged passage of the “Royalty Relief for American Consumers Act of...
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Washington, DC- Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, today expressed outrage over the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) announcement that it was issuing voluntary security guidelines for companies that transport the most hazardous chemicals on the nation’s...
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WASHINGTON, DC – This Sunday, Daylight Savings will spring forward for the last time during the month of April. Starting next year, an additional four weeks will be added to Daylight savings time to shorten the winter, lengthen the summer and save energy thanks to an amendment to the 2005 Energy Bill that was first introduced by...
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WASHINGTON, DC– Only a few weeks after the Bush Administration approved the sale of British port operator Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation to a company owned by the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), today a Republican-controlled House Subcommittee rejected a common-sense security measure to close the loophole that...
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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 at today’s hearing on the National Cable Franchising and Net Neutrality Legislation.
“I believe the bill before this committee today has...
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Good Morning. I want to commend Chairman Upton for calling this hearing on legislation which addresses various subjects. I believe this bill has serious defects – flaws that will harm consumers and that risk condoning conduct by broadband companies that will destroy the Internet as we know it. Although there are a multitude...
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Washington, DC- Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, a co-author of a bipartisan bill to raise Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, today reacted with disappointment to the Bush Administration’s long-awaited release of updates to the rules governing minimum...
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WASHINGTON, DC– Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democrat on the House Energy & Commerce Committee, released the following statement in response to today’s announcement that Apple will provide updated software for their most recent iPod music players, to give consumers the option to set a maximum volume level for the...
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The following statement can be attributed to U.S. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Ranking Democrat, House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, regarding release of legislation by Chairman Joe Barton (R-TX):
“After several months of negotiations, I am disappointed that Energy and Commerce Commitee Chairman Joe Barton...
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Representatives Markey and Stearns launched the Bi-Partisan Cystic Fibrosis Task Force on March 16, 2006. Pictured above at the "official kick-off event" are (left to right): Rep. Markey, Dr. Robert Beall, President and CEO of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Suzanne Pattee,...
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Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this important mark-up today.
Since last November, when the Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee marked-up an earlier version of this bill, some important improvements have been made to the legislation. I commend, for example, the addition of a new provision in the bill to prohibit data...
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The following statement can be attributed to U.S. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Ranking Democrat, House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, regarding release of legislation by Chairman Joe Barton (R-TX):
“After several months of negotiations, I am disappointed that Energy and Commerce Commitee Chairman Joe...
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Thank you Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Dingell, Mr. Deal and Mr. Brown for bringing this resolution before the committee. I also want to extend a special thank you to my friend and co-founder of the Congressional Cystic Fibrosis Caucus, Mr. Stearns. Thank you for your commitment to this issue.
The resolution before us today to support the goals and...
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WASHINGTON, DC – In response to reports that Government Accountability Office (GAO) researchers were able to smuggle radioactive materials suitable for use in a dirty bomb into the United States in a car trunk, Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce and Homeland Security Committees and author...
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