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... Read More

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... Read More

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)... Read More

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... Read More

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Washington, D.C.—Representative Edward J. Markey a senior Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee released the following statement today regarding President Bush’s proposal to use National Guard troops to along the U.S. border. “We don’t send police to do the job of firefighters, and we shouldn’t send... Read More

Washington, DC:  A NEWSWEEK poll, released this weekend revealed that 53 percent of Americans think the NSA’s surveillance program “goes too far in invading people’s privacy.”  The poll follows a USA Today article, printed last week, which revealed that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been secretly... Read More

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 Copy of Letter to Speaker Hastert (5/11/06) (93.22 KB)   May 11, 2006 Mr. Dennis HastertSpeaker of the HouseHouse of RepresentativesThe CapitolWashington, D.C.  20515 Dear Mr. Speaker:             I am writing to report the mysterious disappearance of a bill that was... Read More

Good morning Chairman Hyde, Ranking Member Lantos and Members of the International Relations Committee.  Thank you for giving me the opportunity to testify today. I am opposed to the Administration’s legislative proposal to grant India a special exemption from our nation’s nuclear nonproliferation laws.  I believe that this... Read More

Good morning Chairman Hyde, Ranking Member Lantos and Members of the International Relations Committee.  Thank you for giving me the opportunity to testify today. I am opposed to the Administration’s legislative proposal to grant India a special exemption from our nation’s nuclear nonproliferation laws.  I believe that this... Read More

Washington, DC-  A USA Today article reports that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been secretly collecting phone records of tens of millions of Americans using information provided by America’s largest telephone companies including AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth.  In response to the disturbing new information about domestic... Read More

I applaud yesterday’s action by the House Appropriations Committee, which adopted most of the amendment offered by Congressman Hinchey. Rep. Hinchey yesterday offered language that I and the other Democratic Members here had introduced to end royalty relief to big oil and gas companies. Our language that was adopted yesterday would help... Read More

I applaud yesterday’s action by the House Appropriations Committee, which adopted most of the amendment offered by Congressman Hinchey. Rep. Hinchey yesterday offered language that I and the other Democratic Members here had introduced to end royalty relief to big oil and gas companies. Our language that was adopted yesterday would help... Read More

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this bill.   With this bill we are now engaged in the second phase of “The Republican ReCONciliation Game.” That’s exactly what it is—a giant Con Game. In February, the CON game began with the Republicans’ cutting nearly $40 billion in benefits for the most vulnerable in our... Read More

Washington, DC-  Almost a year after the ChoicePoint data theft scandals rocked the country raising public concerns about identity theft, President Bush has announced his plans to launch a new executive order on identity theft, but the President’s dedication to the privacy of citizens is out of step with the legislation driven in... Read More

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this bill.   With this bill we are now engaged in the second phase of “The Republican ReCONciliation Game.” That’s exactly what it is—a giant Con Game. In February, the CON game began with the Republicans’ cutting nearly $40 billion in benefits for the most vulnerable in our... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today the House Appropriations Committee adopted an amendment to the Interior Appropriations bill FY 2007 that would end the royalty relief giveaways to big oil and gas companies that could total billions of dollars in coming years.  Representative Maurice Hinchey (D-NY),  offered Representative Markey’s... Read More