"Today I am introducing, with Rep. Nancy Johnson and over 100 of my colleagues, legislation that would permanently protect the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from development by granting it full wilderness status, consistent with the rest of the Refuge. The Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act of 2005 honors two great...
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ON THE 39TH ANNIVERSARY OFVOTING RIGHTS ACT, LET’S BOOST YOUTH VOTERPARTICIPATION:CO-SPONSOR “THE GATEWAY TO DEMOCRACY ACT”
Dear Colleague:
On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act to ensure that all citizenswould have equal access to the right to vote regardless of race, ethnicity, gender,...
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Washington, D.C. –Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee, and Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee, today sent a letter to Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General David M. Walker to request a report evaluating the...
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“I am not at all surprised by the reports coming out of the IAEA that Iran may be building deep reinforced tunnels to store nuclear materials and technology. The Bush Administration's pursuit of a nuclear bunker buster weapon has signaled to Iran and others that the U.S. is seeking the capability to use a nuclear bunker buster weapon against...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following Democrats’ innovation summit, Representative Edward J. Markey, a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today sent a letter to his colleagues in the House of Representatives outlining legislation he will introduce when the Congress reconvenes mandating that within five years, all cars,...
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Washington, DC: In the wake of the conviction of a Tennessee amusement park manager for reckless homicide in the falling death of a park patron, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) today announced that he is reintroducing the National Amusement Park Ride Safety Act to close a massive loophole in safety regulation of theme park rides.
“The amusement park...
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The purpose of the Congressional Privacy Caucus (CPC) is to educate members of Congress and staff on matters of individual privacy, to provide a forum for the discussion of these issues and to serve as legislative advocates for personal privacy.
Co-Chairs of the CPC:
Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA), Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX),
Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT),...
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to this nearly $56 billion Republican Tax Cut Giveaway for Millionaires.
45% of this Republican tax bill will go to the ultra-rich. The top 1% of Americans who are millionaires will get $32,000 extra dollars a year from this bill. The average American family will get about $7.00.
SEVEN BUCKS –...
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Washington, DC: In the wake of the conviction of a Tennessee amusement park manager for reckless homicide in the falling death of a park patron, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) today announced that he is re-introducing the National Amusement Park Ride Safety Act to close a massive loophole in safety regulation of theme park rides. “The amusement park...
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"Mr. Speaker, Memorial Day is the beginning of the season when American families take their children to our amusement parks for a day of fun and sun. Unfortunately, it is also the case that over 75 percent of the serious injuries suffered on these rides occur between the months of May and September. Most of America thinks that the rides at...
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Washington, DC: Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA) today released a letter to the Consumer Product Safety Commission and made the following statement on the follow up efforts of the Public Safety Committee regarding the fatal amusement ride accident in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.
“I applaud Public Safety Commissioner Thomas Gatzunis for his efforts...
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"Today a white hot spotlight is shining on what could be a very black mark in this Congress – the enforcement of budget cuts against the poor while money continues to be shoveled out the door to the richest fat cats and the biggest corporations in the form of tax cuts, subsidies, royalty relief, and other gems of tax avoidance and...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA) Ranking Democrat on the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, released responses from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to his inquiry into reports of the commercial availability of consumer telephone...
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Washington, DC: Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Select Committee on Homeland Security, today announced that he would soon re-introduce a bill to require the Department of Homeland Security to impose additional security requirements for shipments of extremely hazardous materials, including re-routing of such shipments...
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