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... Read More

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... Read More

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... Read More

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’... Read More

H.R. 4673 "Fuel Security and Consumer Choice Act" January 31, 2006 Read More

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... Read More

 Copy of Letter to CIA Inspector General  (1/11/06) (130.18 KB) Read More

 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) Read More

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... Read More

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... Read More

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... Read More

 Copy of Dear Colleague Regarding the US-India Nuclear Deal (4/10/06) (96.93 KB) Read More

 Copy of Dear Colleague Regarding the US-India Nuclear Deal (4/10/06) (96.93 KB) Read More

 Copy of Letter to the FDA regarding Benzene in Soft Drinks (3/27/06) (183.92 KB) Read More

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... Read More

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 Read More

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... Read More

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... Read More

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... Read More

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... Read More