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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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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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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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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