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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WASHINGTON, D.C.– Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), the Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Nonproliferation Task Force and a senior Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today released two reports from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) analyzing the Bush Administration’s proposed legislation to exempt India...
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WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Resources Committee, asked for an explanation why oil and gas companies are being given so much royalty relief on natural gas produced from deep wells in shallow waters. Rep. Markey sent the letter to Johnnie Burton, director of the Minerals...
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"Mr. Speaker, this bill will undermine all current a future state laws that are designed to warn the public about food safety risks. For example, this bill will pre-empt California’s Proposition 65 which require companies to inform consumers of the presence of chemicals that cause cancer or birth defects in their products.
In the absence...
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Dear Colleague: Two days after the House debated H.R. 4167, the press reported that some soft drinks in the U.S. contain the cancer-causing chemical benzene.
According to the Salt Lake Tribune, the Food and Drug Administration originally discovered this 16 years ago but never told the public, “because the beverage industry...
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WASHINGTON, DC- Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, a vocal opponent of the practice of ‘extraordinary rendition’ – outsourcing U.S. prisoners to foreign governments -- and the author of the “Torture Outsourcing Prevention Act,” responded today to the...
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WASHINGTON, D.C.– Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA) co-chair of the House of Representatives Privacy Caucus released the following statement in response to press reports about a possible change in tax regulations that would allow tax preparers to sell information from returns:
“Come April, Americans have no choice but to submit,...
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Washington, DC– Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior Member of the Homeland Security Committee and longstanding advocate for more rigorous security at chemical facilities released the following statement in response to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chertoff’s call for increased security at chemical plants. A...
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Washington, DC: Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, made the following statement in response to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that revealed that security screeners at 21 U.S. airports failed to find bomb-making materials during recent government...
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Washington, D.C.– 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 reacted to the release of the Administration’s “National Security Strategy” document.
“The Administration’s ‘National...
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Washington, DC- Today, the House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity approved two important amendments to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Reorganization Act offered by Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democrat on the committee and a long-time...
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Washington, D.C.– 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 reacted to the release of the Administration’s “National Security Strategy” document.
“The Administration’s ‘National...
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