WASHINGTON, D.C. - The following statement was released today by Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), in response to news reports of a cover-up of U.S. involvement in the kidnapping of German citizen Khaled Masri reported in today’s Washington Post.  Rep. Markey has been an outspoken critic of the practice of sending prisoners out of... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee and longstanding advocate for strengthened aviation security, today expressed his opposition to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announcement that items such as metal scissors with pointed tips and a cutting edge of four inches... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democrat on the Homeland Security Committee, made the following statement responding to the 9/11 Discourse Project report card released today. “Letting 4 inch scissor blades back on passenger planes while letting unscreened cargo the size of a Volkwagen be placed... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey, a senior member of the House Resources and Energy and Commerce Committees, criticized Governor Mitt Romney’s decision yesterday to pull Massachusetts out of the Northeast Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).  “Governor Romney’s decision is a big blow to efforts... Read More

 Letter to GAO, November 30, 2005 Read More

 Letter to CMS, December 1, 2005 Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee and longstanding advocate for strengthened aviation security, and Representative Joseph Crowley, Chief Deputy Whip and leading member of the New York City delegation today announced their plan to introduce the “Leave All Blades... Read More

 Letter to CMS, December 1, 2005 Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Edward Markey (D-MA) and Representative George Miller (D-CA) called on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate whether the Federal government is effectively regulating the activities of pension funds and the firms that advise them and detecting and deterring fraud, conflicts-of-interest, and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Representative Edward J. Markey and House Members of the Massachusetts Delegation sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services asking questions about inaccurate information distributed by CMS regarding the Medicare Part D prescription drug program. The letter specifically asks about the 9,000 letters the... Read More

Letter to President Bush, February 23, 2005 Read More

 Letter to Appropriations Committee, September 14, 2005 Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), senior Democrat on the Homeland Security Committee made the following statement in response to President Bush’s Annapolis speech on Iraq.  Pressed by plummeting public opinion polls and rising concerns from Republicans and Democrats about the direction of the war, the Bush... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), senior Democrat on the Homeland Security Committee made the following statement in response to President Bush’s Annapolis speech on Iraq.  Pressed by plummeting public opinion polls and rising concerns from Republicans and Democrats about the direction of the war, the Bush... Read More

Letter to SEC and Department of Labor, August 12, 2005  iss_finance_ltr050812.pdf (179.05 KB) Read More

 Letter to President Bush, October 14, 2005 Read More

Letter to President, February 23, 2005 Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee, today responded to a Washington Post report that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) plans to permit airline passengers to carry scissors and other previously banned sharp objects aboard planes.  Such objects were... Read More

 Letter Text, November 30, 2005 Read More

  Introduction of the Network Neutrality amendment in the Energy & Commerce Committee, April 26, 2006 Read More