WASHINGTON, DC-  Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee, and Representative Joseph Crowley (D-NY) today introduced the “Leave All Blades Behind Act” to prevent the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from lifting a ban on razor-sharp scissors and other weapon-usable objects... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Internal Revenue Service today issued proposed guidance on the disclosure or use of tax return information by tax return preparers.  A key principle underlying the proposed guidance is that tax return preparers may not disclose or use tax return information for purposes other than tax return preparation... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Edward J. Markey, a senior member of the House Resources and Energy and Commerce Committees, responded to the Bush Administration’s December Energy Outlook, which was published this afternoon. The Short Term Energy Outlook, published by the Bush Administration’s Department of Energy,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC- In the latest effort to mislead the public about the shameful U.S. practice of outsourcing prisoners to third countries  -- known as ‘extraordinary rendition’ -- President Bush issued the following statement, “We do not render to countries that torture, that has been our policy and that policy will remain the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee and an outspoken advocate for stronger aviation security, responded today to news reports that a Federal Air Marshal fired shots at a passenger who claimed he had a bomb on an American Airlines flight on the ground at Miami... Read More

"Leave All Blades Behind Act" Read More

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, 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