"Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to S. 5 and in support of the Democratic Substitute. Following the Senate vote on the Republican Class Action bill, the Wall Street investment firm Smith Barney issued the following FLASH ALERT to its investors: “The Senate just passed a bill 72-26 which is designed to funnel class-action suits with... Read More

Thank you, Mr. Chairman for calling today’s hearing. Americans take privacy seriously. We guard our credit cards by carefully returning them to our wallets, we keep our mortgage records and social security cards and personal documents locked up. How would consumers feel if they discovered that while they take extra precautions to guard their... Read More

"I rise in opposition to the Conference Report. This bill inadequately funds virtually every area of need. It slashes $1.5 billion from our country’s critical health, human services, education and labor programs. While the Bush Administration has never fully funded the No Child Left Behind Act, this bill goes a step further by actually... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - A Friday summer afternoon, 5:10 pm MasterCard International quietly announces a security breach that could affect over 40 million cards of all brands, of which nearly 14 million are MasterCard-branded. According to press reports, the breach occurred at CardSystems Solutions in Tucson, which processes transactions on behalf of... Read More

MEDIA ADVISORY MEDFORD, MA – U.S. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Malden) announced today that he will hold a town meeting on Social Security reform on Thursday, February 24, 2005 at 7 PM at The National Heritage Museum, 33 Marrett Road, Lexington, MA. Markey will be joined by a panel of experts including Deborah Banda, State Director,... Read More

Good Morning. I’d like to commend Chairman Upton for calling this hearing today to further explore issues related to the transition to digital television (DTV). Today’s hearing will explore issues related to ending analog television broadcasting. I think, for our public policy discussion, we can safely assume that the analog era will... Read More

MEDFORD, MA – U.S. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Malden) announced today that he will hold a town meeting on Social Security reform on Thursday, February 24, 2005 at 7 PM at The National Heritage Museum, 33 Marrett Road, Lexington, MA. Markey will be joined by a panel of experts including Deborah Banda, State Director, AARP Massachusetts... Read More

 Letter to Chrm. Tomlinson , July 1, 2005   Read More

Good Morning. I want to commend Chairman Upton for calling this hearing this morning on policy questions raised by the Internet Protocol-based video and data services. This morning we will receive testimony on IP-enabled data services and video services. Microsoft’s X-Box for example, is not only a wildly popular game application for... Read More

Good Afternoon. I want to commend Chairman Upton for calling this hearing today on the digital television (DTV) transition, with its particular focus on consumer information and education. Consumer education and awareness about the DTV transition will be critical for the success of any plan that ends analog television broadcasting. It is... Read More

Good Morning. I want to commend Chairman Upton for calling this hearing today on Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP). Internet Protocol-based telecommunications services continue to make inroads into markets traditionally served through older technologies. These digital service offerings are exactly the kind of innovative broadband services the... Read More

"Mr. Speaker, I rise to introduce the “Video Description Restoration Act of 2005.” Mr. Speaker, we have a long history in telecommunications policy of trying to ensure that the benefits of technology reach all segments of American society. Our policies, enacted by Congress and implemented by the Federal Communications Commission... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a long time advocate for quality children’s programming, made the following statement in response to news reports of the resignation of Kenneth Y. Tomlinson from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Board of Directors. Tomlinson had served as the Chairman of the Board... Read More

MEDFORD, MA – U. S. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Malden), along with all of the members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation, today sent a letter to President Bush urging him to declare a state of emergency for the January 22 – 23 blizzard in Massachusetts. Rep. Markey organized the delegation letter to support Governor... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC-  Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) today criticized President Bush for departing from the occasion of honoring our veterans and our troops to engage in a self-serving, defensive and inappropriate attempt to rewrite history.  The President said in Pennsylvania today that foreign intelligence services and Democrats and Republicans... Read More

Delegation Letter to Gov. Romney, Feb. 23, 2005  Read More

 Letter to President Bush, Jan. 28, 2005 Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee, today announced that the Department of Homeland Security has awarded $62 million to Massachusetts to increase the Commonwealth’s ability to prevent, respond to and recover from terrorist attacks. “I am pleased that the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee, today issued the following statement in response to reports of an alleged terrorist attack in Boston using dangerous materials. “These reports of a terrorist plan to attack Boston remain unconfirmed and uncorroborated. Nevertheless,... Read More

Thank you all for coming. Today, with the help of two experts on the subject, we will discuss the President’s plan to phase out the guaranteed minimum Social Security benefit that American workers expect and rely upon. When Franklin Delano Roosevelt began Social Security, he designed it to endure, and he did an excellent job. Social Security... Read More