Letter Text (PDF) Washington (June 17, 2026) - As Congress considers President Trump’s $1.5 trillion request for Pentagon spending and SpaceX wins billions in Golden Dome contracts, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Representatives John Garamendi (CA-08) and Don Beyer (VA-08), co-chairs of the bicameral Nuclear... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (June 16, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today held a press conference to call for major cuts to the Pentagon’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2027, in light of Donald Trump’s illegal war in Iran and as Trump pushes to increase an already outrageously bloated defense budget to $1.5 trillion – the highest since... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (June 16, 2026) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today sent a letter to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Administrator Jonathan Morrison demanding that NHTSA properly and fully investigate Tesla’s... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (June 15, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, along with Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Congressman André Carson (IN-07), introduced the Asal Sayas National Strategy on Young Adult Cancers... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (June 15, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, along with Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Congressman André Carson (IN-07), introduced the Asal Sayas National Strategy on Young Adult Cancers... Read More

Boston (June 12, 2026) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, today condemned Republican efforts to shield Big Oil from liability through a blanket immunity scheme. The proposed legislation would block any lawsuits or state laws aimed at holding oil and gas companies accountable for their... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (June 11, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee today introduced the Child Safety and Well-Being Act to advocate for and protect children in federal policymaking. The legislation would establish an independent commission to promote the interests of... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (June 9, 2026) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Representative Don Beyer (VA-08), co-chair of the House Artificial Intelligence Caucus, today reintroduced the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Environmental Impacts Act of 2026. The legislation would require... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (June 9, 2026) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with Representatives Andrew Garbarino (NY-02) and Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06) today reintroduced the Natural Climate Solutions Research and Extension Act to include natural climate solutions as a high-priority... Read More

Washington (June 8, 2026) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) today led their Senate colleagues to introduce a bipartisan resolution designating June 6, 2026, as National Naloxone Awareness Day. In addition to designating a national day for... Read More

Senate budget reconciliation bill that passed in the dead of night added $70 billion more for ICE, CBP, while doing nothing to lower costs for the American people Boston (June 5, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) released the following statement after Republicans voted to pass a $70 billion budget for the Department of Homeland Security,... Read More

Boston (June 5, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement on news that the United States Postal Service (USPS) has reversed course on its decision to close the Shutesbury Post Office. “Following weeks of advocacy from my office, the federal delegation, the American Postal Workers Union, and, most of all, from the... Read More

Washington (June 5, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) today issued a statement on the Trump administration’s lease sale for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which offered nearly 700,000 acres of sacred and... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Boston (June 5, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, alongside Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), Congressman Lynch (MA-08) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), today sent a letter to Acting Director of the National Park Service (NPS) Jessica Bowron, urging the... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Boston (June 5, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) today announced the reintroduction of the Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act. The legislation would strengthen the Individuals with Disabilities Education... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (June 5, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today wrote to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr, condemning the Commission’s attempt to use the V-chip law that Senator Markey wrote to pressure the television ratings system... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (June 4, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), alongside Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) and Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), today reintroduced the Equal Remedies Act to secure full financial relief for victims of workplace discrimination. For more than 30 years, a civil rights law has capped how much... Read More

Washington (June 4, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission announced that it will vote to open a proceeding to review the E-Rate program, which helps schools and libraries connect to the internet. “E-Rate... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington, (June 3, 2026) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) along with Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Mark Pocan (WI-02), and Sharice Davids (KS-03) today introduced legislation to offer LGBTQI+ specific services for older LGBTQI+ Americans and individuals living with HIV in rural communities.LGBTQI+ older adults in... Read More

Calls for protections against Trump’s politically motivated attacks on infrastructure projects Letter Text (PDF) Washington (June 3, 2026) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today led 15 of his Democratic colleagues in writing to the Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate... Read More