Rep. Markey: “Over the years ChoicePoint has learned a lot about the private lives of millions of American citizens. Now, Americans are beginning to learn a whole lot more about ChoicePoint, and they do not like what they’re discovering. It is time that ChoicePoint took some steps to secure the personal information of millions of...
Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Malden) today released the following statement in reaction to President Bush’s Inaugural Address:
“President Bush today was eloquent and forthright about the threat of terrorism to freedom, but less successful in describing the threat to the jobs and economic welfare of...
Read More
WASHINGTON, DC- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA) today released a letter to the Consumer Product Safety Commission and made the following statement on the follow up efforts of the Public Safety Committee regarding the fatal amusement ride accident in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.
“I applaud Public Safety Commissioner Thomas Gatzunis for his efforts...
Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Several days after pushing Congress to pass the Energy bill, President Bush, realizing that the ‘low octane’ bill will do nothing to reduce the price of gas, plans to launch a new energy policy today. Representative Edward J. Markey (DMA), a senior Democratic Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee,...
Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee is holding a markup on the Budget Reconciliation that proposes cutting up to 10 billion dollars from Medicaid, the health program serving the poor and elderly, in order to offset the proposed 70 billion dollars of Republican tax cuts. Representative Edward...
Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA) issued the following statement on finding out that 1,122 Massachusetts residents had their personal information stolen in a company privacy breach revealed last week by ChoicePoint:
“Companies like ChoicePoint are playing Russian roulette with the personal information and identities of...
Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the President delivered an energy speech that provided only a fig leaf for this Administration’s failed energy policies. Today the President will again make his case to the American people after pushing an Energy bill through Congress that fails to bring down the price of gas. Representative Edward J....
Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Representative King (R-NY) released the following statement applauding California’s passage of cigarette fire safety legislation and calling for the swift passage of H.R. 1850, legislation that Rep. Markey and Rep. King...
Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. Peter King (R-NY), a senior member of the Financial Services Committee, introduced “the Cigarette Fire Safety Act of 2005,” a bill that will set a reasonable, national ignition standard for cigarettes. Currently, the...
Read More
“Today’s indictments begin to peal away the tissue of lies on which the Iraq war was justified – but it is only the beginning.
“White House Aide Scooter Libby has been accused of trying to cover up the cover up – one part of a deliberate effort to deceive the public about the threat of nuclear weapons that led us to...
Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. - With the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NPT) Review Conference only a week away the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill will travel to China today in a Hail Mary effort to entice North Korea back into talks on its nuclear programs. Representative Edward J. Markey, a senior member of the House...
Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democratic Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, today announced he would introduce comprehensive legislation to provide all federal employees, contractors and private sector workers who report homeland or national security flaws, threats to public health and safety,...
Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA), who has been pressing Congress for several years to close an unusual safety exemption in the law that excludes any federal participation in investigating and preventing deaths on amusement park rides, issued the following comment today following the death of a 4-year-old boy on the Mission: SPACE ride at...
Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today released a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission in which he requested information about conflicts-of-interests in corporate transactions that result when firms that stand to benefit from the completion of a transaction also...
Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Member of the Homeland Security Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee issued the following statement regarding the unconscionable attack on Los Alamos whistleblower Tommy Hook:
“Sunday’s horrendous attack on Los Alamos whistleblower Tommy Hook...
Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the New York Times reported that a White House official and former oil industry advocate has been doctoring government reports to downplay the scientific consensus that link anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and global climate change. Responding to this report of White House misinformation, Representative Edward...
Read More
