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...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Member of the Homeland Security Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the panel which oversees the regulation of nuclear reactors, and Representative John F. Tierney (D-MA) the only New England member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a Senior Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today requesting more information about the expedited approval process for medical devices. Last week, Rep. Markey released a report revealing that the majority of...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior Member of the Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement in response to today’s Homeland Security Committee hearing testimony given by Mr. Robert Stephan, Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Markey, the ranking member on the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, was joined by U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY), U.S. Representatives John Dingell (D-MI), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Anna G. Eshoo (DCA), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), and Clifford...
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PRESIDENT BUSH: “When I sign that bill, gasoline prices are not going to drop.” [President Bush Energy Address, Lusby, Maryland, 6/22/05] FACT: The proposed energy bill will cause the price of gasoline to increase significantly over the next ten years. [DOE Report,...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), the top-ranking Democrat on the Committee on Homeland Security, today released an independent scientific analysis conducted by experts consulted by the Center for Science, Technology and Security...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Homeland Security Committee, today urged the Chairmen of the Energy and Commerce and Homeland Security Committees to hold public hearings on hearings on the H5N1 avian flu strain and other deadly strains once the forthcoming...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Homeland Security Committee, today urged the Chairmen of the Energy and Commerce and Homeland Security Committees to hold public hearings on hearings on the H5N1 avian flu strain and other deadly strains once the forthcoming...
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today President Bush is expected to sign the spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security, which appropriates $30.8 billion in discretionary spending for the operations and activities of the Department for fiscal year 2006, which began on October 1. This funding level is only about 4.5 percent greater than the amount...
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today President Bush is expected to sign the spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security, which appropriates $30.8 billion in discretionary spending for the operations and activities of the Department for fiscal year 2006, which began on October 1. This funding level is only about 4.5 percent greater than the amount...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), the ranking member on the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, made the following statement in response to today’s Supreme Court verdict.
“The Supreme Court’s decision today in the ‘Brand X’ case undercuts the basis upon which the...
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WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, prosecutors announced that the blood of a decapitated Canadian country musician was found on the clothes of Gregory Despres, the 22-year old chainsaw-and-hatchet-toting man who crossed over the U.S. Canadian border before he was arrested in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts in June.
Following the border incident, Rep. Edward...
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WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee, today released a statement in response to a report in the Washington Post that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is spending critical homeland security dollars lavishly.
“House Republicans tell us that there is not enough...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democratic Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the House Homeland Security Committee, and author of the 1979 law regulating remote liquefied natural gas (LNG) siting, made the following statement in response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Despite efforts by House Democrats to prevent foreign governments from buying up U.S. electric utilities or natural gas companies, Republicans defeated an amendment offered by Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA) (6 – 10) during the Energy Conference today. The amendment would make it illegal for a company owned or...
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