WASHINGTON, D.C. – A draft House Resources Committee bill circulated today proposes selling 15 national parks, and permitting offshore oil and gas drilling in now-restricted waters in order to offset payments for the Bush Administration’s tab for the war in Iraq and reconstruction in the South. The plan drafted by Resources Chairman... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a Senior Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking questions about the FDA’s slow response to Guidant’s report that their widely used defibrillators were short-circuiting at the rate of about one a month.... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC: Today Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Select Committee on Homeland Security joined Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Representative Stephen Lynch (D-MA), John Murphy, Director of the Teamsters Rail Conference and Rick Inclima,Director of Safety of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Division to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Before President Bush could finish addressing the nation to offer his vision for the reconstruction of the devastation in the Gulf states, White House officials and House Republicans made it clear that government spending cuts, not the repeal of tax cuts for the wealthy would cover the costs of the Katrina recovery program.... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Resources Committee joined U.S. Reps. Frank Pallone Raul Grijalva to oppose Chairman Richard Pombo's decision to bring up anti-environmental legislation in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Pombo has scheduled a hearing and markup of the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – ChoicePoint, a national data brokerage company, notified 9,000 consumers’ today that they will join the ranks of 50 million Americans who have had their personal information misused or stolen this year. The notification Choicepoint sent to consumers impacted by the breach was made possible by a new policy that... Read More

 Letter to FDA, September 14, 2005  Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. –In a national press conference today President Bush stated that “we are making progress” in the war on terror. But four years after 9/11, there are a record number of terrorist attacks and the markers of success are not necessarily clear. “Terrorists have launched attacks in Tunisia, Bali, Mombasa,... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC: Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today made the following statement in response to an announcement that William J. McDonough will be retiring from his position as the Chairman of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB):  "Over the last two... Read More

Defender's Report Identifies 10 Most Endagered Wildlife Refuges, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Tops the ListWASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Edward J. Markey, a senior member of the House Resources Committee, responded to a report issued by Defenders of Wildlife highlighting the 10 national wildlife refuges most at risk. The... Read More

CAFE Bill Text , September 14, 2005, To require higher standards of automobile fuel efficiency in order to reduce he amount of oil used for fuel by automobiles in the United States y 10 percent beginning in 2015, and for other purposes. Read More

Washington, D.C. – Today House Republicans voted to destroy the Endangered Species Act (ESA) which has, for over 30 years, protected the nation’s threatened and endangered species.  The House-passed H.R. 3824 with a vote of (229-Y, 193-N) which will significantly reduce the ability of the government to enforce protections for... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Select Committee on Homeland Security and co-Chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation, today released a letter to Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman regarding security services provided by Wackenhut Corporation... Read More

Washington, DC: Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-MA) a senior Member of the House Energy and Commerce and Homeland Security Committees, today released a letter sent to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy Thompson regarding the Department’s failure to draft adequate guidelines for the stockpiling and distribution of potassium iodide... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today participated in a press conference with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy Thompson and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mark McClellan to announce that Massachusetts and two other... Read More

Washington DC - Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, have introduced legislation to exempt severely and permanently disabled individuals from Medicare restrictions that limit their ability to travel... Read More

Expanded Canadian Pipelines Will Bring More Risk, Says Lawmaker; Enbridge Becoming "BP of the Midwest" WASHINGTON (July 28, 2012) -- Another pipeline from Canada has spilled oil in the upper Midwest United States, calling into question the ability of pipeline companies and systems to safely deliver oil from Canada to the United States,... Read More

Washington D.C. – U.S. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA) today announced that a provision he had offered to clarify the definition of “homebound” in the Medicare statute has become law.  President Clinton on Thursday, December 21, 2000 signed the Consolidated FY2001 Appropriations Bill that contained the unfinished... Read More