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

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"I am pleased to join with Senator Nelson this morning to discuss this important legislation. In Bonfire of the Vanities, the novelist Tom Wolfe wrote about “The Bororo Indians, a primitive jungle tribe who live along the Vermelho River in the Amazon Jungles of Brazil.” According to Wolfe, the Bororos believed that “there is... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), co-chair of the Congressional Privacy Caucus made the following statement in response to ChoicePoint Inc.’s announcement that the company received a $20 million contract from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to process public records. "It is disturbing that an agency as critical to... 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

WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee and Co-Chairman of the Bi-Partisan Congressional Privacy Caucus, today sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff and Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Robert S. Mueller to seek... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Co-Chairman of the Congressional Privacy Caucus, today offered a privacy amendment to H.R. 3058, the Transportation, Treasury and Housing spending bill. Rep. Markey’s amendment, which prevents any funding in the bill from being spent on any activities that violate the Privacy Act or regulations... Read More

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

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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) 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

 Rep. Markey Letter to CPSC, February 23, 2005 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