FASTER Act would ensure airline security fees bolster aviation safety Bill Text (PDF) Washington (September 11, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today reintroduced the Funding for Aviation Screeners and Threat Elimination... Read More

Senators raise concerns about harm to privacy and free speech Letter Text (PDF) Washington (September 11, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) today wrote to Todd Lyons, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and... Read More

Transfer of plutonium would increase the risk of nuclear weapons proliferation, including to rogue states or terrorists Letter Text (PDF) Washington (September 10, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Representatives John Garamendi (CA-08) and Don Beyer (VA-08), today wrote to President Donald Trump expressing concern over the U.S.... Read More

Brief filed with circuit court hearing case against Trump’s use of military in Los Angeles warns of continued abuse of military in other U.S. cities Washington (September 9, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today joined Senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla (both D-Calif.), Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and 15... Read More

Resolution Text (PDF) Washington (September 9, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives and the most senior U.S. government official of Cabo Verdean ancestry, introduced a Congressional resolution recognizing half a century of the independence of the... Read More

Washington (September 8, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Julie Johnson (TX-32), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced the No Foreign Fundraising at United States Embassies Act, which would prohibit the use of U.S. embassies, consulates, or other diplomatic posts for raising funds for foreign... Read More

Markey wrote to Zuckerberg two years ago urging Meta not to roll out AI chatbots to teens; Meta did so anyways Letter to Meta (PDF) | 2023 Response from Meta (PDF) Washington (September 8, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today wrote to Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and CEO of... Read More

Markey releases tracker to keep public informed of RFK Jr.'s dangerous actions Senator Markey, Dr. Walensky, health care workers, and experts outside of Codman Square Community Health Center in Dorchester Boston (September 6, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Primary Health and Retirement Security Subcommittee of the... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (September 5, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and co-chair of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, and Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) reintroduced the Preventing Health Emergencies And Temperature-related (HEAT) Illness and Deaths Act to... Read More

Boston (September 5, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, along with Representative Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), a member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, April Verrett, President of Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Claude... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Boston (September 5, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Primary Health and Pensions Subcommittee of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today sent a letter to David Joyner, Chief Executive Officer at CVS Health Corporation, and Tim Wentworth, Chief Executive Officer at... Read More

Washington (September 4, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today filed eight amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), including amendments to limit funding for President Trump’s destabilizing “Golden Dome” missile interceptor scheme, the over-budget Sentinel nuclear missile, and the dangerous transfer of weapons-usable... Read More

Washington (September 4, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement after reports that the Trump administration will reconsider federal approval of Avangrid’s New England Wind 1 project. New England Wind 1 is set to... Read More

Watch: Senator Markey blasts Trump’s trillion-dollar defense system Washington (September 3, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today delivered remarks on the Senate floor objecting to the so-called “Golden Dome for America,” the trillion-dollar space-based missile defense system pushed by Donald Trump to counter missile attacks from “any... Read More

Washington (September 3, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Representative Grace Meng (NY-06) released the following statement after Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr announced the FCC would vote to... Read More

Washington (September 2, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) today slammed the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that ruled in favor of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The court held that the district court lacked... Read More

Boston (August 29, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after the Trump administration declaredit will unlawfully withdraw and terminate $679 million in funding for offshore wind projects,... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (August 26, 2025) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, House Natural Resources Ranking Member Jared Huffman (CA-02), Vice Ranking Member Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), and Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Ranking Member Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) today wrote to... Read More

Washington (August 22, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-chair of the Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group, today released a statement in response to media reporting that the Trump administration plans to give up to 20 metric tons of weapons-usable plutonium—enough for approximately 2,000 nuclear bombs—to U.S. power... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (August 20, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, alongside Representative Lori Trahan (MA-03), member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today announced reintroduction of the Pipeline Accountability Act, comprehensive legislation to update pipeline... Read More