Resolution Text (PDF) Washington (April 22, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-author of the Green New Deal resolution and member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) today announced the Earth Month resolution to recognize the importance of environmental stewardship and climate action.... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Boston (April 22, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Representative Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote today to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons demanding answers about the Trump administration’s... Read More

Boston (April 21, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement on the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis, on Easter Monday. In May 2014, Senator Markey traveled to the Vatican and met with Pope Francis and high-level Vatican leaders and Cardinals to discuss the importance to act on climate change and to encourage... Read More

Markey to Congress: “Intervene immediately and reverse the Trump Tariffs, or risk the death of thousands of small businesses.”  REPORT: The Trump Tariffs: A Small Business Crisis Washington (April 18, 2025) - Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released a report titled “The Trump... Read More

State Dept memo reportedly reveals contradictions in Trump Administration’s rationale for revocation of Öztürk’s visa, detention Text of Letter (PDF) Boston (April 18, 2025) - After a recent report indicated that an internal State Department memo concluded that the key premise underlying Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk’s arrest and detention... Read More

Bill would help the 100,000 new U.S. victims & survivors each year better navigate & use available resources Washington (April 17, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) along with Congressman Dwight Evans (PA-03), today announced the introduction of the Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025, legislation that would help all... Read More

Boston (April 16, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and co-Chair of the Senate Climate Change Task Force, released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (April 15, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Acting Administrator Cameron Hamilton urging the agency to lift its freeze on grants that help improve the resiliency of public broadcasting stations. FEMA has... Read More

Report Text (PDF) Boston (April 15, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and co-Chair of the Senate Climate Change Task Force, today released a report titled “Extreme Weather & Extreme Cuts: The Trump Administration’s Attack on Our Ability to Predict, Prepare for, and Recover from... Read More

Boston (April 14, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and Congress’s leading proponent for funding for public broadcasting, released the following statement today after news reports stated that the Trump administration is seeking to rescind funding for the Corporation for... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Massachusetts has received more than 181,000 requests for heating assistance so far this fiscal year Washington (April 14, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, led all members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation—Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (April 11, 2025) - Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today led the Democrats on the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee in writing to U.S. Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler to take... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) | One Pager Washington (April 11, 2025) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), today announced legislation to improve subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) weather forecasting efforts at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through investments in advanced approaches to S2S weather... Read More

New Petition and Whistleblower Statement Provide Evidence that Meta Knowingly Allowed Children to Use its VR Platform Horizon Worlds    Letter Text (PDF) Washington (April 10, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Representative Kathy Castor (FL-14), a member of the House... Read More

Washington (April 9, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and co-Chair of the Senate Climate Task Force, today released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing a review of state and local laws and regulations aimed at tackling the climate... Read More

Letter signed by 180 members of Congress Washington (April 9, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today joined Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW); the leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris... Read More

Washington (April 8, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today released the following statement after President Trump signed four executive orders to boost the dying coal industry. “Just like Trump, coal is outdated, costly, and dangerous,” said Senator Markey. “Coal is the dirtiest... Read More

Washington (April 8, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Small Business Committee, as well as the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, today hosted a virtual town hall with panelists from MassMEDIC, Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals, VentureWell, Boyd... Read More

Washington (April 8, 2025) - Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released the following statement after attending a joint House Committee on Small Business and Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing titled: “Prosperity on Main Street: Keeping Taxes Low for... Read More

Washington (April 8, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee today joined Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Representative Donald Norcross (D-NJ) in reintroducing the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, bicameral legislation to guarantee the right of public... Read More