This bill comes as opportunistic corporations are using inflation as cover to abuse their pricing power and jack up prices for American consumers.    Bill Text (pdf) | One Pager (pdf)    Washington, D.C. - Today, United States Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.),... Read More

Senate unanimously passes Markey resolution to commemorate peace agreement and call on the Cambodian government to fulfill the democratic promise of the accords, as Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen participates in ASEAN Leaders Summit in D.C.   Washington (May 12, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman of the East Asia... Read More

Washington (May 11, 2022) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senate sponsor of the Judiciary Act of 2021, released the following statement after the Senate failed to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the Women’s Health Protection Act in order to begin debate.   “Today, the Senate failed to protect the rights of millions... Read More

Washington (May 11, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Alvaro Bedoya’s nomination to serve as Commissioner to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).   “The Federal Trade Commission... Read More

Washington, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and a group of 14 Senators to urge Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to cease efforts to undermine unionization campaigns occurring at the company’s locations, and instead support employee-led union efforts nationwide.... Read More

Bicameral legislation would reform the judicial ethics system including by: overhauling the judicial recusal process, imposing a code of conduct on the Supreme Court, banning federal judges from owning individual stock. One-Pager (pdf) | Bill Text (pdf) Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Elizabeth... Read More

WATCH: Senator Markey hosts field hearing in Plymouth, Mass. to discuss nuclear safety and security issues and state, local, and community stakeholder engagement      Boston (May 6, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear... Read More

Washington (May 6, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement upon the United States reaching the tragic toll of one million lives lost to COVID-19.   “There are no words to fully capture the loss of one million friends, loved ones, partners, family members, and those we did not know to... Read More

The ICEE HOT Act would reduce residential building greenhouse gas emissions and increase energy security   Washington (May 4, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), Chair of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate and Nuclear Safety, today introduced the Installing Clean Efficient Energy Hastens Our... Read More

Washington (May 3, 2022) – Today, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee, Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) released the following statement regarding recent developments in the case... Read More

Washington (May 2, 2022) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after reports that the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn the right to abortion.   “Tonight, the American people got a sneak preview of what a stolen, illegitimate, and far-right Supreme Court majority appears poised to do: destroy the... Read More

DOT Secretary Buttigieg to Testify Tuesday at Commerce Committee hearing   Washington (May 2, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chairwoman Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today called on the Department of Transportation (DOT) to... Read More

New research shows that one third of the network of pro-eating disorder accounts on Instagram is under the age of 18, and these accounts reportedly have over half a million followers   Washington (April 29, 2022) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Representative Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Kathy... Read More

Washington (April 28, 2022) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) released the following statement after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released proposed rules banning menthol... Read More

Resolution designates April As “Preserving and Protecting Local News Month,” Highlights importance of local news in a functioning democracy   Washington (April 27, 2022) – U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and a group of nine senators today in introducing a resolution to... Read More

Thirteen Senators express support for Biden Administration proposal to roll back discriminatory Trump-era “public charge” regulation and exclude benefits related to public emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic   Senators also urge Biden Administration to take additional key steps to better support immigrants seeking permanent... Read More

"It is imperative that the United States Armed Forces uphold the highest standards of conduct, including consistent standards for protecting the lives of civilians and requiring accountability when harm does occur."   Washington (April 25, 2021) – United States Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joins Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.),... Read More

Washington (April 21, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today in response to release of the Biden administration’s first National Drug Control Strategy.   “For too long racism and stigma have driven the federal government to respond to substance use and addiction with... Read More

Washington (April 21, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, traveled from Poland to Brussels Tuesday evening for meetings with U.S. diplomats and EU and NATO leadership to discuss the allied response to Putin’s unjust war of aggression in Ukraine. Upon his return, Senator Markey... Read More

Washington, DC – Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Ed Markey (D-MA) are pressing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) about the slow pace of research into “Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection” or “long COVID.”  In a letter, the senators asked the NIH about the status of research into the... Read More