Resolution Text (PDF) Washington (April 23, 2026) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, and Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) passed their bipartisan resolution unanimously designating April as “Community College Month.” Across... Read More

Washington (April 23, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) alongside Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12) and Congressman Ro Khanna (CA-17) reintroduced the Hazard Pay for Health Care Heroes Act, legislation to raise hazard pay and strengthen protections for health care workers. The legislation, which was Rep. Lee’s first bill introduced in... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (April 23, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) today wrote to Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Todd Lyons, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration... Read More

Washington (April 23, 2026) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, offered an amendment on the Senate floor that would require action to lower electricity costs for working people, but was blocked by Republicans as they voted to give a $140 billion blank check through the budget reconciliation... Read More

Resolution Text (PDF) Washington (April 22, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senator Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) released the following statement today after the Senate passed their resolution designating April 22, 2026 as “National Assistive Technology Awareness Day.” “For... Read More

Washington (April 22, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, released the following statement following his questioning of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who appeared in front of the HELP... Read More

Washington (April 22, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey and Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-06) and Julia Brownley (CA-26), introduced the bicameral Climate Change Education Act, which would establish a Climate Change Education Program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide grants and technical assistance to... Read More

Washington (April 22, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after voting in favor of the war powers resolution introduced by Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.). The vote failed 46-51. “Trump’s war of choice on Iran is proving to be a wasteful, unjust, and useless mission as negotiations and the ceasefire remain... Read More

Washington (April 22, 2026) — Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) re-introduced the Youth Climate Leadership Act, legislation that would cement the existence of youth advisory councils within the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Interior, Department of Energy, Department of... Read More

Report Card (PDF) Washington (April 22, 2026) – Today, on Earth Day, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Representatives Summer Lee (PA-12), Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07) and Rashida Tlaib (MI-12)—Co-Chairs of the Senate and House Environmental Justice Caucuses—unveiled a bicameral report card... Read More

New bill would permanently authorize Southeast New England Program & Boost Multi-State Watershed Cleanup, Conservation, & Ecosystem Improvements SNEP Authorization Act would put $150 million on tap for public-private efforts to safeguard local watersheds in southern New England Washington (April 21, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey... Read More

Statements of Support (PDF) Washington (April 21, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, the Environment and Public Works Committee, and the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee—today announced the introduction of a package of legislation during Earth Week... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (April 20, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), members of the Environment and Public Works Committee, led 15 colleagues in a letter requesting that the Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations legislation include language that would prohibit the use of taxpayer funds to implement... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (April 16, 2026) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with Representative Jahana Hayes (CT-05), today reintroduced the YouthBuild for the Future Act to reauthorize the YouthBuild program, a national program that connects young people ages 16 to 24, who are neither working nor in school, with education, workforce... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) | One-Pager (PDF) Washington (April 16, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and author of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA), Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Representative Debbie Dingell (MI-06), and Representative Brian... Read More

Trump administration forces old fossil fuel power plants to stay online without real emergency need, while ratepayers foot the bill Bill Text (PDF) | One-Pager (PDF) Washington (April 16, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today introduced his No Big Fossil Bailouts on Your Power Bill... Read More

Washington (April 15, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after voting in favor of the war powers resolution introduced by Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.). The vote failed 47-52. “Trump’s war of choice in Iran is a moral tragedy and economic disaster playing out before our eyes. It is only making the United... Read More

Washington (April 15, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today voted in favor of the joint resolutions of disapproval introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Senator Markey delivered remarks condemning arms sales to Israel as Trump’s Iran war rages on. The resolutions were voted down 40-59 and 36-63. Below is an excerpt from his... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (April 15, 2026) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Delia Ramirez (IL-03) today announced the introduction of their Equal Tax Act, legislation that would make the tax code more equitable by taxing investment income at the same rate as ordinary labor income and by closing other common loopholes used by... Read More

As Trump administration actions cause massive increases in energy costs, Markey, colleagues urge Senate appropriators to prohibit taxpayer funds from being used to prevent clean energy construction Letter Text (PDF) Washington (April 14, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today led his... Read More