News From Natural Resources Committee:   Would Release Oil Now to Help Consumers, and Modernize Reserves   WASHINGTON (March 10, 2011) – As unrest has spread in the Middle East, and gas prices continue to rise, House Democrats today introduced new legislation that would initiate a modest release of oil from the nation’s oil... Read More

The Energy and Commerce Committee’s Energy and Power Subcommittee has scheduled a vote on H.R. 910, the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011. H.R. 910 is designed to stop the EPA from updating clean air safeguards to protect public health from dangerous carbon pollution. This bill repudiates EPA’s scientific finding that... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a senior member and former chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee, today issued the following statement praising the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) selection of 20 schools and libraries to... Read More

HEARING ON H.J. RES. 37, A RESOLUTION DISAPPROVING THE RULE SUBMITTED BY THE FCC RELATING TO PRESERVING THE OPEN INTERNET AND BROADBAND PRACTICES REPRESENTATIVE EDWARD MARKEY (D-MA) OPENING STATEMENT MARCH 9, 2011 Last December, the FCC promulgated a commonsense, light-touch regulatory framework for ensuring that the Internet remains an open, level... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Despite overwhelming Democratic opposition, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology passed a resolution today, stripping the Internet of rules in place to protect its freedom, its openness, and enhance innovation. H.J. Res.37 invalidates the open Internet order adopted by the Federal... Read More

Congressman cites senior NRC official’s safety concerns   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, sent a letter to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Greg Jaczko urging NRC not to approve Westinghouse’s design for a new nuclear reactor... Read More

Financial Assistance Available for 6 Counties, Up to 75% Reimbursement BOSTON – Tuesday, March 8, 2011- Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray today announced that federal disaster aid will be available to Massachusetts communities hardest hit by the January 12, 2011 Nor’easter. The assistance was authorized under an emergency... Read More

 New analysis finds MA would lose more than 17,000 jobs with 3,000 children dropped from Head Start due to GOP spending plan   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Malden), dean of the Massachusetts congressional delegation, today announced a new independent, non-partisan analysis that shows Massachusetts would lose... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the House author of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act signed into law on October 8, 2010, today issued the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) held its March Open Meeting to consider several topics, including implementation of... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Malden), author of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act, has received the James R. Olsen Award for Community Service from the American Council of the Blind. Named after Jim Olsen, who first served as the Council’s elected Treasurer and then was employed by the... Read More

Markey asks NRC: Why the secrecy?   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released a redacted letter sent to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Greg Jaczko requesting information on a recently completed investigation of a security violation at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, operated by Entergy... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Edward Markey (D-Mass) and Joe Barton (R-Texas), Co-Chairmen of the House Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, today released the letter they received from Facebook in response to their February 2, 2011 letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the company’s plan to enable users to make their addresses and mobile phone... Read More

Markey Queries EPA on Safety, Monitoring of Technology WASHINGTON (February 26, 2011) – Responding to an investigative article published today by The New York Times on the high incidence of radioactive materials and other contaminants in the wastes produced from natural gas extraction, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), dean of the Massachusetts congressional delegation, released the following statement in response to the workers in the Midwest who are protesting against proposals to strip public employees of their collective bargaining rights and make cuts to their benefits: “What’s... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Edward Markey (D-Mass) and Joe Barton (R-Texas), Co-Chairmen of the House Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, today released the following statement in response to media reports that Google collected Social Security numbers of children who participated in the Doodle 4 Google contest:    “We are deeply... Read More

BOSTON – Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown, along with Congressmen Edward Markey, John Tierney, and John Olver, today announced that fire departments across Massachusetts will receive an additional $1,936,499 in federal funding that will go towards improving operations and safety, and the increasing the availability of first responders. The... Read More

Washington, DC — Last night on the floor of the House of Representatives, Democrats fought to preserve the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) framework which protects a free, open, and accessible Internet.  Republicans called a vote on legislation which will unravel this framework by prohibiting funds from being used to implement... Read More

Democrats’ Amendment Would Have Fixed Glitch in Law Allowing Free Drilling   WASHINGTON (February 18, 2011) – Just as they have done all week during the debate on the yearly government spending bill, Republicans in the House rejected eliminating egregious loopholes and tax breaks given to the oil companies, voting down an amendment... Read More

Rep. Markey speaks out against drastic cuts proposed by Republicans, and asks to stop tax breaks to big oil companies first. Rep. Markey fights for the elimination of tax breaks for Big Oil, defends spending for low-income heating   @font-face { font-family: "ＭＳ 明朝"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math";... Read More

Reps. Ed Markey, Earl Blumenauer, Betty McCollum, Nita Lowey, Sam Farr, Paul Tonko, and Bill Owens Announce Efforts to Oppose Republican Efforts to De-Fund Corporation for Public Broadcasting   WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ed Markey, Earl Blumenauer, Betty McCollum, Nita Lowey, Sam Farr, Paul Tonko, and Bill Owens held a press conference... Read More