New Senate Dem Principles – A Framework For Comprehensive Federal Privacy Legislation - Would Strengthen Consumer And Civil Rights, Invigorate Competition, Establish Privacy Safeguards And Impose Real Accountability   Led By Senators Maria Cantwell (Commerce Committee), Dianne Feinstein (Judiciary Committee), Sherrod Brown... Read More

  While U.S. lobstermen sacrifice to save endangered species, Canada’s fisheries must be held to same standard, Senators write   Washington (November 15, 2019) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) this week sent a letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reiterating a... Read More

  Trump’s border barrier has so far cost taxpayers $10 billion   Washington (November 15, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) introduced legislation with Senators Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) that would block federal funds from being used to live stream border wall construction... Read More

  Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station spent radioactive fuel pool was designed to hold 880 fuel assemblies but today holds more than 2,300   Washington (November 13, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Kirsten Gillibrand... Read More

  Lawmakers have repeatedly called for Congressional oversight of any 123 negotiations between the Trump administration and Saudi Arabia   Washington (November 13, 2019) – Today, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) wrote to Dan Brouillette, President... Read More

  Washington (November 12, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today after a federal district court in Seattle, Washington sided with Attorneys General from nineteen states and the District of Columbia in striking down the Trump administration’s dangerous modification... Read More

  Washington (November 12, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Climate Change Task Force, released the following statement on the decision to approve the last certificate needed for a proposed Weymouth natural gas compressor station. A subsidiary of Enbridge, Canada’s largest pipeline operator, has... Read More

  Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to visit the White House Wednesday   VIDEO: https://bit.ly/2Xa8nwb   Washington (November 12, 2019) – As the Erdogan government in Turkey continues to significantly expand its crackdown on freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly, and association, Senators Edward J.... Read More

  Oppose second year in a row of decreased funding for key low-income aid program   Washington (November 12, 2019) – Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren, and Representatives Richard E. Neal (MA-01), Seth Moulton (MA-05), Lori Trahan (MA-03), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), James P. McGovern (MA-02), William R.... Read More

  Washington (November 8, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced a resolution calling on the Cambodian government, led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, to allow for the peaceful return of opposition party members and democracy activists to the country this weekend. Since 2017, the... Read More

  Merrimack River is key source of drinking water in region   Washington (November 8, 2019) – Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren, and Representatives Richard Neal (MA-01), Seth Moulton (MA-05), and Lori Trahan (MA-03) are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reassess a permit that would... Read More

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) introduced the Stadiums Operating under New Guidance (SONG) Act, which gives the Federal Aviation Administration the authority to issue Temporary... Read More

  Bill would ban oil companies’ wasteful and hazardous natural gas venting and flaring   Washington (November 7, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today reintroduced legislation to protect consumers and the climate from the wasteful practice of burning or venting natural gas emanating from oil and gas drilling on... Read More

  Washington (November 7, 2019) – Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren, and Representatives Stephen Lynch (MA-08) and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded a $20 million “Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD)” grant... Read More

  Washington (November 4, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Chair of the Senate Climate Change Task Force, released the following statement after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo formally notified the United Nations that the United States would withdraw from... Read More

Commonwealth to receive more than $114 million in early release of federal heating aid   Washington (November 4, 2019) – Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) release of $114 million of Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)... Read More

  Washington (November 4, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, which has jurisdiction over the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), released the following statement after the commissioners approved the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station from the regulations for emergency planning... Read More

  Boston (November 2, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after utility companies National Grid and Eversource said that they don't need the proposed natural gas compressor station in Weymouth to meet customer demand. A subsidiary of... Read More

  WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Richard Neal (MA-01), James P. McGovern (MA-02), Lori Trahan (MA-03), Joseph P. Kennedy III (MA-04), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Seth Moulton (MA-06), Stephen Lynch (MA-08), William Keating (MA-09), and Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey... Read More

  Boston (November 1, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) are calling on United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft to recuse herself from participating in any way from U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement. Ambassador Craft’s financial disclosures show she has... Read More