Easthampton Fire Department Awarded Over $600k to Hire Four New Firefighters Boston, MA - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), William Keating (D-MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), and Seth Moulton (D-MA-06) today... Read More

  Four human cases have been detected in Massachusetts, including one fatality   Washington (September 6, 2019) – Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren today sent a letter to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) within the National Institutes of Health to seek information on... Read More

  Washington (September 5, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos regarding the internet-connected doorbell company Ring, which Amazon owns, and Ring’s partnership with over 400 police departments. Reports indicate that these partnerships offer law enforcement officials access to... Read More

  Senator Markey is House author of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)   Washington (September 4, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its settlement with Google over YouTube’s children’s privacy violations.... Read More

  Lawmakers urge Nuclear Regulatory Commission to keep important safety requirements in place   Boston (September 3, 2019) – Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren and Representative William Keating (MA-09) wrote to the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to urge that the Commission reject a... Read More

House Oversight Subcommittee to Hold Emergency Hearing on this Abrupt Policy Change   WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), along with Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA), Congressman Lou Correa... Read More

  Boston (August 30, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement regarding the arrests by Hong Kong police of prominent political activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, and Andy Chan. The arrests come just before the... Read More

  Boston (August 30, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after media stories reported that Google has agreed to pay between $150 million and $200 million to resolve a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation into YouTube over... Read More

  Boston (August 29, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Climate Change Task Force and member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement following the announcement of the Trump administration’s proposal to rollback methane emissions... Read More

  Boston (August 28, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the East Asia Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement following media reports that North Korea is building new submarines capable of launching nuclear-armed ballistic missiles. Senators Markey and Cory... Read More

Asylum Officers in Boston, Newark Offices Reassigned to Southern Border Cases Decision Essentially Freezes Over 40,000 Pending Asylum Cases in New England Text of the Letter (PDF) Boston, MA - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), sent a... Read More

Federal Funds Will Be Used to Make Critical Upgrades to South Station's Tower 1 Boston, MA - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), William Keating (D-MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), Seth... Read More

Boston (August 23, 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 Commission approved the transfer of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station’s shutdown plant and spent fuel dry... Read More

  Car manufacturers have acknowledged cyber vulnerabilities to investors but not to the public   Washington (August 22, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today sent a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety... Read More

  Lawmakers write in support of local residents and Massachusetts Attorney General petitions   Washington (August 21, 2019) – Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren, and Representative William Keating (MA-09) wrote to the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to urge that it delay ruling on the... Read More

  Lawmakers write in bipartisan support of nascent offshore wind industry   Washington (August 19, 2019) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), John Kennedy (R-La.), and Representatives Richard Neal (MA-01), Steve Scalise (LA-01), William Keating (MA-09), and Joseph Kennedy III... Read More

Boston (August 13, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced that it plans to issue a decision next week based on staff recommendation to approve the license transfer from Entergy to Holtec of the... Read More

WASHINGTON (August 12, 2019) — Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today in sending letters to numerous education technology (EdTech) companies inquiring about data collection practices on American students. The Senators raised concerns that the learning tools used by these... Read More

Boston (August 12, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Chair of the Senate Climate Change Task Force, released the following statement after the Department of the Interior announced changes to implementation of the Endangered Species Act.   The Trump... Read More

Boston (August 10, 2019) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.),  a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Commerce Committees, released the following statement after the Department of the Interior announced it is delaying approval of a key permit for the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project. Senator Markey led a letter in... Read More