Legislation would require USDA to use its purchasing authority on sustainable and healthy food, and would create new pilot program to support equitable agriculture
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Washington (November 20, 2023) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) today announced the Enabling Farmer, Food...
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Boston (November 20, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, sent a letter today to Clearview AI demanding answers from the company on its facial recognition technology. In his letter, Senator Markey expressed serious concerns about Clearview AI’s mass...
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Nearly 20 million people every year are displaced by climate-fueled disasters
Legislation would establish a national system of allocating 100,000 visas for people displaced by climate-fueled disasters
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Washington (November 16, 2023) - Ahead of the 28th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...
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Resolution designates November 20th through December 20th as National Survivors of Homicide Victims Awareness Month
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Washington (November 16, 2023) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) unveiled a congressional resolution to honor survivors of homicide victims by establishing November...
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Secretary of the Navy: “Considering the namesake of the ship and the unique roles that Massachusetts has in naval history, with seven previous ships bearing the Massachusetts name, this request is especially fitting… I am pleased to announce that we will move forward with Boston as the commissioning site.”
Letter from Secretary Del Toro to...
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Law will bring $9.3 billion into Massachusetts over five years
More than $1 billion of this funding already going to transformative projects across the Commonwealth
Washington (November 15, 2023) – On the two-year anniversary of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce,...
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Washington (November 14, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, issued the following statement after the release of the Fifth National Climate Assessment from the U.S. Global Change Research Program:“The risks of climate change and the...
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Washington (November 13, 203) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) today released the following statement regarding Philippine Senator Leila de Lima, who was released on bail in the Philippines:
“After nearly seven years of unjust detention for defending human rights, former Philippine Senator Leila de...
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Washington (November 10, 2023) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined 20 colleagues, led by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), along with Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), in a letter to Democratic and Republican Senate and Appropriations leadership urging the inclusion of the...
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Washington (November 9, 2023) - Today, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Representatives Jeff Van Drew (NJ-02) and Mark Takano (CA-39) introduced legislation to ensure that truckers are compensated fairly for the hours that they are on the clock, including overtime. The Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act would...
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Legislation is endorsed by nearly 40 criminal justice, civil rights and child welfare organizations
Washington (November 9, 2023) — Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) in reintroducing legislation that would create an alternative to incarceration for eligible parents and...
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Washington (November 8, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, and Congresswoman Grace Meng (NY-06) issued the following statement today...
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Washington (November 8, 2023) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-chair of the Senate Climate Change Task Force, hosted a bicameral forum today between the Senate Climate Change Task Force and the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition to spotlight transmission policies that would improve electric grid reliability, bolster system...
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Washington (November 8, 2023) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined the majority of the Senate Democratic Caucus, led by Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), and Jack Reed (D-R.I.), in a letter to President Joe Biden condemning the brutal terror attacks by Hamas, expressing support for immediate...
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November 8, 2023 - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Bob Casey (D-Pa.), along with U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1), Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11), and Joaquin Castro (TX-20), who led a bicameral group of their colleagues, in urging...
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Legislation would provide permanent safeguards for pregnant and postpartum women in ICE and CBP custody; Biden administration policy discourages shackling of pregnant women in ICE custody but does not extend same protections to pregnant individuals in CBP custody
Washington (November 8, 2023) – Snator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Patty...
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Washington (November 7, 2023) – Ahead of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s (BIL) two-year anniversary, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today led their colleagues in a letter to the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) requesting an...
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Lawmakers: “MOHELA must get its house in order immediately.”
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Washington (November 7, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led their colleagues Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) in...
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Boston (November 7, 2023) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell released the following statements after the Senate voted to confirm Massachusetts Deputy State Solicitor Julia Kobick to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the 150th...
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The Government Surveillance Reform Act Will Establish New Safeguards for Government Surveillance and Accountability for Abuses; Reauthorize and Reform FISA Section 702; Establish Protections for Americans Whose Private Information is Collected Under Other Intelligence Authorities; and Modernize Outdated Surveillance Laws
Washington (November 7,...
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