Letter Text (PDF) Washington (March 25, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) led eight colleagues in writing today to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) senior official Kika Scott to express strong disapproval of the Trump administration’s resurrection of one of the country’s most draconian and discriminatory immigration... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (March 25, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) today introduced the Water Intelligence, Security, and Cyber Threat Protection Act, legislation that would provide funding for clean water and wastewater utilities to become members of the Water Information Sharing and Analysis... Read More

For the first time in 65 years, cities and towns in southeastern Massachusetts will have passenger rail service Boston (March 24, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, released the following statement celebrating the formal opening of South Coast Commuter Rail service. South... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (March 24, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) today wrote to President Donald Trump, requesting additional information on any efforts to keep TikTok online in the United States and... Read More

Boston (March 22, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released the following statement on the passing of former First Lady of Massachusetts Katharine “Kitty” Dukakis. “I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of my dear friend Kitty Dukakis, a woman whose dedication to public service, to uplifting others, and to human rights was... Read More

Senators Question Trump Administration Claims and Whether Actions Will Increase Waste and Abuse Washington (March 21, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee joined Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee,... Read More

Washington (March 20, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after the Trump administration announced it would dismantle the Department of Education. “President Trump, Elon Musk, and Secretary McMahon have a clear education agenda:... Read More

Senators Cite Steward Real Estate Scheme, Concerns About Private Interests in Letter to Administration Letter Text (PDF) Boston (March 20, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Acting Administrator Stephen Ehikian, questioning the GSA’s... Read More

Boston (March 20, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) today released the following statement regarding the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruling temporarily blocking the Trump Administration... Read More

Boston (March 18, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after Trump fired the Federal Trade Commission’s only two Democratic Commissioners, Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya. “For more than a century, the independent Federal Trade Commission has... Read More

Senators to Attorney General: “In this challenging environment for election officials, it is essential to our democracy that they can continue to rely on [DOJ] to uphold the law” Washington (March 18, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) yesterday joined Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and... Read More

Administrator Zeldin is manipulating facts as a pretext to terminate a congressionally appropriated and legally obligated program that would lower household energy costs, spur economic development, and reduce pollution Washington, (March 14, 2025) - Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of... Read More

Washington (March 12, 2025) - Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after questioning William Briggs and Dr. Casey Mulligan, President Trump’s nominees to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and Chief Counsel for Advocacy at the SBA, respectively. "The Small Business Administration... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (March 12, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today reintroduced the Stop Giving Big Oil Free Money Act, legislation that would close the loophole that allows deepwater oil and gas production leases issued from 1996 to 2000 to forgo paying most royalties... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (March 12, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today reintroduced the Tar Sands Tax Loophole Elimination Act, legislation that would close the tar sands loophole in the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, which pays for immediate oil spill removal costs and... Read More

Washington (March 12, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and co-author of the Green New Deal resolution, today applauded the passage of the bipartisan and bicameral Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act through the Committee. The legislation would establish... Read More

Washington (March 10, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Representative Debbie Dingell (MI-06), authors of the National Climate Bank Act, released the following statement regarding the lawsuit filed Saturday by Climate United against Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), EPA Administrator Lee... Read More

Boston (March 9, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today on Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day. On March 7, 2025, Senator Markey led his colleagues, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Representatives Seth Moulton (MA-06) and Lori Trahan (MA-03) in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, urging the... Read More

Watch: Senator Markey Town Hall Boston (March 8, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today hosted a town hall in Malden, Massachusetts to hear directly from residents concerned about Donald Trump and Republican attacks on Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, and the programs that support families, workers, and small businesses. More than... Read More

Boston (March 7, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after the U.S. Senate took its first vote on the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl (HALT) Act. One hundred ninety health, civil rights, and criminal justice groups have... Read More