Washington, DC – Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren and Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) introduced the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act in the Senate and House. The legislation would allow those with outstanding student loan debt to refinance at the interest rates that were approved last year... Read More

WASHINGTON (March 18, 2015) – A new survey released today by the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers counters a main argument pushed by oil companies and their allies in Congress to lift the crude oil export ban. The survey shows that the majority of U.S. refining capacity is ready to refine more than 730,000 additional barrels of... Read More

SAME Act would amend the Social Security Act so that all legal marriages are appropriately recognized (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) along with Representative Ron Kind (D-WI) introduced the Social Security and Marriage Equality... Read More

Legislation still needed to trace seafood from sea to plate   BOSTON (March 15, 2015) -- Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today hailed the release of the final recommendations of the Presidential Task Force on Combatting Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing and Seafood Fraud. Released at the Boston International Seafood Show, the task... Read More

Boston (March 13, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Malden) released the following statement today celebrate the Allied War Veteran’s Council decision to welcome Boston Pride to march in the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade for the first time in the parade’s history.   “This year, as we all march together,... Read More

Washington, D.C-- Today, Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Edward Markey (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight, are introducing the Alan Reinstein and Trevor Schaefer Toxic Chemical Protection Act, which provides... Read More

Report rebuts Republican attacks on Clean Power Plan, Obama climate vision   WASHINGTON (March 12, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today praised Secretary Ernest Moniz and the Department of Energy for their vital report on the future of wind energy in America. Senator Markey said the report shows America can aggressively and... Read More

Bill protects first responders, family members and volunteers who are educated to administer opioid overdose prevention drug like naloxone   Washington (March 11, 2015) – Every day, 120 people die as a result of drug overdoses fueled by prescription painkillers. Between 2000 and 2013, the rate of death from heroin overdoses nearly... Read More

Washington (March 10, 2015) – With asbestos-related diseases still claiming as many as 10,000 American lives every year, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill) to introduce legislation today that will help Americans avoid exposure to the potentially deadly substance by increasing the amount of information... Read More

Fishing, tourism industries at risk from spills; Oil companies already possess area offshore the size of Kentucky yet to be drilled   WASHINGTON (March 9, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and eleven of his Senate colleagues today pushed the Obama administration’s Interior Department to protect the Atlantic coast from new... Read More

Markey included Daylight Saving Time extension in 2005 Energy Policy Act    Washington (March 6, 2015) – Ten years after the passage of the 2005 Energy Policy Act that increased the portion of the year covered by Daylight Saving Time (DST), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), who authored the extension, said it was more welcome than... Read More

Gives consumers the right to stop data brokers from using, sharing, or selling personal information for marketing purposes   Washington (March 5, 2015) – Senators Edward J. Markey, Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Al Franken (D-Minn.) introduced legislation to require accountability and transparency for data... Read More

President should reject the pipeline outright, says Senator   WASHINGTON (March 4, 2015) – Following a vote to uphold President Obama’s veto of the Keystone Pipeline Approval Act, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement. Senator Markey offered... Read More

Washington (March 4, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after Senate Republicans voted to reverse the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule on union elections. Under this new rule, regulations for union election procedures will be modernized and streamlined so that workers can better exercise... Read More

  Washington (March 3, 2015) – With the recently-released rules from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and White House governing the operation of commercial and government drones failing to adequately protect the privacy of Americans, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today introduced bicameral... Read More

Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey today announced that the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) will receive $6.8 million in rental housing assistance from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This Project Rental Assistance grant, awarded... Read More

(Washington, DC) – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) wrote to Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States and the U.S. Government Accountability Office, to request a formal investigation into the... Read More

WASHINGTON — Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and a bipartisan group of 15 Senate cosponsors called Monday for strong action after the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov Friday in Moscow. Johnson, Shaheen and their cosponsors introduced a resolution laying out the known facts not only relating to... Read More

Washington (March 2, 2015) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) announced she will not run for re-election.   “As the longest serving woman in the history of Congress, Senator Barbara Mikulski is both an extraordinary trailblazer and a wise congressional... Read More

  Legislation would require state DMVs inform vehicle owners of recalls to ensure timely repairs   Washington (March 2, 2015) – It was a year of record motor vehicle safety recalls in 2014, with approximately 64 million vehicle recalls and service campaigns due to potentially deadly safety defects, including the GM ignition switch... Read More