Senator drafting legislation to enact coal lease reforms and impose moratorium on new lease sales WASHINGTON (September 15, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released a response from the Department of Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Land Management regarding the Senator’s inquiries about the agency’s faulty coal... Read More

  Washington (September 12, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today was joined by Senators Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Kristen Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) in a letter to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) inquiring into the current state of research at the agency on the causes... Read More

Washington (September 11, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) this week took to the Senate floor to call for a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. Today, Senator Markey voted in support of a pending Constitutional amendment introduced by Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) that would give... Read More

Washington (September 11, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), former senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee and leading advocate for aviation, maritime and grid security, released the following statement marking the 13th anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attacks.   “As we commemorate the 13th anniversary of... Read More

In an effort to preserve Internet freedom, Markey led recent call for FCC to reclassify broadband as a utility under Title II Washington (September 10, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today joined ranks with companies, advocates and national organizations throughout... Read More

  (Washington, DC) – In a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) today called on the FTC to investigate and address the recent data breach at Home Depot. The possibility of a data breach was first disclosed last Tuesday on the security blog... Read More

Lawmaker has introduced legislation with Sen. Blumenthal to help protect consumers’ personal and financial information from hackers   Washington (September 08, 2014) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after Home Depot today confirmed the... Read More

Senator has introduced legislation to expand treatment, help combat prescription drug and heroin crisis   Washington (September 08, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today commending the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) for releasing new rules to expand safe and convenient options for the disposal... Read More

Washington (September 05, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today after Specialist Brian K. Arsenault of Northborough, Massachusetts was killed in action in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.   “I was deeply saddened to hear that Specialist Brian K. Arsenault was killed in action in... Read More

In 2011, lawmaker called for FTC investigation of possible consumer protection issues related to “in-app” purchases   Boston (September 04, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today commended the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settlement with Google that... Read More

BOSTON (September 4, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), who led the congressional investigation into the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, today praised the ruling by a Louisiana federal court that BP was “reckless” and guilty of “gross negligence” in their contributions to the spill. BP would be... Read More

Senator introduced “Protecting Student Privacy Act” with Senator Hatch to protect students, provide tools to parents when information is stored in the cloud Washington (September 2, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement today... Read More

Woburn, MA – The City of Woburn’s Fire Department has received a federal grant totaling $160,074 under the Federal Awards for Assistance to Firefighter Grants (AFG), and Fire Prevention & Safety (FP&S) Awards Programs. Mayor Scott Galvin expressed his gratitude for the hard work by Woburn Fire Chief Timothy Ring as well as... Read More

Washington (August 19, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Mike Doyle (D-PA-14)  announced that they have received a response from Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler to a letter they sent in June urging the FCC to allow communities to build out their own broadband... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and David Vitter (R-La.), and Congressmen Scott Garrett (R-N.J.) and Michael Capuano (D-Mass.), and their colleagues in the Senate and House in a letter sent today to Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Janet Yellen calling for the Fed to strengthen... Read More

(Boston)- The U.S. Small Business Administration reminds homeowners, renters, businesses and non-profit organizations in Massachusetts of the deadline to submit disaster loan applications for damages caused by a major fire that caused extensive damage in the City of Holyoke on June 16, 2014.  The deadline to apply for a physical damage... Read More

Senators urge Dept. of Interior to protect Georges Bank off New England, fishing and tourism industries, beaches and coastlines on East Coast as it develops next Five Year Offshore Leasing Program   Boston (August 08, 2014) – As the Department of the Interior begins the process for developing its next five-year offshore oil and gas... Read More

Senator commends Massachusetts opiates treatment legislation signed today by Governor Patrick   Boston (August 6, 2014) – Today at the Boston Medical Center, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) convened the heads of the four major federal agencies responsible for addressing substance abuse to discuss and develop a comprehensive strategy... Read More

 Boston (August 06, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today after Major General Harold Greene was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Greene, who once served as commanding general of the Natick Soldier Systems Center in Massachusetts, was the highest-ranking American officer killed in... Read More

Lawmaker to convene White House Office of Nat’l Drug Control Policy, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Drug Enforcement Agency and others to discuss comprehensive strategy to address opioid addiction, prevent overdoses   Washington (August 04, 2014) – With drug overdoses... Read More