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

Washington (March 7, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statment on the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. “Sixty years ago, fearless men and women marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, knowing they would face violence but refusing to turn back. Their courage in the face of brutal violence forced this nation to... Read More

Boston (March 7, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement ahead of the start of Daylight Saving Time (DST) on Sunday. Senator Markey is an original cosponsor of the Sunshine Protection Act to make DST permanent. In March 2022, the Sunshine Protection Act unanimously passed the U.S. Senate. “Every year, we set our... Read More

Washington (March 6, 2025) – Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement in response to Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler’s announcement that the SBA will relocate six of its regional offices currently in municipalities considered to be... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (March 6, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and co-author of the original National Climate Bank Act with Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, together with Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)... Read More

Air travel, flood and wildfire response, infectious disease control, nuclear safety, veterans’ healthcare and benefits, food safety are all at risk after massive layoffs “Congress and the public need to better understand the full impact of these terminations on our health and safety, given that the Administration and Musk clearly do not.”   Text of... Read More

Mass firings, office closures could delay taxpayers’ refunds, allow major abuses to go undetected or unaddressed “Reducing IRS staff will have profound effects, hindering the agency’s ability to process … tax returns … potentially causing delays for taxpayers waiting for refunds, and inhibiting the agency’s ability to conduct audits to catch... Read More

Massachusetts Small Business Witness Testimony Highlights Success of SBIR Washington (March 5, 2025) - Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) called for making the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program (SBIR/STTR) permanent at today’s Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee... Read More

Stakeholders from Massachusetts and national energy assistance organizations discuss funding shortfalls, rising energy burdens, and the urgent need to strengthen LIHEAP Senator Markey Speaks with LIHEAP Roundtable Attendees Washington (March 5, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works... Read More

Zeldin’s illegal plan to gut the federal agency is poised to torpedo environmental safeguards while undermining the Constitution Washington (March 5, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), Committee member Senator Angela Alsobrooks... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (March 5, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and co-author of the Green New Deal resolution, and Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) reintroduced their bipartisan and bicameral Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act, legislation to... Read More

Washington (March 4, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement tonight in response to Donald Trump’s 2025 Joint Address to Congress. Senator Markey attended the address with his guest, Chrissy Lynch, President of the Massachusetts charter of the American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial Organizations... Read More

Members of the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation and their State of the Union Guests Address the Impacts of the Trump Administration on the Commonwealth Washington (March 4, 2025) - Members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation, including Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Democratic Whip Katherine... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (March 4, 2025) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) today reintroduced the bipartisan Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0), which would update online data privacy rules for the 21st century and... Read More

Washington (March 3, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Help, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Department of Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon. “The Secretary of Education takes an oath of office vowing to faithfully discharge... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (March 3, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today wrote to Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) urging them to hold a hearing to investigate Elon Musk’s recent statements regarding the... Read More

Senator is co-author of the provision that created the National Clean Investment Fund and Clean Communities Investment Accelerator Funds for programs have been frozen for past two weeks with no explanation from Citibank or the EPA Washington (February 28, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Environment and Public... Read More

A similar law prohibiting semiautomatic assault weapons and high-capacity magazines was in place from 1994-2004 Washington (February 28, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), joined Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and colleagues in introducing the Keep Americans Safe Act (KASA) to reinstate a nationwide... Read More