Washington (October 13, 2023)- Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-07), and Representative Barbara Lee (CA-12) led a bicameral letter signed by 94 members of Congress to the White House’s Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ) expressing support for... Read More

Boston (October 13, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, today celebrated an announcement from the Department of Energy that Massachusetts will receive nearly $1 million in federal funding to develop clean energy infrastructure. This... Read More

Their letter echoes a recent call from more than 60 civil society organizations Lawmakers: “the federal government’s commitment to the AI Bill of Rights would show that fundamental rights will not take a back seat in the AI era” Letter Text (PDF) Washington (October 11, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Science,... Read More

Washington (October 6, 2023) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawai'i) on Friday, who led 18 of their Senate colleagues, including every Senate Judiciary Committee Democrat, in a letter to Senate Appropriations Committee... Read More

Washington (October 5, 2023) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), the first and only Latina in the U.S. Senate, in a resolution recognizing Latina Equal Pay Day. More than 50 years after the passage of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, Latinas make up the second-largest group of women workers in the U.S. But... Read More

Text of Bill (PDF) Washington (October 4, 2023) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in reintroducing the Youth Voting Rights Act of 2023, comprehensive legislation to enforce the Twenty-Sixth Amendment and expand youth access to voting, in the Senate. Representative Nikema Williams (GA-05) led the... Read More

In 2022, one in every five households lacked access to broadband at home Washington (October 4, 2023) – In conjunction with Digital Inclusion Week, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Representative Robin Kelly (IL-02) in introducing a bicameral bill that would increase access to broadband service... Read More

New legislation introduced at start of Substance Misuse Prevention Month Drug overdose deaths among pregnant and postpartum people increased by 81 percent between 2017 and 2020 Bill Text (PDF) Washington (October 3, 2023) – During Substance Misuse Prevention Month, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor,... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (October 2, 2023) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12) today led 18 of their colleagues in urging the Biden-Harris administration to develop and publicly announce a national fentanyl harm reduction strategy specifically focused on enhancing public health infrastructure and addressing... Read More

Washington (September 29, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) issued the following statement in response to the passing of Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.): “Senator Feinstein was a legendary legislator, a trailblazer for the rights of women and the LGBTQ+ community, and a staunch defender of our democratic principles. “For decades, I was... Read More

Lawmakers propose $1.6 trillion investment to transform U.S. public school system, creating 1.3 million jobs and eliminating 78 million metric tons of carbon emissions over ten years Bill Text (PDF) | Press Conference (VIDEO) Washington (September 28, 2023) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and... Read More

Legislation would bring give concertgoers & sports fans transparency about the marketing, distribution, and pricing of tickets Washington (September 27, 2023) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawai'i) introduced the BOSS and SWIFT Act, legislation to protect consumers from unfair and... Read More

Bill Text (PDF)   Washington (September 27, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Pensions, and Labor Committee, and Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), along with Representatives Matt Cartwright (PA-08) and John Rutherford (FL-05), announced the reintroduction today of the Alice Cogswell and Anne... Read More

Eighty-five percent of opioid settlement money – $42.5 billion – is subject to no oversightLetter Text (PDF) Washington (September 27, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security and a member of the U.S. Commission on Combating... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (September 27, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and author of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), sent a letter today to Mark Zuckerberg, chairman and chief executive officer of Meta, urging him to pause the... Read More

Washington (September 26, 2023) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) released the following statement today after Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced plans to reinstate net neutrality rules and reclassify broadband as a telecommunications service under Title II of... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (September 26, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security and a member of the U.S. Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking, along with Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Tammy Baldwin... Read More

Resolution Text (PDF) Washington (September 26, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, introduced a resolution recognizing the importance of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 on the lives of individuals with disabilities. The resolution also calls for further action from the... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (September 26, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) today introduced the Housing Alignment and Coordination of Critical and Effective Supportive Health Services (ACCESS) Act, legislation to tackle the... Read More

Lawmakers to FCC: “Now that the FCC has a full complement of commissioners, we urge you to act to protect the free and open internet for all Americans.” Letter Text (PDF) Washington (September 25, 2023) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) led 25 of their Senate colleagues today in writing to Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel... Read More