One of the last bills passed by Congress before recessing for the November elections killed a bipartisan agreement to bring the nation’s chemical facilities under the umbrella of homeland security oversight. I am a member of the Homeland Security Committee, and the committee worked hard last July to send to the House a bipartisan bill... Read More

Markey - Updated RMP Facilities Report: (PDF File) Chemical Facilities Report April 06.pdf Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C.  -- U.S. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, delivered the following statement today, condemning a Homeland Security Appropriations bill, for its staggeringly weak chemical security provisions. While in July the Homeland Security committee provided bipartisan... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C.  -- U.S. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, delivered the following statement today, condemning a Homeland Security Appropriations bill, for its staggeringly weak chemical security provisions. While in July the Homeland Security committee provided bipartisan... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement in reaction to President George Bush’s speech this morning on terrorism: “The President’s decision to go to war in Iraq has turned into a black hole taking the lives of our brave young men... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, released the following statement in reaction to President George Bush’s speech this morning on terrorism: “The President’s decision to go to war in Iraq has turned into a black hole taking the lives of our brave young men... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee, was named to the House-Senate Conference Committee to negotiate a final port security bill and on the House floor delivered the following statement urging that conference committee to adopt stronger measures for nuclear bomb scanning abroad and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), the top Democrat on the House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee and a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, today registered his opposition to H.R. 5285, the Electronic Modernization Surveillance Act, legislation intended to expand... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee, was named to the House-Senate Conference Committee to negotiate a final port security bill and on the House floor delivered the following statement urging that conference committee to adopt stronger measures for nuclear bomb scanning abroad and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), the top Democrat on the House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee and co-chair of the Congressional Privacy Caucus, will be joining the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee to question the panels on the Hewlett Packard privacy debacle. Rep. Markey has... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), the top Democrat on the House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee and co-chair of the Congressional Privacy Caucus, will be joining the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee to question the panels on the Hewlett Packard privacy debacle. Rep. Markey has... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), the top Democrat on the House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee and a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, today registered his opposition to H.R. 5285, the Electronic Modernization Surveillance Act, legislation intended to expand... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, took the floor of the House this morning to oppose the Military Commissions Act.  Rep. Markey opposed the  "compromise"  reached between White House negotiators and  three Republican Senators ,  John... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, took the floor of the House this morning to oppose the Military Commissions Act.  Rep. Markey opposed the  "compromise"  reached between White House negotiators and  three Republican Senators ,  John... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Malden) announced over $10 million in new federal funding for technology development for several Massachusetts-based defense firms and the Natick Soldier Center in Natick, MA. From biometric-identifying tools to state of the art defense systems, the funds will accelerate the development of high... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Malden) announced over $10 million in new federal funding for technology development for several Massachusetts-based defense firms and the Natick Soldier Center in Natick, MA. From biometric-identifying tools to state of the art defense systems, the funds will accelerate the development of high... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- On the eve of the hearings in the House Energy and Commerce Committee this Thursday, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), the top Democrat on the House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee released the following statement about the Hewlett Packard privacy debacle.  Rep. Markey, also the co-chair... Read More

Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Senator John F. Kerry, and Representative Edward J. Markey announced today that Boston Microsystems of Woburn will receive a grant of $1.9 million over 3 years from the Department of Homeland Security to study ways to improve baggage screening, and reduce the number of false alarms that lead to delays and long lines at... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- On the eve of the hearings in the House Energy and Commerce Committee this Thursday, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), the top Democrat on the House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee released the following statement about the Hewlett Packard privacy debacle.  Rep. Markey, also the co-chair... Read More

A copy of the signed letter can be found here: Markey Letter to OCC re Pretexting.pdf Read More