Washington (August 24, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, released the following statement today after the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to improve... Read More

Boston (August 23, 2023) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congressman Bill Keating (MA-09) today celebrated the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration announcement that it will award $2 million in federal funding to the Town of Plymouth to upgrade three outdated culverts, including... Read More

Boston (August 22, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released a statement on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reversing course and allowing enforcement of... Read More

Boston (August 18, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today announced that Massachusetts fire departments and emergency medical services (EMS) will receive more than $1 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as part of the current round of the Fiscal Year 2022 Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) Program to acquire... Read More

Text of Letter (PDF)   Washington (August 17, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, and Representative Steve Cohen (TN-09) today led their colleagues Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Elizabeth... Read More

Washington (August 17, 2023) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), along with eight of their Senate colleagues, in sending a letter to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) urging the agency to take further steps to address the problem of lead... Read More

Letter to FTC Chair urges immediate action to stop tracking, targeting of children online without parental consent in violation of Senator Markey’s landmark COPPA law   Text of Letter (PDF)   Washington (August 17, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation... Read More

Letter follows far-right Supreme Court majority’s decision gutting affirmative actionText of Letter (PDF) Washington (August 15, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the HELP Committee, and Senator... Read More

Boston (August 10, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today celebrated the announcement of more than $14 million in federal funding to support public and regional airports in Massachusetts. “Massachusetts’s public and regional airports are critical... Read More

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington (August 8, 2023) — Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, wrote to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today urging the Commission to enforce its existing regulations regarding consent for receiving... Read More

Washington (August 8, 2023) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, who led 28 senators, including Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), in a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan urging EPA to finalize... Read More

Ninety percent of Americans live in counties hit by a climate disaster within the last 10 years, and more than 600 U.S. hospitals are at risk of closureBill would commit $105 billion in federal funding to upgrade health facilities               ... Read More

Washington (August 1, 2023) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, joined his colleagues led by Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Sara Jacobs (D-CA) in calling on President Joe Biden to... Read More

 “Massachusetts will continue to welcome and assist new arrivals as they resettle across the Commonwealth. The federal government can help relieve the strain on available resources in the Commonwealth by removing obstacles new arrivals face when trying to work legally."  Text of Letter (PDF) Washington (August 1, 2023) –... Read More

Washigton (August 1, 2023) — Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) today joined Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and colleagues in urging Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Sandra Thompson to ensure that tenants’ rights are protected in any multifamily properties with financing backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. “There... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (July 28, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, today announced the introduction of the Public Health Nursing Act, legislation that would require the Secretary of Health and Human... Read More

Washngton (July 28, 2023) — Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced the Assessing International Requirements to Fuel Aviation’s Impact Reduction (AIR FAIR) Act, legislation that would apply a system of surcharges on luxury aviation, including private jets and first and... Read More

An average of 700 Americans die from extreme heat and more than 67,000 are rushed to the emergency room annually Bill Text (PDF) Washington (July 28, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and... Read More

Washington (July 27, 2023) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) in reintroducing a Senate Resolution to declare racism a public health crisis. Brown first introduced the legislation in July 2020, and reintroduced it again in April... Read More

Washington (July 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 Synthetic Opioid Trafficking, released the following statement today following the Senate passage of his... Read More