COMPRESSOR Act would prevent the operation of the Weymouth compressor station and similar natural gas projects Washington (April 2, 2021) – Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren today announced the reintroduction of the Community Outreach, Maintenance, and Preservation by Restricting Export Stations from Subverting...
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Washington
(April 1, 2021) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Congresswoman Anna G.
Eshoo (CA-18), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee,
today criticized the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to narrowly interpret the
Telephone Consumer Protection Act...
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Washington (March 31, 2021) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released the following statement regarding President Joseph Biden’s newly announced $2.25 trillion American Jobs Plan. “Our country needs a roadmap for recovery that addresses the intersecting crises we face -- climate change, a public health pandemic, racial injustice, and...
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Washington (March 31, 2021) -
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today highlighted the inclusion of a
national climate bank in President Joe Biden’s infrastructure package, the
American Jobs Plan. The lawmakers have introduced legislation to create a Clean Energy and...
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Washington
(March 31, 2021) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) and Congressman Chris
Pappas (NH-01) announced their plan to reintroduce the Gay and Trans Panic Defense Prohibition Act which would ban the use
of “gay panic” and “trans panic” defenses in federal court. These defenses seek
to excuse crimes, such as murder and assault, by arguing that...
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NOAA
allocates $255 million for COVID-19 relief from 2021 Appropriations Bill Washington (March 31, 2021)—The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its plan to distribute $255 million
in fisheries disaster funds appropriated in the Consolidated Appropriations Act
of 2021, supporting previously authorized...
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Freedom
to Move Act will help make fare-free transit a reality, improve safety and
quality of transportation, and address transit equity gaps Boston
(March 30, 2021) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)
and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) reintroduced the
Freedom to Move Act, bold legislation to support state and...
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Washington (March 29,
2021) – Senators Edward J. Markey
(D-Mass.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.),
and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released a joint statement after
the U.S. Census Bureau agreed to the senators’ request to continue its
Household Pulse Survey and collect much-needed...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez
(D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) today were joined by Senators
Chris Coons (D-Del.), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), in
introducing a bipartisan resolution reaffirming the strength of the
U.S.-Japan alliance. The...
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Legislation
stops development of the Pentagon’s new $93-96 billion intercontinental
ballistic missile and redirects savings this fiscal year towards development of
a universal coronavirus vaccine Washington (March 26, 2021) - Today, Senators Edward J.
Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East
Asia, and...
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Announces plan to reintroduce bill to require the U.S. government to determine whether crimes against Rohingya were genocide
Washington (March 25, 2021) - Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, called on the Biden administration and the international...
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Washington (March 25,
2021) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), with Congresswomen Debbie Dingell
(MI-12) and Julia Brownley (CA-26), today reintroduced the Climate Change
Education Act. This legislation would create a grant program at the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to assist state and
local education agencies improve...
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Washington (March 25, 2021) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)
released the following statement today after Governor Charlie Baker heeded
calls from the federal delegation to allocate some of the $4.5 billion in
federal funding that was given to the state in the American Rescue Plan to
communities hardest hit by COVID-19. The announcement...
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Text
of Letter to Treasury (PDF)Washington D.C. (March 25, 2021) - United States Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Elizabeth Warren
(D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) along with six other
senators and 26 other members of the House of Representatives, sent a letter
requesting Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen use...
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Senate
and House lawmakers send letters urging administration to use Obama-era fuel
economy standards as national baseline Washington (March 24, 2021) -- Today, Senator Markey and
Representative Matsui sent letters, along with 79 members of Congress, to
President Joseph Biden to address the importance of setting ambitious and
achievable...
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Bicameral legislation would help consumers protect their connected-homes and devices from growing cyber threats Washington (March 24, 2021) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Ted W. Lieu (CA-33) today reintroduced the Cyber Shield Act, legislation that will create a voluntary cybersecurity certification program for...
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Bipartisan resolution condemns
treatment of religious and ethnic groups, seeks to build international
investigation into human rights abuses and crimes in Xinjiang WASHINGTON –
Today, U.S. Senators Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Mitt...
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Washington (March 19, 2021) –
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)
and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Representatives Tony Cárdenas (CA-29) and Linda
Sánchez (CA-38) and a bicameral group of their colleagues to urge the Biden
administration to ensure undocumented immigrants across the country can...
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Washington,
D.C. (March 19, 2021) — U.S. Senators Edward Markey (D-Mass.),
Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) joined as a
bipartisan group of Senators in introducing a bipartisan resolution condemning the Chinese government’s ongoing crackdown
against democracy and fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong as well...
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Washington D.C. (March 19, 2021) – U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey
(D-Mass.) joined Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, and 36 of his Senate colleagues in requesting the Biden
administration join the U.S. Congress in officially recognizing the Ottoman Empire's genocide against the Armenian people.
To...
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