Washington—Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Senator Edward Markey today urged the government of Bangladesh to restore telecommunications for the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar. In a letter to Foreign Minister Abdul Momen, the lawmakers underscored the importance of access to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) applauded the Senate’s passage yesterday of the Young Fishermen’s Development Act, legislation to mitigate the challenges facing the next generation of entrants into the fishing industry by supporting regional training opportunities and... Read More

Washington (December 1, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after Vineyard Wind announced a new contract with GE to provide 13-megawatt turbines for the Vineyard Wind 1 project. “Vineyard Wind is setting the right kind of example for clean energy companies in this agreement to use industry-leading American... Read More

Washington (December 4, 2020) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Congressmen Bill Keating (MA-09) and Joseph P. Kennedy III (MA-04) sent letters today to Comcast Corporation and Hearst Television expressing concerns about reports that starting on December 22, 2020 Comcast subscribers in Bristol County will no... Read More

Indisputably racist exception permitting slavery as punishment for crime has fueled systemic racism in criminal justice for 150 years Today 900,000 individuals in the U.S. still forced to work for others’ profit WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Representative William Lacy... Read More

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., and Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, today announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will launch an inspector general investigation into Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) warrantless tracking of phones in the United States following an... Read More

Lawmakers Concerned By Amazon's Unwillingness to Place Worker Safety Before Corporate Profits and Address High Injury Rates at Their Warehouses"Amazon could take immediate action to address the injury rate at warehouses ... yet the company seems unwilling to address the root causes of high injury rates at their warehouses, or acknowledge a link... Read More

Bill would require states to implement mask mandates, promote “the most powerful public health tool” the nation has against the coronavirus Washington (November 25, 2020) – Despite guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), millions of Americans are traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday, giving rise to concerns about... Read More

Washington (November 24, 2020) – As the number of coronavirus cases in the United States passes more than 12 million, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Representatives Joseph P. Kennedy III (MA-04), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Lori Trahan (MA-03), Seth Moulton (MA-06), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), William Keating... Read More

Washington (November 24, 2020) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) released a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) showing that the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is failing to protect American consumers.  The report found that CPSC is slow to respond to new cases and does not... Read More

Government report requested by Senators Markey and Carper also highlights how lifting ban led to decreased profits for smaller refiners, declines for U.S. shipping industry Washington (November 23, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today released the following statement after... Read More

Washington (November 18, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today announced that Democratic strategist John Walsh will join his office as Chief of Staff. Walsh, who formerly served as the campaign manager for Markey’s successful 2020 re-election bid, brings decades of leadership experience to the Senate office. “John drove my re-election... Read More

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, over forty states have seen increases in opioid-related mortality.Despite the increasing need for opioid use disorder treatment, reports have indicated that several behavioral health and addiction treatment studies at NIH have been put on hold.Text of LetterWashington, DC - Today, United States Senators... Read More

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, released the following statement after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that it will allow Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to resume flying:  “Allowing these planes to fly... Read More

Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) released a joint statement on a lame-duck nomination of Raúl M. Arias-Marxuach to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit."President Trump has announced his intent to proceed with a lame-duck nomination of a judge to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First... Read More

Reports emerge of physical coercion measures used to obtain signatures of Cameroonian ICE detainees on deportation orders WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) have sent a letter calling on the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) released the following statement after hearing the tragic news regarding Chief Warrant Officer Marwan Sameh Ghabour of Marlborough, Massachusetts’ passing in the Sinai Peninsula.“We are deeply saddened to hear the news... Read More

WASHINGTON –  In a joint statement, Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Katherine Clark (MA-05) and Lori Trahan (MA-03), along with Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), are calling on Harvard University to reinstate the emergency COVID-19 worker protections to their contracted workforce that their full-time... Read More

Washington (November 10, 2020) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, expressed his concern about the Russian-brokered agreement signed between Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia to end the fighting in Nagorno Karabakh and surrounding areas.  “It is a disgrace that the United States under Trump-Pompeo... Read More

Request comes as the compressor station remains shut down following two significant emergency gas releases   Washington (November 9, 2020) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in support of a petition requesting a rehearing and rescission of the In-Service... Read More