Boston (March 20, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) today released the following statement regarding the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruling temporarily blocking the Trump Administration... Read More

Boston (March 18, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after Trump fired the Federal Trade Commission’s only two Democratic Commissioners, Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya. “For more than a century, the independent Federal Trade Commission has... Read More

Senators to Attorney General: “In this challenging environment for election officials, it is essential to our democracy that they can continue to rely on [DOJ] to uphold the law” Washington (March 18, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) yesterday joined Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and... Read More

Administrator Zeldin is manipulating facts as a pretext to terminate a congressionally appropriated and legally obligated program that would lower household energy costs, spur economic development, and reduce pollution Washington, (March 14, 2025) - Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of... Read More

Washington (March 12, 2025) - Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after questioning William Briggs and Dr. Casey Mulligan, President Trump’s nominees to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and Chief Counsel for Advocacy at the SBA, respectively. "The Small Business Administration... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (March 12, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today reintroduced the Stop Giving Big Oil Free Money Act, legislation that would close the loophole that allows deepwater oil and gas production leases issued from 1996 to 2000 to forgo paying most royalties... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (March 12, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today reintroduced the Tar Sands Tax Loophole Elimination Act, legislation that would close the tar sands loophole in the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, which pays for immediate oil spill removal costs and... Read More

Washington (March 12, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and co-author of the Green New Deal resolution, today applauded the passage of the bipartisan and bicameral Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act through the Committee. The legislation would establish... Read More

Washington (March 10, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Representative Debbie Dingell (MI-06), authors of the National Climate Bank Act, released the following statement regarding the lawsuit filed Saturday by Climate United against Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), EPA Administrator Lee... Read More

Boston (March 9, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today on Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day. On March 7, 2025, Senator Markey led his colleagues, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Representatives Seth Moulton (MA-06) and Lori Trahan (MA-03) in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, urging the... Read More

Watch: Senator Markey Town Hall Boston (March 8, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today hosted a town hall in Malden, Massachusetts to hear directly from residents concerned about Donald Trump and Republican attacks on Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, and the programs that support families, workers, and small businesses. More than... Read More

Boston (March 7, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after the U.S. Senate took its first vote on the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl (HALT) Act. One hundred ninety health, civil rights, and criminal justice groups have... Read More

Washington (March 7, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statment on the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. “Sixty years ago, fearless men and women marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, knowing they would face violence but refusing to turn back. Their courage in the face of brutal violence forced this nation to... Read More

Boston (March 7, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement ahead of the start of Daylight Saving Time (DST) on Sunday. Senator Markey is an original cosponsor of the Sunshine Protection Act to make DST permanent. In March 2022, the Sunshine Protection Act unanimously passed the U.S. Senate. “Every year, we set our... Read More

Washington (March 6, 2025) – Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement in response to Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler’s announcement that the SBA will relocate six of its regional offices currently in municipalities considered to be... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (March 6, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and co-author of the original National Climate Bank Act with Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, together with Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)... Read More

Air travel, flood and wildfire response, infectious disease control, nuclear safety, veterans’ healthcare and benefits, food safety are all at risk after massive layoffs “Congress and the public need to better understand the full impact of these terminations on our health and safety, given that the Administration and Musk clearly do not.”   Text of... Read More

Mass firings, office closures could delay taxpayers’ refunds, allow major abuses to go undetected or unaddressed “Reducing IRS staff will have profound effects, hindering the agency’s ability to process … tax returns … potentially causing delays for taxpayers waiting for refunds, and inhibiting the agency’s ability to conduct audits to catch... Read More

Massachusetts Small Business Witness Testimony Highlights Success of SBIR Washington (March 5, 2025) - Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) called for making the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program (SBIR/STTR) permanent at today’s Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee... Read More

Stakeholders from Massachusetts and national energy assistance organizations discuss funding shortfalls, rising energy burdens, and the urgent need to strengthen LIHEAP Senator Markey Speaks with LIHEAP Roundtable Attendees Washington (March 5, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works... Read More