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

Zeldin’s illegal plan to gut the federal agency is poised to torpedo environmental safeguards while undermining the Constitution Washington (March 5, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), Committee member Senator Angela Alsobrooks... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (March 5, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and co-author of the Green New Deal resolution, and Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) reintroduced their bipartisan and bicameral Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act, legislation to... Read More

Washington (March 4, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement tonight in response to Donald Trump’s 2025 Joint Address to Congress. Senator Markey attended the address with his guest, Chrissy Lynch, President of the Massachusetts charter of the American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial Organizations... Read More

Members of the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation and their State of the Union Guests Address the Impacts of the Trump Administration on the Commonwealth Washington (March 4, 2025) - Members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation, including Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Democratic Whip Katherine... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (March 4, 2025) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) today reintroduced the bipartisan Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0), which would update online data privacy rules for the 21st century and... Read More

Washington (March 3, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Help, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Department of Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon. “The Secretary of Education takes an oath of office vowing to faithfully discharge... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (March 3, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today wrote to Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) urging them to hold a hearing to investigate Elon Musk’s recent statements regarding the... Read More

Senator is co-author of the provision that created the National Clean Investment Fund and Clean Communities Investment Accelerator Funds for programs have been frozen for past two weeks with no explanation from Citibank or the EPA Washington (February 28, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Environment and Public... Read More

A similar law prohibiting semiautomatic assault weapons and high-capacity magazines was in place from 1994-2004 Washington (February 28, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), joined Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and colleagues in introducing the Keep Americans Safe Act (KASA) to reinstate a nationwide... Read More

Washington (February 28, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Andy Kim (D-N.J.), along with Representatives Herb Conaway Jr., MD (NJ-03), and Mark Pocan (WI-02) today led 137 of their Democratic colleagues in a bicameral letter to Acting Secretary of... Read More

Washington (February 28, 2025) – Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) on February 26 delivered opening remarks during a committee hearing on the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) flagship 7(a) lending program. 7(a) encompasses the Community Advantage Small Business Lending Company (CA SBLC)... Read More

Washington (February 28, 2025) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today announced that his State of the Union guest will be Chrissy Lynch, President of the Massachusetts charter of the American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).  The... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (Feb 27, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today introduced legislation to protect federal funding for public schools during the length of the Trump administration. The No Cuts to Public Schools Act would safeguard funds that allow... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (February 27, 2025) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) led a letter with fifteen colleagues to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin today, requesting information about the status of the distribution of Clean School Bus program funding to... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (February 26, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today wrote to Chris Rocheleau, Acting Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), with questions about the FAA’s recent decision to deploy three Starlink terminals, which... Read More

Letter Text (PDF) Washington (February 26, 2025) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) led twenty-six of their colleagues in a letter to Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) urging them to provide no less than $15.402 billion for the Social Security Administration in... Read More