Washington (August 17, 2022) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) led the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation in introducing a resolution honoring Boston Celtics legend William “Bill” Felton Russell. Russell was the number two pick in the 1956 NBA draft. A...
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Boston (August 16, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) led members of the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation today in celebrating the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) announcement that it will award $189 million in federal transportation grants to finance capital projects and support the transition of...
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Taipei (August 15, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations East Asia, Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Subcommittee, and Congressmen John Garamendi (CA-03), Don Beyer (VA-08), Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), and Congresswoman Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (AS) visited Taiwan from August 14th...
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Senator Markey travels to Taiwan next, where he will be joined by House members
Seoul (August 14, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations East Asia, Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Subcommittee, kicked off his Congressional delegation trip to Asia in South Korea this week, where...
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“Recent studies revealed the impact of inaccurate pulse oximeter measures in COVID-19 patients and acknowledged that it may have contributed to lower quality health care”
Washington (August 12, 2022) — Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Tammy Duckworth...
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Massachusetts has one of the nation’s highest counts of confirmed cases
“By declaring a public health emergency, you will have greater flexibility and more tools to enact a whole-of-government response.”
Washington (August 11, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined colleagues from the Massachusetts...
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Washington (August 11, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking to bolster online consumer privacy protections:
“As a longtime...
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“As the country continues to navigate the [monkeypox public health emergency], the United States public health system remains on the frontlines in identifying MPV cases, informing Americans about access to vaccines and therapeutics, and connecting our constituents to necessary medical care and resources.”
Washington (August 10,...
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After decades championing climate and clean energy action, Senator credits young people with delivering win for environmental justice and livable future
Washington (August 7, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) – author of the Green New Deal and the 2009 Waxman-Markey bill, the only comprehensive climate...
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Washington (August 4, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), co-founder of the House’s Future of Transportation Caucus, issued the following statement today calling on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to make the entire T fare-free for the...
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Washington (August 4, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chairwoman Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after the Department of Transportation (DOT) released a proposed rule to strengthen protections for...
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Washington (August 2, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led his colleagues Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) today in sending letters to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, U.S. Agency for...
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Markey, experts urge SEC to fulfill mandate by requiring public companies to disclose full-scope of climate-related risk
Washington (August 2, 2022) – The Senate Climate Change Task Force, chaired by Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), today held a public discussion with leading climate finance experts on the importance of climate-related...
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Washington (August 1, 2022) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), along with Representatives Steve Cohen (TN-09), Jesús G. “Chuy” García (IL-04), and Jamie Raskin (MD-08), today introduced the Cash Refunds for Flight...
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Senator’s AMA received over half a million views, thousands of upvotes, hundreds of comments from Redditors
Washington (July 29, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Reddit users on the r/politics subreddit Thursday evening to answer questions on the legislative effort to reinstate net neutrality by passing the Net...
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Washington (July 29, 2022) — Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement today regarding President Biden’s nomination of Julie Rikelman to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit:
“Julie Rikelman is a distinguished lawyer who has spent nearly half of her...
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Washington (July 29, 2022) — Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement today after President Biden nominated Massachusetts state court judge Myoung Joun and Deputy State Solicitor Julia Kobick to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts:
“Judge...
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Washington (July 28, 2022) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Representative Doris Matsui (CA-06) today introduced the Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act, legislation that would accurately classify broadband internet access as a...
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Washington (July 27, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), author of the Green New Deal and Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, issued the following statement after Senate Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) announced agreement...
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Senator Ernst objects to passage of Senators Markey, Murray, Hirono, and Duckworth’s Right to Contraception Act following passage in the House
Washington (July 27, 2022) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) sought unanimous consent to pass the Right to Contraception Act to...
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