Washington (August 1, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement on his vote in favor of the Tax Relief for American Workers and Families Act. “It is a no-brainer to support expansion of the child tax credit so that we can lift 500,000 children out of poverty and boost incomes to benefit 16 million children across... Read More

Washington (August 1, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after the Biden administration secured the release from the Government of the Russian Federation of wrongfully detained Americans Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, and Alsu Kurmasheva, as well as Vladimir Kara-Murza, a permanent U.S. resident. “After... Read More

Resolution Text (PDF) Washington (August 1, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives and the most senior U.S. government official of Cabo Verdean ancestry, introduced a Congressional resolution recognizing half a century of the independence of the... Read More

Builds on Senator Markey’s Leonel Rondon Pipeline Safety Act, which strengthened emergency response and safety standards for gas distribution pipelines in wake of deadly Merrimack Valley gas explosion in 2018 Bill Text (PDF) | One Pager (PDF) Washington (August 1, 2024) — Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) | One Pager Washington (July 31, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), today announced legislation that would improve subseasonal-to-seasonal weather forecasting efforts at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric... Read More

Washington (July 31, 2024) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today applauded the Committee’s bipartisan vote to pass a version of his legislation, the Preventing Health Emergencies And Temperature-related (HEAT) Illness and Deaths Act. The legislation, reintroduced in July 2023,... Read More

Washington (July 31, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today applauded the Committee’s unanimous passage of the Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Act, bipartisan and bicameral legislation to establish a new $33-million grant program at the Department of Commerce to fund... Read More

Washington (July 31, 2024) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health, and Retirement Security, today applauded the passage of the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2024 by the Senate HELP Committee. The legislation includes Senator Markey’s provisions to... Read More

Letter included with Massachusetts Nurses Association pleading before the Bankruptcy Court Letter Text (PDF) Washington (July 31, 2024) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health, and Retirement Security, led his colleagues, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and... Read More

Senator Markey was the House author of the National Alzheimer’s Project Act and Alzheimer’s Accountability Act Washington (July 30, 2024) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, and Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), co-founders and... Read More

WATCH: Senator Markey floor remarks on COPPA 2.0 Passage Washington (July 30, 2024) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and original House author of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), celebrated the 91-3 Senate passage of his bipartisan, bicameral Children and... Read More

Legislation is endorsed by city and county leaders across the country Bill Text (PDF) Washington (July 30, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Representatives Grace Meng (NY-06), Delia Ramirez (IL-03), and Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) today introduced the Destination Reception Assistance Act, legislation to expand the federal government’s... Read More

Senators call the vote a “breakthrough moment in tech regulation in the United States” Washington (July 30, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) issued the following statement after the Senate voted 91-3 to pass their bipartisan, bicameral... Read More

Washington (July 29, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement on President Joe Biden’s proposed Supreme Court reforms. “Our most fundamental freedoms are under attack from an illegitimate, extremist U.S. Supreme Court majority that is out of step with the American public. Donald Trump and his MAGA partners in the... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (July 26, 2024) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health, and Retirement Security, announced the introduction of the State Based Universal Health Care Act, legislation that would allow states to obtain a “super waiver” from the... Read More

Bill Text (PDF) Washington (July 26, 2024) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Primary Health, and Retirement Security, and Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), and Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) today announced legislation to promote employment opportunities for workers in... Read More

Washington (July 26, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health, and Retirement Security, released the following statement on Steward Health Care’s announcement of the closure of Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer and Carney Hospital in Dorchester. Just... Read More

WATCH: Senator Markey floor remarks on need to protect children’s online privacy: “More addiction = more data = more money for Big Tech” In 2022, major Big Tech platforms earned nearly $11 billion in advertising revenue from U.S. users under age 18  Washington (July 25, 2024) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science,... Read More

Washington (July 25, 2024) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), and colleagues to send a bipartisan and bicameral letter to Meta raising concerns about Meta’s decision to end access to CrowdTangle, a Meta-owned transparency tool that has allowed researchers and journalists to view... Read More

Call for passage of Judiciary Act to restore Court’s legitimacy Sen. Markey joined by Rep. Hank Johnson (left), Sen. Markey and advocates (right) Washington (July 25, 2024) -- Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the lead author of the Judiciary Act, today hosted a press conference with Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), Ranking Member of the... Read More