This request is unprecedented in scope and raises serious privacy concerns. The requested data is highly sensitive and after recent data breaches and cyber-attacks targeting our election infrastructure, we are deeply concerned about how the Commission will maintain the security and privacy of the data, Read More

remarks and positions. “Many of my constituents have contacted my office about Mr. Friedman’s record, and I share their concerns. A lasting U.S.-Israel alliance requires a judicious and experienced...diplomat who can represent all Americans to all Israelis. After carefully reviewing Mr. Friedman’s record and his testimony, I am unconvinced that he meets those qualifications, and I cannot support his... Read More

Senators and advocates outlined his troubling record on worker safety, disability rights, and other issues important to working families... Read More

right in 1986. Coretta Scott King is right today. “Based on the totality of Senator Sessions’ record, I have no confidence that he shares a commitment to justice for all Americans,” concluded Senator... Read More

a month, Mr. Pruitt has not fully responded to inquiries, questions for the record, or requests for information on his record and views on clean air, clean water, and climate change and other matters that...of interests that would impact his service at the EPA without responses to our questions for the record.”... Read More

environmental record as Attorney General of Oklahoma. “For more than a month, Mr. Pruitt has not fully responded to inquiries, questions for the record, or requests for information on his record and views...right to basic information from all of Donald Trump’s nominees, including Scott Pruitt, before taking votes on them in committee or on the Senate floor. “Mr. Pruitt has also refused to recuse himself from... Read More

January 23 2017 Senator Markey Statement in Opposition to Rex Tillerson s Nomination Washington January 23 2016 Senator Edward J Markey D Mass a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee releas... Read More

be Attorney General of the United States reaches the floor of the United States Senate, I will be voting no. I have heard from and listened to the thousands of my constituents who have contacted my office...I have told them that Senator Sessions must be judged based on the totality of his record. A review of that record, including two days of hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, demonstrates anything...justice that we must demand from the nation’s top law enforcement officer. “Senator... Read More

June 02 2015 Markey Hails End of Bulk Collection of Americans Phone Records Passage of USA Freedom Act Washington June 2 2015 Senator Edward J Markey... Read More

In a letter sent to Ambassador Froman, the Senators expressed their concerns over workers’ rights in Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and Mexico. The letter outlined their concerns over lack of protections related to organizing, collective bargaining, and the prevention of forced and child labor. The Senators said that these standards must be implemented on the ground in TPP countries prior to TPP taking effect because they fear the ability to enforce such standards could diminish if not disappear... Read More