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WORCESTER — Calling Worcester “a city on the move,” Senator Edward Markey offered his endorsement to Mayor Joseph Petty on Wednesday morning while visiting Worcester. Markey cited City Square, the expected non-stop commuter train to Boston, improved graduation rates, a lowering unemployment rate and “a sense of real economic movement” when talking about Worcester under […] More »

ROXBURY, Mass. (WHDH) – Senator Ed Markey spoke out on gun safety Tuesday during a discussion at Roxbury Community College. The senator spoke with a group of community leaders, clergy and gun issue advocates. Markey said they touched on a number of gun control issues, including the need of federal laws to regulate gun transfers […] More »

SPRINGFIELD — A week after a shooter killed nine people and himself at Umpqua Community College in Oregon, U.S. Senate Democrats announced a new initiative to improve background checks for firearms purchasers and to end the so-called “illegal gun pipeline.” The plan, which is among a handful various Democrats have announced in the wake of […] More »

Senators Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) today said they will try to preserve the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules in a budget standoff with Republicans. “ISPs are certainly free to file their suits but until they prevail, and I don’t believe they will, there is no basis for Republicans blocking the FCC […] More »

U.S. Sen. Edward J. Markey said that a “historic showdown” is looming in Washington on gun control, predicting it will become part of the presidential race following the horrific mass shooting in Oregon — even as a member of his own delegation doubted it will lead to change. “These events are now creating an atmosphere […] More »

SPRINGFIELD ‒ U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., expressed disappointment Thursday that the reauthorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund expired this week despite having bipartisan support in Congress. Markey, who penned a July letter with 20 other federal lawmakers calling on the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to advance legislation reauthorizing the […] More »

SPRINGFIELD ‒ Massachusetts Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey joined other congressional lawmakers this week in introducing legislation that would end tobacco sales to anyone under age 21. The so-called Tobacco to 21 Act, which the Massachusetts Democrats joined sponsoring U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and others in introducing, follows the trend of more than […] More »

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Edward Markey had a front row seat Friday at the United Nations where Pope Francis called on world leaders to vigorously fight global warming – an issue that the Massachusetts Democrat has long endorsed. “The Pope’s historic environmental encyclical and his address today at the UN should spark exactly the kind […] More »

WASHINGTON — Tech giants and Democratic lawmakers filed briefs in court this week defending the strong net neutrality rules approved by the Obama administration. Telecom and cable companies are suing the Federal Communications Commission in an effort to overturn the rules. Net neutrality refers to the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally, […] More »

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., is once again putting pressure on automakers to protect their vehicles from cyberattacks. Markey and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., sent letters Wednesday to 18 automakers asking for updates on how they are protecting the computer systems within cars and trucks from being hacked. They also want to know […] More »