WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 2476) to "require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a pilot program for hyperlocal air quality monitoring projects in environmental justice communities." The bill was introduced on July 27 and has seven co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Alex Padilla, D-Calif., Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., Cory Booker, D-N.J., Tina Smith, D-Minn., Bernie Sanders  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 2552) to "promote long-term economic recovery and job creation in underserved communities by providing for investment in catalytic local pre-development projects for resilient climate infrastructure innovation and to provide assistance to support State and local project development." The bill was introduced on July 29. It was referred to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. For more information,  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 2501) to "require the Secretary of Energy to establish an offshore wind career training grant program." The bill was introduced on July 28 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Thomas R. Carper, D-Del., Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. It was referred to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. For more information, Sen. Edward J. Markey, 255 Dirksen Senate Off  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 2510) to "reduce the health risks of heat by establishing the National Integrated Heat Health Information System Program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Integrated Heat Health Information System Interagency Committee to improve extreme heat preparedness, planning, and response, requiring a study, and establishing financial assistance programs to address heat effects."  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 2497) to amend title 11, U.S. Code, "to prohibit non-consensual release of a non-debtor entity's liability to an entity other than the debtor." The bill was introduced on July 28 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. It was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. For more information, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, 309 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC   more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has introduced legislation (S. 2486) to "authorize the use of drugs, vaccines, and medical technologies to expand military and civilian access to such products and to improve transparency in taxpayer-funded biomedical research investments by the Department of Defense." The bill was introduced on July 27. It was referred to the Senate Armed Services Committee. For more information, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, 309 Hart Senate Office Building, Was  more