WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Announces new call on VA to provide gender-affirming surgery for trans veterans Letter Text (PDF) Senator Markey hosts LGBTQ+ roundtable to hear about supporting the transgender and nonbinary community Boston (March 28, 2024) - Amid the state of emergency that transgender and nonbinary people in Massachusetts and across the United States are experiencing - including increasing reports of viole  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the EPW Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), also a member of the EPW Committee, and Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement today after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Within the past year, the number of people ICE placed in solitary confinement skyrocketed by 61 percent Letter Text (PDF) Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Patrick Lechleitner calling for ICE to l  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Episode available on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube "The Ed Markey Podcast" Episode 8 (TRAILER) Senator Markey hosts Representative Frost on his podcast Boston (March 29, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released his eighth episode of the "The Ed Markey Podcast," featuring Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) to talk about the power of young people organizing--from gun   more