WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Rulemaking mirrors Senator Markey's "Safe Freight Act" Boston (April 2, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, issued the following statement on the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) recent final rule to require at least two crewmembers on every freight train. "When the Trump administration rolled back the two-person  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Boston (April 2, 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 CEO Dr. Ralph de la Torre declining to testify at his Senate HELP Subcommittee field hearing tomorrow in Boston. Steward Health Care--which operates nine health care faci  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Washington (April 1, 2024) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider the petition to appeal a First Circuit panel's upholding of the Secretary of the Interior's 2021 decision to grant land trust rights to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. "For too long the leadership and people of the Mashpee W  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Lawmakers to DHS and FEMA: "Massachusetts is committed to welcoming immigrants with care and compassion . . . But the Commonwealth and municipalities cannot shoulder the serious financial costs of this humanitarian crisis alone." Letter Text (PDF) BOSTON, MA - Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representatives   more