Edward J. Markey

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Letter Text (PDF) Washington (March 27, 2025) - Senator Edward J.

4 weeks ago | markey.senate.gov | Edward J. Markey

Bill comes after record-breaking spring temperatures in Phoenixand across the Westthis week Washington (March 28, 2025) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) today introduced the Excess Urban Heat Mitigation Act which would create a competitive grant program to provide funding to combat the causes and consequences of urban heat islands.

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Bill Text (PDF) Washington (March 27, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and House Rules Committee Ranking Member Jim McGovern (MA-02) today reintroduced the Deerfield River Wild and Scenic River Study Act, legislation to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the Deerfield River to identify portions of the river and its tributaries that could be incorporated into the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

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Washington (March 27, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Primary Health and Retirement Security Subcommittee of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released the following statement in response to media reports that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to cut 10,000 jobs at the department, bringing the total amount of job cuts at HHS to 20,000.

4 weeks ago | markey.senate.gov | Edward J. Markey

Washington (March 27, 2025) -Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after today’s Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee business meeting. “President Trump and Administrator Loeffler are running the Small Business Administration (SBA) into the ground. While proposing to cut 2,700 jobs - nearly half of SBA’s workforce - they are also proposing SBA take on the country’s $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio.