August 8, 2006 - CANDLES EXPLODE ON BUSH ENERGY BILL BIRTHDAY CAKE
MEDFORD, MA -- On the one year anniversary of President Bush’s signing the Republican Energy Policy Act of 2005 into law, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Member of the House Energy and Commerce and House Resources Committees, issued the following statement:
July 13, 2006 - MARKEY: AMERICANS PAY DOUBLE FOR GAS UNDER BUSH ADMIN. FAILED POLICIES
Today, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement on the new record prices per barrel of oil:
May 22, 2006- "Report Reveals What We Already Know, the Administration Protects its Big Oil Friends"
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Representative Edward J. Markey, a senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement in response to today’s Federal Trade Commission report on price gouging.
May 22, 2006- Reps. Markey, Waxman Call on FDA To Take Soft Drinks Containing Cancer Causing Chemicals Off The Shelves
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to media reports about elevated levels of benzene—a harmful carcinogen—in many popular soft drinks and fruit and energy drinks, on March 27, 2006, Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Representative Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), senior Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, sent a letter to the FDA urging the FDA to take immediate action to warn and protect the public against the risk of benzene. The letter also requested that FDA provide detailed information about FDA’s knowledge of and plan for addressing the benzene contamination by no later than April 10, 2006. Today, nearly two months later, FDA has not yet responded this letter. Late afternoon on Friday, May 19, 2006, the FDA decided to release select data from its own tests for benzene in beverages conducted by the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN).
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