September 22, 2006 - HOUSE DEMOCRATS SLAM REPUBLICAN-INDUSTRY CHEMICAL SECURITY BACKROOM DEAL
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce and Homeland Security Committees released letters to Speaker Hastert, Leader Pelosi, and House Appropriators urging the rejection of inadequate chemical security measures promoted by the chemical industry and agreed to behind closed doors by Congressional Republicans. Reps. Ed Markey (D-MA), John Dingell (D-MI), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), and Hilda Solis (D-CA), all members of either the House Energy and Commerce Committee or the Homeland Security Committee sent the letter this morning.
September 8, 2006 - MARKEY UNVEILS 9/11 ANNIV. REPORT ON STATE OF MASS. HOMELAND SECURITY
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, released a report entitled “To Secure America: The State of Homeland Security and Implications for Massachusetts,” in advance of the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Markey, the only member of the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation serving on the Homeland Security Committee, has been a longtime critic of the Bush Administration’s failures to expend the resources and stand up to corporate interests to better secure the United States in six sectors. Markey’s report examines the state of aviation, chemical, nuclear, LNG, public transportation, and hazardous materials security, and includes a focus on how these security weaknesses affect Massachusetts.
August 22, 2006 - MARKEY REACTS TO LYNN LNG SECURITY BREACH
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security and Energy and Commerce Committees, responded to a security breach at the Lynn LNG facility tonight:
August 16, 2006 - MARKEY URGES IMMEDIATE UPGRADE IN CARGO SECURITY FOR PASSENGER PLANES AND CONTAINER SHIPS
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, urged Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to institute 100% inspection of all cargo on passenger planes and inspection of container ship cargo before it sets sail for U.S. ports. On the heels of the foiled London passenger airliner bombing plot, experts have continued to cite un-inspected cargo on passenger planes and container ships as a top terrorist threat to our country, yet the Bush Administration continues to leave these loopholes wide open. Rep. Markey, who has repeatedly called for 100% screening of cargo on passenger planes and has introduced similar legislation, sent a letter today to Sec. Chertoff recommending immediate cargo security measures be implemented for passenger planes and container ships. Markey recommended that no cargo that cannot be inspected using existing explosive detection methods should be allowed onto passenger planes and that all container ships are inspected before leaving foreign ports for the United States.
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