September 28, 2006 - MARKEY URGES SCANNING FOR NUCLEAR DEVICES IN CONTAINER SHIPS BEFORE THEY ARRIVE AT U.S. PORTS
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee, was named to the House-Senate Conference Committee to negotiate a final port security bill and on the House floor delivered the following statement urging that conference committee to adopt stronger measures for nuclear bomb scanning abroad and sealing containers before they depart for U.S. ports.
September 27, 2006 - MARKEY OPPOSES MILITARY COMMISSIONS BILL TODAY ON HOUSE FLOOR
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, took the floor of the House this morning to oppose the Military Commissions Act. Rep. Markey opposed the "compromise" reached between White House negotiators and three Republican Senators , John McCain (R-AZ), John Warner (R-VA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who had opposed the President’s initial legislation for military tribunals, grants retroactive immunity to American officials who may have ordered or committed war crimes since 1997. The agreement, if enacted into law, will also make many practices which are prohibited by Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions legal under American law.
July 20, 2006 - MARKEY: 'COMMERCE TRUMPS COMMON SENSE IN OMAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT'
Washington, DC -- Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, spoke on the House floor today to oppose the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement. His prepared remarks are below:
July 19, 2006 - HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE REVERSES TSA PLAN ALLOWING SCISSOR BLADES, SHARP TOOLS ONBOARD PASSENGER PLANES
Washington, DC -- Representative Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, succeeded in inserting in the Homeland Security authorization bill today a provision to restore the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) ban on razor-sharp scissors and other weapon-usable objects in the passenger cabins of commercial airliners. While the ban initially had been put in effect after the 9/11 hijackers used boxcutters to launch their deadly attacks, the Bush Administration lifted the ban on these objects last year. Markey’s measure has been endorsed by the major flight attendant unions who have joined him today in announcing this victory.
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