WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee, successfully negotiated provisions in the final version of the bill to implement the recommendations of the independent 9/11 Commission that will require screening of 100% of air cargo carried on passenger planes. This bill has passed out of Congress and is ready for the president’s signature. For more information click here.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, opens a hearing to examine the relationship between wireless consumers and wireless service providers, just one week after the much-anticipated release of the Apple iPhone. For more information click here.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, applauded the expected passage of legislation that will make the most sweeping safety and regulatory changes to the Food and Drug Administration in years. He spoke on the House Floor in support of langauge he helped write in the bill to establish public databases of clinical trials and their results. For more information click here.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce committee, today called on his colleagues to take action on fuel economy standards this summer as the Energy and Commerce committee began to mark-up energy legislation. For more information click here.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, summed up an oversight hearing on June 22, 2007 about the impact images on television and in the movies have on young children, specifically related to the issues of obesity, violence and smoking. For more information click here.
