New data from Massachusetts Department of Public Health shows that fentanyl is trending to quickly replace heroin as the deadliest illicit opioid drug our country is facing. Our families and cities are drowning in a deluge of opioid addiction and overdoses, and we need to give them a lifeline. Congress needs to make a substantial investment in funding treatment and recovery programs to get help to all the families suffering from opioid addiction.

Last year was the hottest year on record, but it was also a record year for renewables deployment worldwide.

The Paris agreement ‎will further accelerate the renewables revolution sweeping the globe 🌎 Check out more fro. The White House ⬇️

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Fentanyl is like a Class 5 hurricane making landfall. Thanks to Massachusetts Medical Society for hosting important #MATsummit. Read more here ↓

Massachusetts is already on track this year to surpass the tragic number of opioid overdoses families suffered in 2015, in part due to the dramatic rise in overdoses due to illicit fentanyl. I will continue to call on Republican leadership to stop blocking the resources and other investments we need to stem the tide of heroin, prescription drug and other opioid addictions.

We have become the United States of Oxy, and our youngest children are suffering from a deadly citizenship,” said Senator Markey. “With prescription opioids proliferating in medicine cabinets across the country, we must ensure that we keep these dangerous prescription painkillers out of the hands of children. The opioid crisis does not discriminate on age, and we need to put protections in place for our youngest people so that they are not poisoned or inadvertently put on a path toward addiction. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration can begin by rescinding its misguided decision to approve pediatric use of OxyContin and convene an advisory panel as it reconsiders its decision. We must also mandate education for all prescribers of opioid medication so that they can provide guidance to adults on safety and disposal of opioid medication.

Mayor Jon Mitchell is right: New Bedford is the top U.S. commercial fishing port — reeling in profits for the South Coast.

On #LatinaEqualPay day we must recommit ourselves to closing the wage gap. #EqualPayForEqualWork

Climate change is fueling stronger storms and more frequent flooding and we need to provide our coastal communities with the resources to adapt and respond to future storms. This federal funding will help Scituate repair and strengthen the Third Cliff Seawall and help ensure this critical protection for its shoreline.

Whether it is superstorms like Sandy or winter disasters like the one that devastated Massachusetts in 2015, our cities and towns rely on funding from Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency, and I am pleased to see additional federal assistance coming to the Commonwealth to help our communities respond to emergencies.

The proposed AT&T-Time Warner Inc. deal raises significant antitrust issues, which the Department of Justice must carefully examine. Additionally, the Federal Communications Commission is our telecommunications cop on the beat, and we need it to ensure that marketplace actions don’t harm consumers, stifle innovation, or reduce competition.

If we are going to reduce the supply for heroin, fentanyl and illicit prescription opioids. We have to reduce the demand through treatment. Unfortunately, for too long, because of outdated federal restrictions, effective medication assisted treatment for opioid addiction was severely limited. When effective medication-assisted treatment is made available, people’s lives can be saved.

Thanks to the Massachusetts Medical Society for having me speak and for convening this important Opioid Summit about how we can ensure treatment is available when and where it is needed most.

Given the expansive breadth of the proposed AT&T–Time Warner deal and its potentially dramatic impact on the media marketplace, the Federal Communications Commission should have the opportunity to carefully review the proposed acquisition and assess whether this proposal benefits consumers and promotes the public interest. Read my full statement here: http://www.markey.senate.gov/…/markey-calls-for-fcc-review-…

These broadband privacy rules are the next logical step since enshrining net neutrality in our telecommunications playbook. These rules will ensure that as technology changes, our core values do not - that consumers, not corporations, have control over their personal information. Consumers should be able to know at any given time what kind of information is being collecting about them by their internet service provider and how that information is being used. I applaud Chairman Tom Wheeler and the Federal Communications Commission for putting rules on the books that honor Americans’ right to privacy.

Clean energy is powering the planet. Solar & wind power are set to be the fastest growing source of electricity says International Energy Agency (IEA).

The announcement of financial remediation to victims of the UN-initiated cholera outbreak is a step in the right direction, but it falls short of providing the lasting and long term solution needed by the Haitian people. The United Nations must step up and publicly apologize for causing the first cholera outbreak in Haiti’s history, for the pain and suffering of the Haitian people, and provide justice for the victims of this epidemic and their families.

The cholera epidemic in Haiti has only worsened in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew. It is the moral and political responsibility of the UN to lead and implement a transparent process for remediation of this ongoing crisis, and to ensure that the people of Haiti are involved in decisions on how current and former victims of the disease and their families are compensated.

42 U.S. Senate Democrats wrote to leaders of the Armed Services committees in both the House & the Senate, voicing our opposition to this provision. Our government should have no part in funding discrimination. This provision is at odds with the values and beliefs that continue to advance our great nation.