Edward J. Markey
U.S. Senator · Massachusetts · Democrat · Ranking Member, Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Statements and posts
202 press releases, floor remarks and posts since Jan 3, 2025.
Activity, last 12 weeks
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Pick a week or a day to set the dates below. One count per message: copies of one post on X and Bluesky count once, and reposts aren’t counted. Shading is scaled to Markey’s own volume over the last 12 months (a typical active day = 1). Aug 17, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026.
9 statements, Mar 16, 2026 – Mar 22, 2026
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Senator Markey Statement on Trump Executive Order to Prohibit States from Regulating AI
Criticized Trump's proposal to block states from regulating artificial intelligence.
“President Trump is continuing to repay Big Tech’s campaign donations by proposing to block states from protecting their communities from AI-related harms”
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Demanded Trump administration deny Saudi Arabia access to nuclear weapons technologies.
“The Administration’s recent report to Congress on its proposed U.S.-Saudi nuclear cooperation agreement, commonly referred to as a ‘123 agreement,’ states that ‘Saudi sovereignty concerns . . .”
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Senator Markey Votes to Stop Trump’s Illegal Iran War
Voted for War Powers Resolution to end Trump's military action against Iran without congressional approval.
“Enough is enough. We are dealing with a completely out of control President. We need to end this war now.”
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Demanded transparency from Meta on facial recognition technology in smart glasses.
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Disputed NIH Director's testimony on scale of clinical trial disruptions under Trump.
“When NIH unilaterally terminates an active, competitively awarded grant before its period of performance is complete, the agency is leaving trial participants without continuity of care and researchers without the resources to conclude their work.”
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Senator Markey, Colleagues Introduce Equal Tax Act to Close Tax Loopholes for the Wealthy
Introduced Equal Tax Act to create equal tax rates for millionaires and billionaires.
“Teachers, nurses and millions of working people are the ones who keep our country running, but our tax code rewards wealth over work”
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Praised House passage of Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act.
“While this legislation does not include every improvement I would like to see, it will reopen these essential programs after an unnecessary and harmful lapse and help small businesses plan for the future.”
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Senator Markey Blasts Trump Administration Plan to Allow Deepwater Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
Criticized Trump administration approval of BP's $5 billion Kaskida deepwater drilling project in Gulf of Mexico.
“In August, I warned that approving this project could lead to a catastrophic oil spill of millions of barrels – an estimate echoed by BP’s own numbers.”
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Published op-ed criticizing Trump administration and RFK Jr. for damaging public health and research.
“America Is Getting Sicker, Not Healthier, Under Trump and RFK Jr.”
Sources: members’ press releases from their official websites (since the 119th Congress began (Jan 3, 2025)), the Congressional Record (since Aug 2026), and Bluesky posts. Quotes are shown only when they match the archived source text word for word; topics are AI-read and mentions are matched from the text.