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.
8 statements, Jun 15, 2026 – Jun 21, 2026
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Marked fifth anniversary of Juneteenth as federal holiday and recommitted to civil rights.
“On Juneteenth, we celebrate Black joy, Black resilience, and Black excellence. And we celebrate the promise of freedom and the power of our shared humanity. That is the future we must build where liberty and justice are a reality for all.”
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Senator Markey Statement on Trump’s Iran MoU
Criticized Trump's Iran Memorandum of Understanding as inadequate and a costly concession.
“The best we can do now is end this war as soon as possible by approving Trump’s pitiful MoU. Trump’s reckless, expensive, and unnecessary war leaves us no choice.”
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Introduced No Robot Bosses Act and Stop Spying Bosses Act to restrict workplace AI and surveillance.
“When we talk about technical innovation, we must put workers first”
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Sent letter demanding details on Golden Dome missile system's $1.2 trillion cost.
“This is unacceptable. Before you spend one more taxpayer dollar on Golden Dome, DOD must share its plans and goals for the system. There is no reasonable justification for keeping the mission and number of interceptors for Golden Dome secret.”
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Introduced bill to designate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status.
“The Trump administration’s cruel, callous, and calculated attempts to terminate TPS for Haitian nationals puts thousands of our neighbors in immediate danger”
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Senator Markey Introduces Legislation to Slash Wasteful Defense Spending
Introduced bill to cut Pentagon budget to $750 billion, half of Trump's request.
“Instead of funding Medicaid and education or investing in veterans’ care, Republicans want to pad the pockets of gold-plated defense contractors with billions more dollars for weapons and wars we do not need”
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Demanded NHTSA investigate Tesla's autonomous vehicle technology and require greater transparency.
“For years, [Elon] Musk has promised that Tesla vehicles would soon become fully autonomous, even though Tesla continues to warn that currently enabled FSD features — despite the misleading name — require active driver supervision and do not make the vehicle autonomous.”
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Introduced legislation to establish national strategy for young adult cancer.
“Young adult cancer is a growing crisis hiding in plain sight. Rates are surging, diagnoses are delayed, and we lack a coordinated national response. That ends today.”
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.