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Senator
Room 255 DSOB- Dirksen Senate Office Building 100 Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20510-2106
Residence: Malden, MA
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| Elected: 2013 Next Election: 2026 | | Spouse: Susan Blumenthal DOB: 7/11/1946 |
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| Chairman | Senate Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety | | Co-Chair | Senate Climate Change Clearinghouse | | Chairman | Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security | | Co-Chair | Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group | | Chairman | Congressional Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation | | Co-Chair | COVID-19 Global Vaccination Caucus | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Space and Science | | FC Member | Congressional Optics and Photonics Caucus | | Co-Chair | Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change, and Manufacturing | | FC Member | Congressional Cranberry Caucus | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband | | FC Member | Joint Whistleblower Protection Caucus | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Maritime Freight, and Ports | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security | | FC Member | Senate Human Rights Caucus | | Member | Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship | | Member | Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation | | FC Member | Friends of Portugal | | FC Member | Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure | | FC Member | Congressional Medical Technology Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Children's Health Care Caucus | | Member | Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety | | FC Member | Bicameral Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease | | FC Member | Congressional Boating Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Taiwan Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Military Family Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Bike Caucus | | FC Member | Senate ALS Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Cybersecurity Caucus | | FC Member | Electrification Caucus | | FC Member | Environmental Justice Caucus | | FC Member | Senate NIH Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Caucus on Bosnia | | FC Member | Congressional Olympic and Paralympic Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Korea Caucus | | FC Member | U.S.-China Working Group | | FC Member | Expand Social Security Caucus (Senate) | | FC Member | Congressional Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Caucus (STEM Caucus) | | FC Member | Senate National Service Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Internet Caucus | | Co-Chair | United States Coast Guard Caucus | | FC Member | Vision Caucus | | Member | Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions | | FC Member | Senate Oceans Caucus | | FC Member | Brain Injury Task Force | | FC Member | Air Force Caucus (Senate) | | FC Member | Senate Cultural Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Bipartisan Task for Combating Anti-Semitism | | FC Member | Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Ports Opportunity, Renewal, Trade, and Security [P.O.R.T.S.] Caucus | | Co-Chair | Congressional Cystic Fibrosis Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional French Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional TRIO Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Independent Colleges Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Caucus | | FC Member | Friends of Australia Caucus | | FC Member | Coalition for Autism Research and Education (CARE) | | FC Member | Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease | | FC Member | USO Caucus | | FC Member | International Conservation Caucus (ICC) | | FC Member | Congressional Rare Disease Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Fire Services Caucus |
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BioSenator Edward J. Markey, a consumer champion and national leader on energy, environmental protection and telecommunications policy, has a prolific legislative record on major issues across the policy spectrum and a deep commitment to improving the lives of the people of Massachusetts and our country.
While serving for 37 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, Senator Markey fought for his constituents throughout his Congressional District. When he was Dean of the Massachusetts delegation in the House, he worked to harness the energy and influence of his colleagues on behalf of the entire Commonwealth. Elected to the Senate in a special election in June 2013, Senator Markey is bringing his experience, energy and expertise to fight for all the people of Massachusetts.
Senator Markey has amassed an unparalleled record of energy and environmental legislative achievements. He has consistently fought to create new jobs in American clean energy and served as a leading consumer champion against rising gas prices and foreign oil. He is the principal House author of the 2007 fuel economy law, which will increase fuel economy standards to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025, the first increase in a generation. He also is the author of the appliance efficiency act of 1987, which stopped the construction of hundreds of coal-fired plants. Senator Markey authored the law that established the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve, and he is the author of the revolutionary law that requires electricity regulators to open up the wholesale electric power market for the first time.
In 2009, Congressman Markey was the co-author of the landmark Waxman-Markey bill, the only comprehensive climate legislation ever to pass a chamber of Congress. It gave hope to the world that the United States was serious about addressing climate change and helped America effectively negotiate with the international community.
In the House of Representatives, Congressman Markey served as the Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Committee. From 2007 to 2010, he served as Chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, a signature committee established by then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He also served on the Energy and Commerce Committee, where he was Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.
A member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Senator Markey is a national leader on telecommunications policy, technology and privacy. In the House, he served for 20 years as Chair or Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, where he fostered the growth of new information technologies and was the principal author of many of the laws now governing our nation's telephone, broadcasting, cable television, wireless, and broadband communications systems. He is the House author of the 1992 Cable Act, which increased choices for millions of consumers and enabled satellite-delivered programming to be more widely offered.
He also authored the law in 1993 that moved over 200 MHz of spectrum from government to commercial use, creating the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th wireless phone companies. New companies entered the market with digital technology, forcing the incumbents to innovate and invest and pushing mobile phone prices down.
Congressman Markey authored the landmark Telecommunications Act of 1996, ushering competition into the telecommunications marketplace and unleashing private sector investment.
Competition remains Senator Markey's economic mantra-in his words, "ruthless Darwinian competition that would bring a smile to Adam Smith." He has been instrumental in breaking up anti-consumer, anti-innovative monopolies in electricity, long-distance and local telephone service, cable television, and international satellite services.
While in the House, Congressman Markey introduced the Internet Freedom Preservation Act, the first net neutrality bill introduced in Congress, to ensure that as the Internet continues to evolve, it remains a level playing field guided by the principles of openness, competition and innovation. He also has been a key leader on providing privacy protections for personal information such as medical records, financial records, and on-line purchases. He has championed strengthening privacy protections for children and is the House author of the Children's Online Privacy and Protection Act (COPPA), the primary law that safeguards children's privacy online.
From 2003 to 2009 in the House of Representatives, Senator Markey also served as a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee. In that capacity, he focused on closing gaps in our homeland defenses, particularly in the areas of nuclear, aviation, maritime, liquefied natural gas and chemical security. In the wake of the 9-11 attacks, he authored the first-ever mandate in the law that 100% of cargo on passenger planes is screened, and 100% of all maritime cargo is scanned before entering America's ports.
Senator Markey also was the leader of the national Nuclear Freeze movement and has been a Congressional champion on nuclear nonproliferation.
He is the author of some of the most important Wall Street reform laws since the Great Depression, including statutes that strengthened penalties against insider trading, improved federal oversight over the stock and futures markets, and reformed regulation of the government securities market.
Senator Markey was born in Malden, Massachusetts, on July 11, 1946. He attended Boston College (B.A., 1968) and Boston College Law School (J.D., 1972). He served in the U.S. Army Reserve and was elected to the Massachusetts State House where he served two terms representing Malden and Melrose. He is married to Dr. Susan Blumenthal.
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