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Nearly 20 million people every year are displaced by climate-fueled disasters Legislation would establish a national system of allocating 100,000 visas for people displaced by climate-fueled disasters Bill Text (PDF) Washington (November 16, 2023) – Ahead of the 28th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), Senator Edward J. […]
Green New Deal for Health embeds health, labor and climate justice in systems of care, authorizing $130 billion to support community health centers; reviving New Deal-era program to boost climate mitigation efforts while preserving affordable, accessible care Bill Text (PDF) | One-Pager (PDF) Washington (April 20, 2023) – Today . . .
Court-invented doctrine has shielded law enforcement officers from accountability for misconduct, denied victims of police brutality of recourse Bill comes exactly 152 years after passage of the Ku Klux Klan Act Bill Text | Bill Summary |
Bill Requires Fed to Mandate Big Banks Align Their Financing of Greenhouse Gas Emissions with Science-Based Emissions Targets Bill Text (PDF) | Bill Summary (PDF) | Press Conference (Facebook)
Washington (March 9, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Jesús G. “Chuy” García (IL-04) today joined union leaders and airport service workers to announce the reintroduction of the Good Jobs for Good Airports Act, legislation to provide airport service workers — a predominantly Black, Brown, and immigrant workforce — with the wage and […]
The lawmakers emphasized that immigration actions should not come at the expense of fulfilling our commitment to restore and protect the rights of asylum seekers and refugees Washington (January 26, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.-14), alongside Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Ben […]
Washington (January 22, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement on the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade: “Half a century ago, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Roe v. Wade and affirmed through law the basic human right to abortion. In the decades since, that right stood […]
Washington (September 8, 2022) — Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) as the two lawmakers today reintroduced the Nationwide Right to Unionize Act, legislation that would support the right to unionize by prohibiting states from banning union security agreements through “right-to-work” laws. Twenty-seven states have enacted […]
“Good Jobs for Good Airports Act” would increase labor standards for service workers at airports that receive federal funding Washington (June 16, 2022) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Jesús G. “Chuy” García (IL-04) hosted a press conference [LINK] with airport workers and union leaders to announce the introduction of the Good Jobs […]
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