Honorable Edward J. Markey
United States Representative, Massachusetts, Democrat
Representative Markey, of the Seventh District of Massachusetts, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976. He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1973 to 1976. He is a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Resources Committee. The following is from a February 28, 2001, statement introducing, H.R. 770, the Morris K. Udall Arctic Wilderness Act of 2001. One of the most magnificent wildlife reserves in America has been targeted for oil and gas development. It is threatened as never before, and will lose its wild, untrammeled character forever if we do…
