Honorable Edward Markey
United States Senator, Massachusetts, Democrat
Senator Markey was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2013. He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1973 to 1976 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1976 to 2012. He is a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and cochairs the Senate Climate Task Force. The following is from statements released by Senator Markey’s office on February 7 and 14, 2019. The sun is setting on the dirty energy of the past. Today marks the dawn of a new era of climate action. A Green New Deal is about jobs, and it is…