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Markey Meets with Irish Official on Energy, Environment

US Representative Ed Markey (D-Malden) recently met with Ireland’s Minister for Communications, Energy, and Natural Resources, Eamon Ryan, T.D., in Markey’s Washington, DC office.  Rep. Markey, chair of the House Committee on Telecommunications and the Internet and the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, met with Ryan to discuss their shared interest in global […]

Rep Markey: Checking Passenger Lists Before Take-off Long Overdue

Two years ago US Representative Ed Markey (D-Malden) urged Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to make sure passenger flight lists were checked before planes left the ground.  At the time passenger lists were checked against terrorist watch lists after planes had already lifted off.
Rep. Markey and other members of Congress continued to push for the security […]