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Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Edward J. Markey is a Democratic U.S. senator from Massachusetts who entered the Senate in July 2013 after decades of service in the U.S. House. The Senate’s Massachusetts roster lists him as a current senator and his official office maintains a long-running legislative record on telecommunications, consumer protection, climate and public health.
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Edward J. Markey is a Democratic U.S. senator from Massachusetts who entered the Senate in July 2013 after decades of service in the U.S. House. The Senate’s Massachusetts roster lists him as a current senator and his official office maintains a long-running legislative record on telecommunications, consumer protection, climate and public health.
Open biography & office record ↓Edward J. Markey is a Democratic U.S. senator from Massachusetts who entered the Senate in July 2013 after decades of service in the U.S. House. The Senate’s Massachusetts roster lists him as a current senator and his official office maintains a long-running legislative record on telecommunications, consumer protection, climate and public health.
For the 119th Congress, Markey serves on Commerce, Environment and Public Works, Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and Small Business and Entrepreneurship. His office identifies him as ranking member of Small Business and of HELP’s Primary Health and Retirement Security Subcommittee.
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