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	The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Ed Markey: The milkman's son who broke the rules
		On the one hand, Ed Markey is a young politician who came from nowhere in the polls to win one of the most confusing and hard-fought Democratic primary battles for a Congressional seat in Massachusetts history.
		Markey was none of these, and most of the politicians in his home town told him that he should wait, rather than run at such an early age.
		Markey, however, was thought to have a better chance of winning, and had drawn support from several local politicians who were well respected in liberal circles.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=141152 (1562 words)

	Ed Markey - dKosopedia
		Representative Ed Markey was born in Malden, Massachusetts, on July 11, 1946.
		Markey was elected to the Ninety-fourth Congress, in 1976, by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Torbert H. Macdonald.
		Markey is one of three Massachusetts Democratic Representatives to renounce their votes in favor of going to War in Iraq and become critics of the war.
	www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Ed_Markey (299 words)

	ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Markey passed out addition information to the Board Members and explained further this material shows two zoning cases that were proven not to be self-imposed as Ms.
		Markey also read a final statement from the information if he gave the Board Members, “the most significant public interest involved in the requirement for the set back of carport and garage structures, such as this would be to protect adjoining properties from the spread of fire.
		Markey stated there is no risk of fire and no neighbors at the meeting to complain so they ask the request be granted.
	www.ci.euless.tx.us /city_hall/agd_min/zba/zba_minutes/zba_min_2004/zbamin_042904.htm (1108 words)

	Markey Bill Against Outsourcing Torture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		ED MARKEY,United States Congress Massachusetts Seventh District, has introduced a bill in Congress to ban the practice of sending detainees to other countries known to use torture for interrogation.
		Markey added, “The legislation I am introducing today is designed to ensure that we not only ban torture conducted by our own forces, but we also stop the practice of contracting out torture to other nations.
		The Markey bill directs the State Department to compile a list of countries that commonly practice torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment during detention and interrogation, and prohibit rendition to any nation on this list.
	home.comcast.net /~ndpwnew/PeaceAndWar/MarkeyOutsourcingTorture.htm (545 words)

	Business With Disease
		MARKEY: It would be a problem because people, in many instances, because they know they have these illnesses, will pay anything and they should know as soon as possible that the drug is not effective, because then they, with their physician, might be able to construct some other strategy.
		MARKEY: They could be taking something else, and moreover, there is no requirement by the FDA that this conditional approval be put on the label.
		MARKEY: Well, I think that if each patient and physician understood that the approval for the drug was only conditional, not permanent, that that would put real pressure on the FDA and the drug company to complete all of the tests as quickly as possible.
	www.drrathresearch.org /health_news/bwd_060305_mainstream.html (989 words)

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		Ed Markey has led the effort to bridge the gap between the information "haves" and "have-nots" in our society by legislating the "E-Rate", which provides telephone rate discounts to connect every school classroom and public library to the Internet.
		Ed Markey’s 1997 legislation to set minimum energy efficiency standards for major energy-consuming household appliances such as refrigerators and washer-dryers reduced energy demand dramatically and preserved thousands of acres of precious land and water that would otherwise have been needed to build 20 large electric powerplants.
		Markey is the author of the 1996 V-Chip law which led the TV industry to develop a TV ratings system to warn parents of violent or sexual content.
	www.abanet.org /intlaw/calendar/spring2005/papers/13.01.doc (1177 words)

	Alliance to Save Energy - Promoting Energy Efficiency World Wide: : Vice Chair:Edward J. Markey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Markey's post on the Telecommunications Subcommittee, a panel he chaired from 1987through 1994, is one that holds particular interest for him because of its vital importance to Massachusetts workers and the Commonwealth's economy.
		Markey authored the Children's Television Act of 1990 and is the leader in Congress of the Three 4 Kids campaign to increase the amount and quality of educational television programming for children.
		Beginning in the early 1980s, Rep. Markey led several major investigations into matters affecting public health and safety at civilian and defense nuclear facilities, including a 1986 investigation which first exposed evidence that federally funded radiation experiments were carried out on human subjects during the forties, fifties, sixties and seventies.
	www.ase.org /content/article/detail/1547 (800 words)

	Theme Park Accident Q and A - U.S. Rep. Ed Markey
		U.S. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) was kind enough to answer a few questions for Theme Park Insider about the government role's (or lack of one) in regulating theme park safety.
		Markey is the sponsor of the National Amusement Park Safety Act.
		Markey: The only apples-to-apples comparison ever done that compares the fatality rate on roller coasters to the fatality rate on buses, train, planes and cars is available on my Web site (Acrobat Reader Required).
	www.themeparkinsider.com /accidents/q_and_a_markey.cfm (1322 words)

	Variety.com - Markey suggests ratings on TV shows
		Markey, who chairs the House telecommunications subcommittee, moved swiftly in recommending the voluntary TV violence rating system after first raising the issue at a subcommittee hearing meeting May 12.
		In his missive, Markey said new studies on the effect of TV on children "have brought a new sense of urgency" to the issue.
		Markey cited a recent study by Dr. Brandon Centerwall of the U. of Washington that concluded the U.S. crime rate would be cut in half if TV were never allowed into homes.
	www.variety.com /article/VR107074?categoryid=14&cs=1 (434 words)

	Ed Markey -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Edward John Markey (born July 11 1946), (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American politician, has been a (additional info and facts about Democratic) Democratic member of the (The lower legislative house of the United States Congress) United States House of Representatives since 1976,
		In 2004 he announced that he would run for (additional info and facts about John Kerry) John Kerry's seat in the (The upper house of the United States Congress) United States Senate if Kerry were to be elected President of the United States.
		Kerry, however, lost the election, and Markey will continue to serve in the House, to which he was reelected easily in 2004 over Republican Ken Chase and independent (additional info and facts about Jim Hall) Jim Hall by a margin of 74%-21%-5%.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ed/ed_markey.htm (190 words)

	pogo.org Nuclear Weapons Facilities Security Project On Government Oversight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Ed Markey's (D-MA) Letter to Energy Secretary Abraham, questioning NNSA Administrator General John Gordon's assurances that nuclear weapons security is adequate, April 22, 2002.
		Representative Ed Markey's (D-MA) January 23, 2002 letter to General Brent Scowcroft asking for an unclassified version of the soon to be released Nuclear Command and Control System "End-to-End" review of nuclear facilities.
		Representative Ed Markey (D-MA) December 18, 2001 Letter to Northern Arizona University concerning transfer of a shipment of anthrax to Los Alamos National Laboratory.
	www.pogo.org /p/environment/eo-markey-nuclear.html (429 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Ed Markey understands that one of the most important roles the federal government can play is that of economic engine, leveraging private and public funds to revitalize urban and suburban areas.
		Through the 1990s and today, Ed Markey has been working with state, local, and federal officials to ensure that the U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center at Natick (Natick Labs) and Hanscom Air Force Base are spared from the 2005 round of the Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process.
		Ed Markey is working with Senators Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, the Massachusetts delegation, and Governor Mitt Romney to produce a successful outcome for Natick and Hanscom in the 2005 BRAC round.
	www.edmarkey.org /markey.php?topic=11 (512 words)

	ANWR Feature - Richard Pombo and Congressman Dennis Rehberg Comment on Congressman Ed Markey's ANWR Plans
		Next Ed Markey says the hearing does not matter because it is after the Resources Committee mark up.
		Markey to change some of his wilderness provisions she found too restrictive.
		Markey's argument long ago ceased to stand on its own dignity: When I was here as a staff member in the eighties, he made the same complaints; twenty years later, he still hasn't visited ANWR, and we still don't have an energy policy.
	www.anwr.org /features/markey.htm (313 words)

	Welcome to the Best of New Orleans! News Feature 07 22 03
		Though Markey's bill aims to prevent injuries due to mechanical failure of rides, not human error (a likely cause of Donaldson's accident), supporters say the legislation would create a national database of all causes of injury at amusement parks, resulting in accident prevention across the board.
		Markey became involved with amusement-park safety in August of 1999, when four people died in a five-day span on roller coasters in the United States.
		Supporters of Markey's bill dismiss the industry's claims of safety, saying that without mandatory reporting of injuries to a federal agency, it's impossible to tell whether the numbers are legitimate.
	www.bestofneworleans.com /dispatch/2003-07-22/news_feat.html (2167 words)

	Ed Markey - Congresspedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Edward Markey's official website was rated by citizen researchers in February 2007 as part of a survey by the Sunlight Foundation.
		Markey indicated on the floor of the House that he wanted Soghoian arrested for exposing security problems related to the potential to use counterfeit boarding passes at US airports.
		Kerry, however, lost the election, and Markey will continue to serve in the House, to which he was reelected easily in 2004 over Republican Ken Chase and independent Jim Hall by a margin of 74%-21%-5%.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Edward_Markey (900 words)

	Markey LNG try thwarted - The Boston Globe
		US Representative Ed Markey blasted Republicans last week for defeating an amendment he sponsored that would have given state and local authorities a say in determining where new liquefied natural gas facilities should be located in their communities.
		In a release, Markey said the amendment to the energy bill would have protected state and local efforts to guard populated areas...
		In a release, Markey said the amendment to the energy bill would have protected state and local efforts to guard populated areas from new LNG facilities, which could be vulnerable to terrorism.
	www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2005/04/17/markey_lng_try_thwarted (202 words)

	Net Neutrality Update -- Markey's back \| TPMCafe
		Markey was the House's great champion on Net Neutrality, as well as on a host of other telecom issues.
		I was at a talk Markey gave to a college Institute of Politics group.
		He did, but Markey backed off a couple of days later, apparently he spoke before learning the circumstances and the student's intentions.
	www.tpmcafe.com /blog/specialguests/2006/dec/01/net_neutrality_update_markeys_back (359 words)

	Kennedy Online Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Markey is consistently rated as a "legislative hero" by the Conservation Law Foundation, the Consumer Federation of America, the Children’s Defense Fund, the National Education Association, and Taxpayers for Common Sense.
		Competition remains Rep. Markey’s economic mantra in his words, "ruthless Darwinian competition that would bring a smile to Adam Smith." Accordingly, he has been instrumental in breaking up anti-consumer, anti-innovative monopolies in electricity, long-distance and local telephone service, cable television, and international satellite services.
		* Ed Markey’s 1997 legislation to set minimum energy efficiency standards for major energy-consuming household appliances such as refrigerators and washer-dryers reduced energy demand dramatically and preserved thousands of acres of precious land and water that would otherwise have been needed to build 20 large electric powerplants.
	www.senate.gov /~kennedy/cong108_07.html (1499 words)

	Threat Level
		Congressman Edward Markey (D-Mass.) wants the federal government to arrest security researcher Christopher Soghoian for creating the Northwest Airline Boarding Pass Generator, a site which lets anyone create a facsimile of a Northwest Airlines boarding pass.
		Ed Markey and the rest of congress should be focusing on solving the real problems -- getting more operatives in terrorist cells, improving America's image abroad, etc.
		I think that Congressman Markey should be arrested for alerting the 3 terrorists in the world who haven't been paying attention to the fact that we don't scan cargo for bombs.
	blog.wired.com /27bstroke6/2006/10/congressman_ed_.html (3041 words)

	Veteran telecom legislator takes up "open access" \| CNET News.com
		Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) has championed consumer protection and competition in the electricity, telecommunications, satellite, and cable industries.
		For starters, Markey, who helped draft the landmark Telecommunications Act of 1996, is forging a campaign to open up the developing cable Net access market.
		Ed Markey: I believe that broadband technology is a telecommunications service and that the cable companies should be obligated to provide access to that broadband technology to any of the Internet service providers.
	news.com.com /2100-1033-228071.html (1786 words)

	Tri-Valley Cares
		In 1998, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) and 14 other members of the U.S. House of Representatives had the courage and foresight to call for a less provocative, less wasteful, and more responsible custodianship program to save billions of dollars and ensure the real safety of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile.
		The Markey Resolution calls for an end to "Stockpile Stewardship" and for a more responsible custodianship program that is far smaller, less expensive and requires fewer facilities than the current program.
		Moreover, the Markey Resolution provides for the maintenance needs of the U.S. arsenal in a manner that is consistent with U.S. obligations under the long-standing nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, which is awaiting ratification by the U.S. Senate.
	www.trivalleycares.org /aajan99.htm (451 words)

	Online NewsHour: Energy Deal -- November 17, 2003
		Congressman Markey mentioned now twice that we're over in the Middle East, that American forces are fighting, in part because of the strategic oil reserves in that region, and yet the bill doesn't do that much to encourage conservation in one of the biggest users, automobiles.
		On the CAFE standard issue, Congressman Markey is right on that one, we don't have a requirement that we increase automobile fuel efficiency.
		EDWARD MARKEY: Ray, this bill is so bad that I can't help but believe that the environmental and consumer movement in the country isn't going to rise up.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/congress/july-dec03/energy_11-17.html (2148 words)

	Paul Kapustka's Blog: Ed Markey to speak at Fall 2006 VON
		Ed Markey to speak at Fall 2006 VON
		If you need another reason to attend next week's Fall 2006 VON show in Boston, maybe it's to hear Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., speak on Tuesday, Sept. 12.
		appearance of Congressman Markey, a staunch defender of the ideas of network neutrality, will be open to all attendees of the show.
	paulsblog.pulver.com /archives/2006/09/ed_markey_to_sp.html (113 words)

	Ed Markey \| The Huffington Post
		Edward John "Ed" Markey (born July 11, 1946) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1976, representing the 7th District of Massachusetts.
		Ed Markey is not only the Dean of the Massachusetts delegation but also the New England delegation as well.
		Ed Markey thinks your next new car should get 35 mpg, which is a very nice idea -- provided you aren't concerned about the functional compromises and costs that might involve.
	www.huffingtonpost.com /people/Ed+Markey (911 words)

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