Edward J. Markey

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In Massachusetts, people are working hard, playing by the rules, and doing everything right, but for too many residents and families, it’s getting harder to get ahead.

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Ed is focused on lowering costs and making life more affordable for Massachusetts families. He’s working to reduce energy bills, expand affordable housing, and help families afford everyday essentials—from groceries to utilities—while taking on the policies and corporate practices that drive up costs. He’s also strengthening the safety net and investing in solutions that put money back in people’s pockets.

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As a member of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, he’s fighting to raise wages, strengthen worker protections, and ensure safe working conditions. He’s taking on corporate abuses, defending workers’ right to organize, and pushing for a fairer tax system that puts working families first.

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That's why he is fighting to lower costs for families, strengthen public schools, support educators, and expand access to opportunity at every stage of life. Including making high-quality childcare more affordable and accessible, ensuring public schools have the resources they need, and helping students graduate without crushing debt.

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As Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Ed is leading the fight to level the playing field—making sure entrepreneurs have access to the capital, tools, and opportunities they need to grow and create jobs. He is working to maximize opportunity, expand access to federal contracts, and strengthen the programs that help startups turn ideas into thriving businesses.

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Ed is focused on a comprehensive approach. Fighting to build a health care system that truly works for everyone: bringing down costs, expanding access, investing in public health and research, holding corporations accountable, and defending the right to make your own health care decisions.

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Health care should be a fundamental right, yet for far too many, it remains out of reach.

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Our health care system must go beyond treating illness to sustaining healthy communities. Yet gaps in support leave too many behind, while caregivers and frontline workers face rising strain.

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Instead of making life more affordable, Donald Trump’s agenda is making things worse. His reckless tariffs raise prices on everything from groceries to construction materials. His attacks on clean energy and efficiency programs are driving up utility costs. And his broader economic approach is tilted toward corporations and the wealthy, leaving working families paying more while getting less.

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Lowering energy and utility costs for families by expanding heating and cooling assistance, protecting against shut-offs and excessive fees, preventing service disruptions during government shutdowns, and taking action to stabilize energy prices so households and small businesses can afford reliable, year-round access to power.

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Raising wages, advancing pay equity, and protecting workers’ benefits by supporting a higher minimum wage, eliminating subminimum wages, cracking down on pay discrimination, and ensuring workers don’t lose health coverage during labor disputes, while also strengthening Social Security benefits for when they retire.

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Making childcare more affordable and accessible for every family by supporting universal early learning programs that cap costs and expand access, while investing in educators and providers with better pay and support to ensure high-quality, reliable care.

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Investing in opportunities for entrepreneurs and driving job creation by increasing access to capital through local incubators, accelerators, and lending programs in underserved and rural communities, and investing in small business innovation to help startups grow and turn ideas into jobs.

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Ed is fighting to expand coverage, lower costs, strengthen public health, and remove barriers—moving toward a system that guarantees affordable, high-quality care for everyone.

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Ed is fighting to strengthen community-based care, support health care workers, rebuild public health infrastructure, and make it easier for families to get the care they need.

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That’s why Ed is fighting for a comprehensive approach that lowers costs, strengthens workers’ rights, expands access to education and childcare, and creates real pathways to economic opportunity so that Massachusetts remains a state built on innovation, hard work, and opportunity.

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Making housing more affordable and secure by investing in the construction and preservation of affordable homes, expanding rental assistance, supporting first-generation homebuyers, and strengthening programs that prevent evictions and reduce homelessness so more families can stay safely housed.

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Protecting workers on the job and strengthening labor rights by enforcing stronger safety standards; defending the right to organize and bargain without retaliation; and ensuring all workers, including public employees and part-time workers, get the fair pay, safe conditions, and basic protections that they deserve.

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Protecting and strengthening public education by ensuring stable federal funding for schools and investing in modern, safe facilities so every student can learn in a healthy, supportive environment, regardless of background or income.

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Expanding opportunities and support by strengthening access to federal contracts so entrepreneurs can compete and grow, and protecting critical SBA services that provide loans, guidance, and disaster assistance.

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Expanding pathways to universal healthcare by allowing states to build systems with federal support and advancing a national Medicare for All program so that everyone can access comprehensive, affordable care regardless of income, employment, or zipcode.

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Strengthening community mental health and resilience by investing in programs and expanding the public health workforce so communities have the tools, support, and capacity to prevent trauma and improve overall well-being.

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Helping families afford groceries and put food on the table by protecting and expanding nutrition programs, ensuring uninterrupted access to benefits like SNAP and WIC even during government funding lapses, and strengthening local food systems and farmers to keep food accessible and affordable across Massachusetts.

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Lowering costs and strengthening financial support for working families by allowing deductions for union dues and job-related expenses so people aren’t taxed on the costs of doing their jobs, and expanding the Child Tax Credit to provide consistent support for parents and reduce child poverty.

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Expanding access to affordable higher education and reducing student debt by supporting tuition-free community college, lowering costs at public universities, increasing financial aid, expanding early college and dual-enrollment opportunities, and ensuring students can graduate without financial hardship.

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Supporting veteran entrepreneurs and returning citizens by making it easier for veterans and citizens returning from incarceration to start and grow businesses by providing resources, lowering costs, and expanding access to financing.

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Lowering health care costs and protecting coverage so that families can maintain stable, affordable insurance without sudden premium hikes or loss of coverage.

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Promoting fair taxation and holding corporations accountable by cracking down on extreme CEO-to-worker pay disparities, ensuring the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share through closing tax loopholes, and ending taxpayer support for union-busting.

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Expanding Medicare to cover essential services by adding dental, vision, and hearing benefits and strengthening access through community health providers so that seniors and people with disabilities can get the full spectrum of care they need.

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Original Co-Sponsor: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025 (S.852)

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Lead Sponsor: Investing in Children Before Missiles Act of 2025 (S.2422)

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Lead Sponsor: Protecting Small Business Competitions Act of 2025 (S.2656)

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Protecting workers’ health and economic security by guaranteeing paid sick leave so that no one has to choose between their health, their safety, and their paycheck.

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Lead Sponsor: State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2025 (S.2286) Original Co-Sponsor: Medicare for All Act (S.1506) Original Co-Sponsor: Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act (S.2556) Original Co-Sponsor: Health Equity and Access under the Law for Immigrant Families Act of 2025 (S.2149) Original Co-Sponsor: Restoring Essential Healthcare Act (S.2524) Original Co-Sponsor: Medicare Dental, Hearing, and Vision Expansion Act of 2025 (S.939) Original Co-Sponsor: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026 (S.3990) Original Co-Sponsor: Healthy Families Act (S.3869)

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At a time when extremists are trying to divide communities and roll back progress, Ed is fighting to expand protections, defend access to care, and ensure that every LGBTQ+ person is treated with dignity and respect. He believes that no one should be discriminated against because of who they are or who they love—and that the federal government has a responsibility to make that promise real.