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er designation which is given to members of congress who in the organization s assessment have led on multiple legislative or regulatory efforts a top priority measure or a requested sign on letter related to animal protection 87 markey was an endorser of a 2016 massachusetts ballot measure question 3 designed to protect the welfare of farmed animals 88 the measure required farmers to give chickens pigs and calves enough room to turn around stand up lie down and fully extend their limbs it also prohibited the sale of eggs or meat from animals raised in conditions that did not meet these standards 89 90 markey was one of only three u s senators to cosponsor a 2019 bill that would have placed a moratorium on building new concentrated animal feeding operations called factory farms by critics and phased out existing ones 91 92 in 2025 markey led an effort by 28 senators opposing federal measures that would have limited states ability to enforce animal welfare laws such as massachusetts question 3 and california proposition 12 93 antitrust competition and corporate regulation edit in june 2019 markey was one of six democrats led by amy klobuchar who signed letters to the federal trade commission ftc and the department of justice recounting that many of them had called on both the ftc and the justice department to investigate potential anticompetitive activity in these markets particularly following the significant enforcement actions taken by foreign competition enforcers against these same companies and requesting that each agency confirm whether it had opened antitrust investigations into each of the companies and pledge that it would publicly release any such investigation s findings 94 child care edit in 2019 markey and 34 other senators introduced the child care for working families act a bill that they claim would create 770 000 new child care jobs and ensure that families making less than 75 of the state median income would not pay for child care with higher earning families having to pay their fair share for care on a sliding scale regardless of the number of children they have the legislation also supports universal access to high quality preschool programs for all 3 and 4 year olds and changes child care compensation and training 95 children s programming edit in 2019 after the federal communications commission fcc announced changes to the children s television act of 1990 markey and eight other democratic senators signed a letter to fcc chairman ajit pai that expressed concern that the proposed changes would limit the reach of educational content available to children and have a particular damaging effect on youth in low income and minority communities and asserted that the new rules would decrease access to valuable educational content through over the air services 96 climate change edit senator markey speaks on a green new deal in front of the u s capitol building in february 2019 in november 2018 markey was among 25 democratic senators to cosponsor a resolution in response to the intergovernmental panel on climate change report and national climate assessment findings the resolution affirmed the senators acceptance of the findings and support for bold action to address climate change 97 in 2019 the league of conservation voters which works to elect pro environment candidates endorsed markey 98 markey is the senate author of the green new deal 99 in february 2019 markey and representative alexandria ocasio cortez released a 14 page summary of their green new deal plan to address climate change it calls for implementing the social cost of carbon that was part of the obama administration s plans to address climate change and transitioning the united states to 100 renewable zero emission energy sources zero emission vehicles and high speed rail systems it also aims to provide new jobs and alleviate poverty 100 on march 26 in what democrats called a stunt republicans called for an early vote without allowing discussion or expert testimony markey said republicans were trying to make a mockery of the green new deal debate and called the vote a sham in protest democrats including markey voted present or against the bill resulting in a 57 0 defeat on the senate floor 101 102 in march 2019 markey was one of 11 senators to sponsor the climate security act of 2019 legislation to form a new group within the state department to develop strategies to integrate climate science and data into national security operations as well as to restore the post of special envoy for the arctic a group that president trump dismantled in 2017 the envoy would advise the president and the administration on the potential effects of climate on national security and be responsible for facilitating all interagency communication between federal science and security agencies 103 markey was a member of the senate democrats special committee on the climate crisis which published a report of its findings in august 2020 104 covid 19 vaccine equity edit markey proposed that the covid 19 vaccine be distributed to underserved areas and communities of color as a priority for racial justice on february 20 2021 he said even though black and hispanic residents have borne the brunt of this pandemic here in massachusetts and all across the country these communities are not receiving the vaccine in proportion to their share of their population 105 disaster relief edit in april 2018 markey was one of five democratic senators to sign a letter to federal emergency management agency fema administrator brock long calling on fema to enter an agreement with the department of housing and urban development hud that would stand up the disaster housing assistance program dhap and address the medium and longer term housing needs of evacuees of puerto rico in the aftermath of hurricane maria the senators asserted that fema s refusal to use the tools at its disposal including dhap to help these survivors is puzzling and profoundly troubling and that hundreds of hurricane survivors were susceptible to being left homeless if fema and hud continued not to work together 106 107 drug policy edit in december 2016 markey was among 17 senators to sign a letter to president elect donald trump asking him to fulfill a campaign pledge to bring down the cost of prescription drugs stating their willingness to advance measures to achieve this goal and calling on trump to partner with republicans and democrats alike to take meaningful steps to address the high cost of prescription drugs through bold administrative and legislative actions 108 in december 2018 markey was among 21 senators to sign a letter to food and drugs commissioner scott gottlieb stating their approval of the actions of the food and drugs administration fda to hinder youth access to e cigarettes and urging the fda to take additional stronger steps to prevent and reduce e cigarette use among youth 109 in 2023 markey introduced legislation to expand access to methadone for patients with opioid use disorder 110 economy edit in february 2019 markey was among eight senators to sign a letter to the federal communications commission and department of justice asking that regulators prohibit a proposed 26 billion merger between t mobile and sprint because american enforcers have understood for the last 30 years that fostering robust competition in telecommunications markets is the best way to provide every american with access to high quality cutting edge communications at a reasonable price and the merger would result in a return to the dark days of heavily consolidated markets and less competition with all of the resulting harms 111 in march 2019 markey was among six senators to sign a letter to the federal trade commission ftc requesting that it use its rulemaking authority along with other tools in order to combat the scourge of non compete clauses rigging our economy against workers and saying that non compete clauses harm employees by limiting their ability to find alternate work which leaves them with little leverage to bargain for better wages or working conditions with their immediate employer the letter added that the ftc was responsible for protecting consumers and workers and needed to act decisively to address their concerns over serious anti competitive harms from the proliferation of non competes in the economy 112 foreign policy edit senator markey meets with philippine president bongbong marcos in manila in august 2022 in december 2016 markey and senators chris coons and marco rubio suggested to the department of state that the u s curtail assistance to the philippines law enforcement units due to alleged extrajudicial killings and other human rights violations in philippine president rodrigo duterte s drug war in adherence to the leahy law 113 in april 2019 markey and four other democratic and republican senators introduced a resolution urging the release of philippine senator leila de lima a key proponent of the inquiry on the duterte administration s reported human rights violations who has been detained since 2017 for suspected drug trafficking the senators believed that de lima s detention was politically motivated in january 2020 markey revealed that the philippine government had declared him and senators dick durbin and patrick leahy principal sponsor of the leahy law persona non grata to the country 114 after duterte stepped down from office in 2022 markey visited the philippines and met with de lima privately 115 in october 2017 markey condemned the genocide of the rohingya muslim minority in myanmar 116 in 2018 markey cosponsored the countering the chinese government and communist party s political influence operations act a bill introduced by rubio and catherine cortez masto that would give the secretary of state and the director of national intelligence dni the authority to create an interagency task force to examine chinese attempts to influence the u s and key allies 117 in october 2018 markey was one of eight senators to sign a letter to director of national intelligence dan coats requesting a classified briefing on what the american intelligence community knew about threats to u s based saudi journalist jamal khashoggi so that the senators could fulfill their oversight obligation as members of congress 118 in march 2019 markey was one of nine democratic senators to sign a letter to salman of saudi arabia requesting the release of human rights lawyer waleed abu al khair and writer raif badawi women s rights activists loujain al hathloul and samar badawi and dr walid fitaih the senators wrote not only have reputable international organizations detailed the arbitrary detention of peaceful activists and dissidents without trial for long periods but the systematic discrimination against women religious minorities and mistreatment of migrant workers and others has also been well documented 119 in november 2018 markey senators chris coons and elizabeth warren and a bipartisan group of lawmakers sent the trump administration a letter raising concerns about the people s republic of china s undue influence on media outlets and academic institutions in the united states they wrote in american news outlets beijing has used financial ties to suppress negative information about the ccp beijing has also sought to use relationships with american academic institutions and student groups to shape public discourse 120 in february 2019 ahead of the 2019 north korea united states hanoi summit markey said that it was pretty clear that kim wants to have a personal meeting with trump with hopes that he can in fact elicit concessions from president trump that might not otherwise be possible if it was just our diplomats talking one on one and that the us could run the risk that kim is given concessions which are not accompanied by real concessions that the united states is receiving in return from kim and his regime markey called for trump to receive commitments on denuclearization from kim jong un before making commitments in return 121 in april 2019 markey was among 34 senators to sign a letter to president trump encouraging him to listen to members of your own administration and reverse a decision that will damage our national security and aggravate conditions inside central america asserting that trump had consistently expressed a flawed understanding of u s foreign assistance since becoming president and that he was personally undermining efforts to promote u s national security and economic prosperity by preventing the use of fiscal year 2018 national security funding the senators argued that foreign assistance to central american countries created less migration to the u s by helping to improve conditions in those countries 122 in october 2020 markey accused turkey a nato ally of inciting war between armenia and azerbaijan over the disputed region of nagorno karabakh and called on the trump administration to immediately suspend u s military aid to azerbaijan 123 sent through the pentagon s building partner assistance program 124 125 according to critics the aid could be used in the nagorno karabakh conflict 124 126 he co signed a letter to secretary of state mike pompeo that read if turkey is unwilling to step back from active engagement in the conflict then the state department should immediately suspend all sales and transfers of military equipment to ankara 123 in january 2024 markey voted for a resolution proposed by senator bernie sanders to apply the human rights provisions of the foreign assistance act to u s aid to israel s military the proposal was defeated 72 to 11 127 in april 2025 markey voted for a pair of resolutions sanders proposed to cancel the trump administration s sales of 8 8 billion in bombs and other munitions to israel the proposals were defeated 82 to 15 128 iraq war edit on october 10 2002 markey voted in favor of the authorization for use of military force against iraq resolution of 2002 authorizing the use of the united states armed forces against saddam hussein s government in what became operation iraqi freedom 129 as of march 2020 markey has said that voting for the authorization was a mistake and that he did so because george bush lied donald rumsfeld lied dick cheney lied to the american people about the presence of nuclear weapons in iraq i m still angry about that lie to the american people 130 government shutdown edit in march 2019 markey was among 39 senators signed a letter to the appropriations committee opining that contractor workers and by extension their families should not be penalized for a government shutdown that they did nothing to cause while noting that there were bills in both chambers of congress that if enacted would provide back pay to compensate contractor employees for lost wages the letter urged the appropriations committee to include back pay for contractor employees in a supplemental appropriations bill 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