Legislative Policy Conference
Speakers
U.S. Senator Ed Markey
Edward J. Markey is the junior U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. Elected to the Senate in 2013, he previously served 37 years in the U.S. House of Representatives. In the course of his political career, Senator Markey has amassed an unparalleled record of consumer protection, clean energy, and environmental legislation. He is the principal House author of the 2007 fuel economy law, which will increase fuel economy standards to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025, and was co-author of the landmark Waxman-Markey bill, the only comprehensive climate legislation ever to pass a chamber of Congress. Markey is the author of some of the most important Wall Street reform laws since the Great Depression, including statutes that strengthened penalties against insider trading and improved federal oversight over the stock and futures markets. Senator Markey was born in Malden, Massachusetts, and attended Boston College (B.A., 1968) and Boston College Law School (J.D., 1972).