THE HONORABLE EDWARD J. MARKEY
Chairman, House Subcommittee on Telecommunications & the Internet
Democrat, 7th District, Massachusetts

Edward J. Markey has constructed an extraordinary legislative record since his first election to the United States Congress in 1976. As one of the most senior members in Congress, he has shaped more than 20 years of telecommunications policy. He is one of the most articulate and informed voices in Congress.

Representative Markey's legislative record spans the breadth of Congressional policymaking reflecting his position as a senior member of three key committees, including the Energy and Commerce Committee, the Committee on Homeland Security, and the Natural Resources Committee. He is the Chair of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, and in the 110th Congress, Representative Markey was also named Chairman of the new Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. He is a fighter for the welfare of his constituents in the blue-collar and high-tech communities of his district north and west of downtown Boston.

Representative Markey has served on the Telecommunications Subcommittee since his first election in 1976 and, prior to being named Chair in the 110th Congress, was the ranking Democrat on the panel since 1995 and previously served as its Chair from 1987 to 1995. He is the author and co-author of numerous landmark telecommunications laws, including the Children's Television Act, the Cable Act of 1992, and the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Representative Markey works tirelessly to advocate for and protect the nation's children by authoring and championing legislative provisions, including establishing the "E-rate" for schools and libraries and the V-Chip for parental control of television.

"In the decades ahead, America needs to compete in a fiercely competitive economy with all of the diversity and productivity and innovation that all our people can muster to the task. Preparing the next generation for this future was what my original E-rate provision was all about." Edward J. Markey