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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for 2024-02-24 ( 4 items )  
Pressley Applauds Nearly $20 Million in Student Debt Cancellation for Roughly 2,500 Massachusetts Borrowers (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: Under President Biden's SAVE Plan, a Total of $1.2 Billion in Student Debt to be Cancelled for 153,000 Borrowers Nationwide BOSTON - Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) applauded the Biden-Harris Administration's approval of $1.2 billion in student debt cancellation for nearly 153,000 borrowers nationwide, including $19.5 million in cancellation for 2,490 Massachusetts borrowers. Servicers started more PR

Senate Armed Services Committee Sets Feb. 28 Hearing on Evolving Workforce Dynamics (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Evolving Workforce Dynamics and the Challenges for Defense Acquisition and Defense Industrial Base Personnel" at 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 28, 2024, at 216 Hart Senate Office Building: Witnesses * Mr. Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, Society for Human Resource Managers * Dr. Simon H. Johnson, Ronald A. Kurtz (1954) Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Massac more PR

Warren, Markey Urge Senate Appropriations Leaders to Increase Funding to FEMA's Shelter and Services Program to Support New Arrivals (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: "Meeting the needs of newly arriving migrants is a national responsibility, and the federal government must ramp up its assistance to state and local host communities." Letter Text (PDF) Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations Chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Vice Chair Susan Col more PR

Warren, Omar, Lawmakers Seek Information from Big Banks on Account Closure Practices that Discriminate Against Muslim Americans (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: "[F]inancial institutions, including your own, have continued to close customers' accounts involuntarily and without basic notice, explanation, or ability to contest the decision"; bank practices "pose[] a particularly severe threat for customers from the Muslim community." Washington, D.C. - Following reports that major banks may be disproportionately restricting or shutting down the accounts of  more PR