WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: * * * In Bipartisan Letter, Senators Warren, Scott Call Out Culture of Corruption in the Federal Reserve "This trading scandal - the most severe ethics failure in the Fed's history - eroded the public's trust and raised legitimate questions about the integrity of Fed officials and the Fed's policy making process." "The Fed's repeated denials of requests for transparency and your more PR

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congressman Bill Keating (MA-09) released the following statement on the inclusion of $350 million in federal funding for the Cape Cod Bridges in the Fiscal Year 2024 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, which the Senate and House Appropriations committee released yesterday: "We are pleased to have secured $350 mill more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Congressman Seth Moulton's 2024 State of the Union guest is Oleksandra Kovalchuk, a Ukrainian national currently residing in Salem, Mass., who is leading a transatlantic effort to protect heritage sites and museums in Ukraine. After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Ms. Kovalchuk crossed Moldova, Romania, and Bulgaria with her husband and son before they were able to get a flight to the United States to s more PR

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: "Housing affordability is the number one issue I'm hearing about from my constituents." "We need the Fed to start cutting. Because like the rent, interest rates are too damn high." Watch (YouTube) Today in a House Financial Services Committee, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) grilled Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, urging him to cut interest rates to boost home affordability and constructio more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, announced that his State of the Union guest will be Lou Antonellis, business manager of IBEW Local 103. Throughout his career, Antonellis has fought for good-paying jobs, quality health care, and secure benefits for union members and their families. At IBEW Local 103, he has more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, released the following?statement on the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) final climate disclosure rule: "Climate-related risks are financial risks, and investors have a right to know the full scope of a public company's emissions profile. more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) voted to pass a comprehensive government funding bill to avert a partial shutdown on Friday and deliver $13,928,863 in federal funding for critical projects in communities across the Third District. "Since the day I took office, I've fought for the communities in our district that have been left behind by Washington for too long. The government  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: * * * Warren Announces State of the Union Guest: Benadette Manning A former Boston Public School teacher whose student debt was canceled by President Biden NEW DATA: Thanks to improvements to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) made by the Biden administration, more than 17,000 public servants in Massachusetts like Benadette have received relief. Before 2021, only more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: * * * Warren Statement on Final SEC Climate Risk Disclosure Rule Washington D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following statement after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized its climate risk disclosure rule: "Climate change is transforming our world and our more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) announced Amanda Zurawski of Texas as her guest at President Joe Biden's 2024 State of the Union Address. "Republicans told us that Dobbs was just the beginning. Their mission is clear: a nationwide abortion ban," said Democratic Whip Clark. "Amanda Zurawski knows firsthand the pain and cruelty inflicted by the MAGA assault on reproduct more PR