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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for 2024-10-25 ( 3 items )  
ICYMI: Whip Clark, SEIU President Verrett Pen Newsweek Op-Ed on the Fight for Affordable, Accessible Child Care (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: "Child care doesn't have to send families into debt. Parenthood doesn't have to be a financial puzzle. Care work doesn't have to come with high turnover, low wages, disrespect, and the lack of a true voice on the job. Not if we choose to do something about it in the weeks ahead." In case you missed it, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined SEIU President April Verrett to publish an op-ed highlighting child care's emergence as a top priorit more PR

Warren, Markey, MA Lawmakers Urge DOJ, ATF To Crack Down on Interstate Gun Trafficking As Gun Violence Surges (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with Representatives Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.), Bill Keating (D-Mass.), Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), Lori Trahan (D-Mass.), and Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the Department of Justice and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) requesting that ATF ramp up its work to mitigate t more PR

Warren, Warnock, Wyden, Welch Press Private Equity Firm KKR On $2.1 Billion Housing Acquisition and Its Effects on Renters (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) wrote to private equity firm KKR regarding its recent $2.1 billion real estate acquisition of 5,200 apartment units across the country KKR's "largest-ever purchase of apartment buildings." The lawmakers highlighted the dangers of private equity's involvement in the housing market and pressed KKR on its plans to set rent prices, protec more PR