WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of Confirmation Hearing, Warren Questions Under Secretary Nominee Kessler on Export Controls, Enforcement, and National Security Concerns If Confirmed, Kessler Would Enforce Export Controls, Implement Trump Tariffs Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2025: * * * ICYMI: Senate Democrats Investigate Trump-Musk Attack on American Consumers Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Senate Democrats investigated the Trump-Musk Attack on American Consumers. more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey Slams Trump Plans to Gut Postal Service Washington (February 26, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today on the Trump administration's plans to dismantle the United States Postal Service (USPS), including proposals to do away with universal service and undermine USPS workers. "Trump's plan to dismantle USPS is blatantly unconstitutional, en more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey, Wyden Lead Colleagues in Demanding Funding to Fully Implement Social Security Fairness Act Letter Text (PDF) Washington (February 26, 2025) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) led twenty-six of their colleagues in a letter to Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) urging them to provide no less than more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Neal, Larson, Davis: "Jeopardizing the Social Security Administration Jeopardizes Social Security Beneficiaries" WASHINGTON, DC--Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John Larson (D-CT), and Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Ranking Member Danny K. Davis (D-IL) rel more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Newsletter: Standing Against Harmful Medicaid Cuts Dear Friends, Last night I casted my vote against the Republican budget plan, which could cut as much as $880 billion from Medicaid over the next decade in order to give $4.5 trillion in tax cuts that benefit the wealthiest Americans most. I's safe to say, this budget is a non-starter. While I agree that we need to get the debt under contro more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Lynch, Cleaver, Meeks, Torres Launch Congressional Public Housing Caucus Co-Chaired by lawmakers who lived in Public Housing, the CPHC is dedicated to tackling issues related to public housing by serving as a resource for lawmakers in Congress (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Representatives Stephen Lynch (MA-08), Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO-05), Gregory Meeks (NY-05), and Ritchie Torres more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Democrats Press HUD Secretary Turner on Threat of Rising Housing Costs from Plan to Reprivatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Senate Democrats Press HUD Secretary Turner on Threat of Rising Housing Costs from Plan to Reprivatizate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Privatization A Giveaway for Hedge Funds, Wealthy Inves more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey Decries Trump Administration Cuts to National Park Service and Attacks on Massachusetts Economy, Heritage Washington (February 25, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and co-author of the Green New Deal resolution, released the following statement today in response to the Trump administration's staffing cuts  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey Raises Concerns Over Conflict of Interest with FAA Deployment of Elon Musk's Starlink Terminals Letter Text (PDF) Washington (February 26, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today wrote to Chris Rocheleau, Acting Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), with questions about  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * VIDEO: Pressley Slams Trump and Musk for Enriching Themselves Under Guise of "Efficiency" "What kind of efficiency makes people hungrier? What kind of efficiency makes people poorer? What kind of efficiency makes people less safe?" "If Trump and Musk truly wanted to make government better, then they would turn to the actual efficiency experts at the Government Accountability Office. But this was n more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Whip Clark Outlines Impact of GOP Billionaire-First Budget on Massachusetts WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ahead of a scheduled vote, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) laid out her opposition to House Republicans' budget resolution -- a proposal that would defund Bay Staters' health care and hike grocery costs all to fund a tax cut for billionaires. "The Republican budget can be summed up with th more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Whip Clark, House Democrats Reintroduce the American Dream and Promise Act WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined Rep. Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) and Members of the House Democratic Caucus to reintroduce the American Dream and Promise Act, a bill that will provide a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, TPS (Temporary Protected Status) recipients, and DED (Deferre more PR