SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, June 25 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: Congressman Richard E. Neal announced over $2.4 million for local Head Start programs today. These grant funds were secured through the American Rescue Plan that Congressman Neal helped to write. "This investment will help our local Head Start programs continue preparing children in western and central Massachusetts for success, and help parents get back to work to   more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: The House Financial Services Committee passed the Greater Supervision in Banking Act, sweeping legislation championed by Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) that would strengthen Congressional oversight of the 8 U.S.-based Globally Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs), which includes JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, State Str  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) voted to advance H.R. 2062, the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act of 2021, bipartisan legislation that will restore older workers' rights to fight back against age discrimination. "Every American -- regardless of age -- deserves to know that their rights within the workplace are protected and enforceable," said Congresswoman Trahan. "As people continu  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) cast her vote during a House Energy and Commerce Committee markup to advance H.R. 2467, the PFAS Action Act of 2021, bipartisan legislation that will protect Americans from dangerous forever chemicals, known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). "Communities across the Commonwealth know how important it is to work with urgency to address PFAS-contaminated drin  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) and Representatives Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), Mike Simpson (ID-2), and Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-3) celebrated the House passage of the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act, a bill meant to eliminate preventable newborn deaths and severe disabilities through the increased use of comprehensive and standardized newborn screening tests. The bip  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: In today's Senate Climate Change Task Force meeting, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of Senate Climate Change Task Force, alongside bicameral members of the task force, held a public discussion on establishing a Civilian Climate Corps, a plan that would create more than one million new, equitable and good-paying jobs across America while attacking the climate crisis. Senate Climate Chan  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.), Vice Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, reintroduced the National Biomedical Research Act, a bill to provide the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with $100 billion in predictable, supplemental funding for biomedical research over the next 10 year  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) today introduced the Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act, legislation to update online data privacy rules for the 21st century and ensure both children and teenagers are protected online. The legislation updates the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by prohibiting internet companies from colle  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and John Kennedy (R-La.) are requesting that James Steeley, the CEO of major student loan servicer, the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA), address "what appear to be false and misleading" statements he made during his April 13, 2021 testimony at a hearing on student loan debt before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs  more