WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: (As prepared for delivery) Republicans have wasted the last sixteen months on chaos, conspiracies, and cuts, only to end up back where they always do: cutting taxes for their wealthy and well-connected friends. I've been around long enough to know that the lifecycle of Republican governing goes as follows: cut taxes for special interests and the top 1% and pay for it by slashing American workers'   more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Congressman Jake Auchincloss (D, MA-04) is announcing Newton's Sachiko Isihara as his guest for the Joint Meeting of Congress with Prime Minister Kishida Fumio. Sachiko serves as the Executive Director of the Suzuki School of Newton, a community arts non-profit organization with two main components: a Suzuki music program, and a full-day integrated arts preschool modeled on the Suzuki philosophy o  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Bill would establish an education and grant program in NOAA to educate the next generation of climate leaders Bill Text (PDF) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, and Representative Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today reintroduced the Climate Change Education Act, which would establish a Climate Chan  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee, and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee, introduced the Blast Overpressure Safety Act - bipartisan legislation that would direct the Department of Defense (DoD) to enact a variety of measures to help mitigate and protect service  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: "The facts are adding up: mifepristone is a safe, effective, and routine form of healthcare that remains necessary and legal across the nation." "If Republicans and anti-abortion extremists have their way, access to mifepristone will be cut in every state, blue or red..." Video (YouTube) Today in a House Oversight Committee hearing, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Chair of the Pro-Choice Caucus'   more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement after the White House announced a federal rule expanding firearm background checks under Democrats' Safer Communities Act: "The deadly gun show loophole is finally closed. President Biden's announcement today honors the will of the vast majority of the American people. This is about common sense: no gun, anywhere, should trade  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: BOSTON, MA - Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and members of the Massachusetts delegation to celebrate the announcement that General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport in Boston will receive $22.1 million in federal funding for infrastructure improvements. These projects are funded under the Bipartisan Infra  more