WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nominations of Kevin Gafford Ritz, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit; Brian Edward Murphy, to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts; Rebecca L. Pennell, to be United States District Judg  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: During today's Senate Judiciary Committee nominations hearing, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned Kevin Gafford Ritz, nominated to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit; Brian Edward Murphy, nominated to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts; Rebecca L. Pennell, nominated to be United States Distr  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: At a hearing of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) pushed back on Big Tech's misleading claims that "free data flows" provisions in trade agreements will help combat China's digital authoritarianism, when the opposite in fact is true. Senator Warren asked Ambassador Katherine Tai, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), about the Biden administration's actions  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: At a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced Brian Murphy, nominee for United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Senators Warren and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) recommended Mr. Murphy to President Biden for appointment to the federal bench. Transcript: Nomination HearingU.S. Senate Judiciary CommitteeWednesday, April 17,   more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: During the BP oil spill in 2010, Markey raised questions about the potential toxicity of Corexit Letter Text (PDF) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan asking the agency to address concerns related to its recentl  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: Letter to Ways and Means Committee Emphasizes Support for HOPE/HELP Text of Letter (PDF) Haiti Caucus Co-Chairs Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), and Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) led a letter to House Ways and Means Committee leadership emphasizing support for the early renewal of the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) and the Haiti  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) have re-introduced the Future of Water Act to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit the trading of water and water rights in commodity futures contracts. Under current law, water prices are vulnerable to manipulation and speculation from futures markets. Without limitations on these markets, passive investors are in  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Outline several safety steps, including restricting driving systems to the roads they are designed for, improving data collection, and investigating misleading marketing Letter Text (PDF) Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today led their colleagues in a letter to Sophie Shulman, the   more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Rule would reclassify broadband as a telecommunications service and reinstate net neutrality protections Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), along with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), and Representative Anna Eshoo (CA-16), today at a press conference praised the upcoming FCC rule reclassifying broadb  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee, secured a commitment from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, the nation's top health official, to work with Massachusetts leaders as they continue responding to the Steward Health Care crisis. CLICK HERE or the image below to watch Trahan's full line   more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Transparency is vital to democracy. Below please find explainers for key votes I took in the 118th Congress. H.R.7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act Section 702 of FISA is one of the most critical national security tools we have. It allows us to monitor the communications of suspicious foreign nationals. Though many of the precise details relating to the program are understandably   more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led eight of her colleagues in sending a letter to David L. Yowan, President and Chief Executive Officer of student loan servicer Navient, urging the servicer to cancel decades-old private student loans pushed onto borrowers attending fraudulent, for-profit colleges. The letter comes as Navient plans to transfer its 2.7 million student borrower loan p  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) introduced the Internal Revenue Service Math and Taxpayer Health (IRS MATH) Act, legislation that would improve math error notices -- an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) authority used to quickly adjust taxpayers' returns. Representatives Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) and Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa) introduced the bill in the House. Eac  more