WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, released the following statement after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released its final rule that will enable new transmission capacity to be built across the country, as well as a rule to approve FERC's backstop authority to rule on transmission pro  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) are leading a group of lawmakers in a letter to President Joe Biden encouraging the Biden administration to use its executive authority to take robust actions to lower food prices for families. In the letter, the lawmakers note how corporations have been raking in record profits while families are being hit with hi  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: "Mr. Speaker, mothers across America don't want a Hallmark card. They want policy change." "...policies that see them, center them, and serve them, and they would prefer that over bouquets, verbal or otherwise." Video (YouTube) BOSTON - Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) marked Mother's Day with a powerful speech on the House floor in which she called for meaningful policy change to better support moth  more