WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Economic Policy, delivered opening remarks on the lack of competition in the food industry and its impact on prices, products, and consumer choice. Senator Warren, in her opening statement, highlighted that corporate price gouging is to blame for high food prices for American families, noting that corporatio  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Springfield Mayor Domenic J. Sarno and Springfield Redevelopment Authority Executive Director Amanda Pham to announce a $4,116,279 earmark to invest in streetscaping surrounding Springfield Union Station. The allocation was made possible through Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Congressman Neal inc  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act by a bipartisan vote. The legislation previously passed the House within the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act which is currently stalled in the Senate: "Tax Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Thompson and Rep. Greg  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Legislation authorizes projects to prevent coastal erosion, manage flood risks, and improve water infrastructure in Massachusetts Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today applauded passage of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024 through the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Neal and Wyden Call on U.S. Trade Representative to Negotiate Strong Trade Agreement with Kenya to Boost Protections for Labor, Environment and Support U.S. Workers and Manufacturers Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) called on U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to transition current trade discussions with Kenya int  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: MOHELA Has Repeatedly Failed to Perform Basic Loan Serving Functions, Harmed Student Borrowers 4 in 10 Borrowers Have Experienced Servicing Failures Under MOHELA Press Conference (YouTube) | Photos (Dropbox) Today at a press conference on Capitol Hill, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), colleagues, borrowers, and advocates urged the Biden Administration to terminate the contract of federal student loa  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) led several of their colleagues in urging federal agencies to take immediate action to regulate drugs used in lethal injections. Lethal injection is the most common method of execution, but departments of corrections are turning to increasingly questionable suppliers and unregulated drugs that are contributing to botched, painful executions.   more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Marilyn Strickland (D-Wash.) announced the reintroduction of the Enhancing Oversight to End Discrimination in Policing Act of 2024, to strengthen the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) and state governments' ability to hold police and other officials accountable for discriminatory practices. The Senate co-sponsors of this bill include: Senators  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Representative Katie Porter (D-Calif.) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Daniel Werfel, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Kha  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: Thousand-Page Bucket List of Extremist Policies Would Destroy Federal Government As We Know It "It is their pathway to enact widespread, wholesale policy violence." Video (YouTube) In a House Oversight Committee hearing, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) sounded the alarm on the far-right manifesto "Project 2025," a thousand-page bucket list of extremist policies that would uproot every government age  more