WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Washington (May 23, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) issued the following statement after the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce did not take up their bipartisan, bicameral Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) at its markup today  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Washington (May 23, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today applauded the passage of the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act through the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce. Sena  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Washington (May 23, 2024) -- Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement on the Border Act. "I have long prioritized pathways to citizenship, fair adjudication of asylum claims, limitations on detention, and more legal pathways to entry. Any of these policies would help the executive branch manage the border and the reception of new arrivals in the interior. None of these p  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a former Division I athlete and member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee, issued the following statement after the NCAA, Power Five conferences, and attorneys for athletes suing for antitrust violations in college sports agreed to a proposed settlement: "This agreement is a massive victory for athletes who c  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: On Tuesday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Congresswoman Kathy Castor (FL-14), members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee, wrote to Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri to express deep concerns with the social media platform's development and future launch of the "Friend Map" feature. This feature would allow users to see their friends' locations in real  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), urging them to support communities and health care providers affected by the crisis caused by Steward Health Care's (Steward's) financial mismanagement. Steward is the largest privately-owned hospital operator in the coun  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) sent a letter to Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security Chair Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Ranking Member Katie Britt (R-Ala.) requesting at least $500 million for a new Destination Reception Fund (DRF) to support new arrivals, complementing the existing Shelter and Services Program (SSP) adminis  more