WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, in recognition of the start of Gun Violence Awareness Month, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (CA-33), Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Chair Mike Thompson (CA-4), and Members of the House Democratic Caucus to reflect on the progress Democrats have made toward a future free from gun violence and to demand that Republicans join in taking action. Below is  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: At a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) obtained a commitment from James R. Ives, nominee for Department of the Treasury Inspector General (IG), to investigate revolving door influence peddling between the Big 4 accounting firms and IRS and the Treasury Department. During her questioning, Senator Warren secured a commitment from Mr. Ives that h  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Co-Chair Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Congresswomen Susie Lee (NV-03), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), and Susan Wild (PA-07) issued the following statement in opposition to a Republican amendment to ban access to IVF and other fertility treatments for veterans who receive care through the VA: "Extreme House Re  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Washington (June 4, 2024) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Committee's Subcommittee on Primary Health & Retirement Security, Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) released the following statement ahead of the Senate vote on the Right to Contraception Act. The bill would guarantee the right for people to obtain and  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: Executive Order Would Drastically Limit Asylum, Unfairly Reduce Number of People Who Can Legally Seek Asylum in America "It is extremely disappointing that this White House would choose to double down on the previous Administration's harmful and flawed immigration policies." Video (YouTube) Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Co-Chair of the House Haiti Caucus, joined her colleagues and a coalit  more