WASHINGTON, June 5 -- 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 Judge   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) published a new op-ed in Rolling Stone applauding the Department of Justice's lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation for suffocating competition and loading tickets with excessive fees. Senator Warren highlighted how Live Nation-Ticketmaster has used its monopoly power to raise ticket prices and bully artists and venues, and called for Live  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement on the Biden administration's new Executive Order on asylum. "Limiting our ability to grant legal protection to asylum seekers is irresponsible and ill-advised. The United States has long embraced its obligation to provide refuge to people fleeing persecution. People fleeing violence and unstable conditions helped b  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- 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, wrote to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) encouraging strong action to address the private equity model deployed by Steward Health Care that led to the company's bankruptcy and jeopardized the compa  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Economic Policy, and Representative Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, led 36 lawmakers in a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) urging the SEC to remain focused on the risk that climate change poses to investors. Among other calls to action, the letter   more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) and Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-6) announced they filed a 'Discharge Petition,' a measure that could force the Republican-controlled House to vote on the Right to Contraception Act, legislation to codify the right to access all forms of FDA-approved birth control. This action follows the consequences of the Dobbs decision and actions from Republica  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) took to the House Floor to denounce Republicans' attempt to hijack the VA's budget and ban veterans from accessing reproductive health care. Below is a transcript of her remarks: "This month marks two years since extreme MAGA Republicans dismantled Roe v. Wade, subjecting American women to reproductive oppression not seen for half a century. But for the other   more