WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: At a hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called for the renewal of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program to help American workers who lose their jobs due to trade. The TAA program provides critical federal assistance to workers who have involuntarily lost their jobs due to overseas competition. The program lapsed in mid-2022, meaning over 100,0  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) issued the following statement in reaction to President Biden's new Executive Order on immigration. "This executive order demonstrates that the President is serious about the problem at the Southern Border. Trump and Republicans in Congress should take this problem seriously, too. While this Executive Order will help, the bottom line is that we need congressional action  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 6 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy released the following testimony by Carol V. Rose, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, from a field hearing dated May 29, 2024, entitled "The Economic and Health Impacts of Threats to Reproductive Rights": * * * Chair Warren, Ranking Member Kennedy, and Members of the Committee, thank you for holding this hearing and inviting me to testify. My na  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 6 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy released the following written testimony by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell from a field hearing dated May 29, 2024, entitled "The Economic and Health Impacts of Threats to Reproductive Rights": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to provide this testimony regarding the Economic and Health Impacts of Threats to Reproductive Rights. It is no secret how dire the state of  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 6 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy released the following testimony by Kathryn Fay, a fellow of Physicians for Reproductive Health, from a field hearing dated May 29, 2024, entitled "The Economic and Health Impacts of Threats to Reproductive Rights": * * * Good afternoon, Senator Warren and Senator Markey. Thank you for holding today's field hearing on abortion and for the opportunity to speak with you today about acce  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 6 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy released the following testimony by Reproductive Equity Now President Rebecca Hart Holder from a field hearing dated May 29, 2024, entitled "The Economic and Health Impacts of Threats to Reproductive Rights": * * * Senators Warren and Markey, my name is Rebecca Hart Holder and I am the president of Reproductive Equity Now. As a state and regional organization, Reproductive Equity Now   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Washington (June 5, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Committee's Subcommittee on Primary Health & Retirement Security, along with Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) blasted Senate Republicans who voted against the lawmakers' Right to Contraception Act  more