WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Chair of the Pro-Choice Caucus' Abortion Rights and Access Task Force, issued a statement on the Supreme Court's ruling in Idaho v. United States; Moyle v. United States - the case about whether emergency abortion care is included under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). "Today's limited ruling is a temporary relief for anyone who needs em  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, following the Supreme Court's decision in Moyle v. U.S., the case that weighed the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), Senator Elizabeth Warren released the following statement: "The Supreme Court decided to wait until after the election to tell Americans whether women who are in crisis can get the emergency medical care they need. The Supreme Court doesn't get the fi  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, following the Supreme Court's decision on Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., Senator Elizabeth Warren released the following statement: "The Sackler family made a fortune from hooking people to opioids that killed hundreds of thousands of Americans, and then tried to use the bankruptcy system to keep their money. The Supreme Court closed this bankruptcy loophole, but that doesn't make things  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court dismissed a case regarding the legality of Idaho's Republican abortion ban that prohibited abortion care for women experiencing emergency pregnancy complications: "Republicans in Idaho passed an extreme abortion ban that strips women of their right to emergency abortion care. The result has been women experi  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: Far-Right Manifesto Project 2025 Would Sabotage EEOC, Rewrite Civil Rights Act of 1964, Push America Back to Jim Crow Era Racism Video (YouTube) Today, in a House Oversight Committee hearing, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) discussed the importance of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which combats discrimination in the workplace, and sharply criticized the harmful impact that far-  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), U.S. Representative Buddy Carter (R-Ga.), and 20 other lawmakers sent a letter to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. Lester Martinez-Lopez and Director of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Lieutenant General Telita Crosland, raising concerns over Express Scripts' exclusive contract to administer TRICARE  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8), Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (CA-33), Pro-Choice Caucus Co-Chairs Diana DeGette (CO-1) and Barbara Lee (CA-13), Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-6), and Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-28) to mark the second anniversary of the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision overturn  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision regarding the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA): "While the women of Idaho can breathe a sigh of relief today, the Supreme Court has senselessly declined to affirm the universal right to emergency medical care. The fact that this is still in question underscores the dark r  more