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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Thursday July 11, 2024 ( 4 items )  

ICYMI: At Hearing, Warren Calls for Long-Term, Permanent Investments in Child Care to Support Working Families
WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: At a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Financethe first hearing of the Committee on child care in 30 yearsU.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) questioned Dr. Megan Pratt, assistant professor of practice at the Oregon State University College of Health, and Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women's Law Center, on investments in child care that would help families and the  more

Warren, Jacobs, Lawmakers Raise Alarms about Military Housing Conditions, Failures to Hold Private Housing Companies Accountable
WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Representative Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, led Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Senator Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), Representative Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), and Representative James Moylan (R-Guam) in calling out the Department of Defense (DoD) for failing to protect military families   more

Warren, Senators Blast JPMorgan Chase for Reversal of Climate Commitments
WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) wrote to JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon, criticizing his company's about-face on nearly two decades of climate and environmental commitments and raising questions about whether JPM has been misleading investors and the public. Over nea  more

WATCH: Pressley, Paid Leave for All, Advocates Keep Up Fight for National Paid Leave Policy
WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: Pressley Shares Experience as Mother's Caregiver During Cancer Battle, Discusses Need to Build a Just America that Cares for its People "In a just America, we would care for our people. At some point we will all need to care for someone or to be cared for." Video (YouTube) Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) joined Paid Leave for All, Glamour, colleagues, and advocates for a Day of Action press   more