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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Friday July 12, 2024 ( 5 items )  

At Hearing, Warren Highlights Christy Goldsmith Romero's Decades of Experience As a Financial Regulator, Preventing Bank Crises, and Cleaning Up After Failed Banks
WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: At a hearing of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) highlighted Christy Goldsmith Romero, Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and nominee to Chair the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and her decades of experience as a financial regulator, crucial for preventing bank crises and cleaning up after faile  more

Pressley Joins Paid Leave for All, Colleagues in Day of Action for National Paid Family and Medical Leave Policy
WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: New Polling Shows Paid Leave is Top Issue for 4 in 5 Women Nationwide Yesterday, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) joined Paid Leave for All, Glamour, colleagues and advocates for a Day of Action to mark the significant milestones in the ongoing fight for a national paid family and medical leave policy. Paid Leave for All and Glamour announced growing support for their demands that policymakers finally  more

Sens. Markey, Blumenthal Reintroduce FASTER Act to Bolster Funding for TSA and its Workforce
WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, along with Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), today announced the reintroduction the Funding for Aviation Screeners and Threat Elimination Restoration (FASTER) Act to bolster funding for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and its workforce, ensuring that the agency has the n  more

Trahan, Fusion Energy Caucus Co-Chairs' Statement On Signing Of Fusion Energy Act
WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Yesterday, Congressional Fusion Energy Caucus Co-Chairs Lori Trahan (D-MA), Don Beyer (D-VA), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), and Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN) celebrated the signing of their Fusion Energy Act. The bipartisan legislation was included along with the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act in the text of S. 870, broad energy legislation which passed both cha  more

Whip Clark: "It Is Time for an Economy That Works for Working Families"
WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) and Members of the Democratic Caucus joined Glamour and Paid Leave for All to celebrate the collection of 50,000 constituent signatures in support of a national paid leave policy. Below is a transcript of her remarks: "I am so proud to stand here with Kristin, with Glamour, with so many friends and colleagues and advocates who are making one thing clea  more