| U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Wednesday July 17, 2024 ( 3 items ) |
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Ahead of Prime Day, Momentum Builds for Senator Markey's Warehouse Worker Protection Act
WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release:
Senators Sanders, Padilla, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, Welch,Warren join legislation to ban dangerous work speed quotas
Ahead of Amazon "Prime Day," Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP), and Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) toda
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In Hearing, Pressley Underscores Impact of Urban Heat Islands on Lower-Income Communities
WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news:
"It's no accident that communities experiencing the worst of these causes are the same ones that have been on the frontlines of historic injustices."
"Environmental justice and health equity go hand in hand."
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In a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) underscored the impact of urban heat islands neighborhoods with higher temperature
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WBUR: Mass. leaders express shock, concern after attempted assassination of Trump
WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release:
Within hours of surviving an attempted assassination at a Pennsylvania campaign rally, former President Donald Trump was "doing well," according to aides, and looking forward to rejoining his supporters the Republican National Convention in Wisconsin this week where he is set to become the party's 2024 presidential nominee.
In a statement, the FBI said it had identified Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, o
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