WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: Federal Funding Secured by Pressley Invests in BMC's Violence Intervention Advocacy Program Photos (Dropbox) | Video (Facebook) BOSTON Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) visited Boston Medical Center (BMC) to celebrate $370,000 in federal community project funding she secured to support BMC's Violence Intervention Advocacy Program. This funding will invest in resources and capacity building for   more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: Legislation would confront environmental injustices in carceral settings and promote decarceration BOSTON Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), chair of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety announced the introduction of the Environmental Health in Prisons Act to improve the environmental health outcomes of incarc  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following joint statement on July 18, 2024, with Sen. Ed Markey, D-Massachusetts: * * * Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Subcommittee Chair Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on Thursday issued the following statement: In America today, we have a dysfunctional and cruel health care system that is designed not to make patients well, but to make executives extraordinarily wealthy. Ther  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Legislation would confront environmental injustices in carceral settings and promote decarceration Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) today announced the introduction of the Environmental Health in Prisons Act to improve the environmental health outcomes of   more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Edward J. Markey, chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, and HELP Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today issued the following statement: "In America today, we have a dysfunctional and cruel health care system that is designed not to make patients well, but to make executives extraordinarily wealthy.There co  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, and Congresswoman Grace Meng (NY-06), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission  more