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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Wednesday July 24, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Moulton Announces $1.6 Million in Federal Firefighter Assistance Grants to Sixth District
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: SALEM, MA Congressman Seth Moulton announced that a number of fire departments and emergency medical service organizations across the North Shore will receive a total of $1.6 million in Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) grants. The federal funding is part of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG)(link is external), which was created in 2001 to help firefighters and other first re  more

Senator Markey Leads Colleagues in Urging Department of Energy to Consider Impact of LNG Exports on New England States
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: New England Senators cite increased energy prices, climate and environmental justice, public health impacts for making LNG export authorization decisions Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, joined by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Peter Welch (D-V  more

Senator Markey Statement on Passing of Jack Connors
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement on the passing of Jack Connors "When Jack and I met for lunch at McKenna's in Dorchester a few weeks ago, we talked about the future. It was the day of the Boston Celtics championship duck boat parade, and we spent some time reminiscing about the greats Russell, Bird, Havlicek. But we enjoyed more our talk of how great the Celtics  more

Senator Warren Statement on Passing of Jack Connors
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: In response to the passing of Jack Connors, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren released the following statement: "Jack Connors dedicated his life to looking out for families in Boston who were too often left behind. He was always focused on what more we can do to help others. To honor his mother, he invested into women's health at a time when women's health was long ignored. His legacy will echo for g  more

Warren Leads Senate Response to End of Chevron Doctrine
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: After a Supreme Court stacked with Trump-appointed justices overturned the 40-year-old Chevron deference doctrine, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) int  more

Warren, Klobuchar, Senators Urge DOJ and FCC to Closely Scrutinize T-Mobile Acquisition of UScellular
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), together with U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), wrote to Jonathan Kanter, Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Jessica Rosenworcel, Chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), urging the  more