WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Letter Text (PDF) Washington (August 7, 2024) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) today wrote a letter to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, urging the agency to ensure recipients of Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductor  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) sent a letter to JAB Holding Company (JAB), one of the private equity firms that has spent billions on buying up veterinary practices and then looting the profits while reducing quality of care, increasing prices for pet owners, and making working conditions even harder for veterinarians. "Given that more than two-thi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Boston, MA U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) wrote to the Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), calling for stricter federal oversight of lethal injection drugs. This letter follows a May 2024 congressional request for information about the FDA's and DEA's plans to ensure a secure suppl  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) sent a letter to Rodney McMullen, chairman and CEO of The Kroger Co. (Kroger), raising concerns about Kroger's use of Electronic Shelving Labels (ESLs) to surge grocery prices and exploit consumers. ESLs are digital price tags that allow companies to engage in dynamic pricing, changing the prices of goods based on temporary fact  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), joined by U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), wrote to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC), calling on the agencies to closely scrutinize the proposed joint venture between FOX, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Disney subsidiary ESPN that would create a new streaming serv  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), sent letters to each of the 11 Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks) urging them to contribute at least 20% of their net income to affordable housing and other critical community grant programs. The letters follow calls by both the Biden-Harris Administration and the Federal Housing Finance Agency for the FHLBanks to do more to me  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, and Representatives Andy Kim (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and Robert Garcia (D-Calif.),  more