WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Details how Steward's financial destruction created dangerous conditions for patients, workers, and communities Report Text (PDF) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, today unveiled "The Steward Health Care Report: How Corporate Greed Hurt Patients, Health Workers, and Communities."  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal, Co-Chair of the Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus, released the following statement after the British government announced that it will be launching a public inquiry into the 1989 murder of Solicitor Pat Finucane. "On February 12, 1989, loyalist gunmen with links to British security forces broke into the Belfast home of Pat Finucane with a sledgehammer. Up  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: On the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today called for the passage of his 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 ne  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: In June, Pressley & Advocates Urged ED to Fire MOHELA Due to Ongoing Harms to Student Borrowers Text of Letter (PDF) Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Representative Jim Clyburn (SC-06), and 55 of their colleagues in a letter to the Department of Education (ED), calling on the Department to conduct an analysis as to whether the Higher Education Loan Authority o  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Yesterday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and the entire Massachusetts delegation, announced that they've secured more than $17 million in funding for victim assistance and compensation from the Office of Justice Programs' Office for Victims of Crime. This funding supports Massachusetts programs that provide direct financial assistance a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: On Monday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) announced more than $25 million in funding for Massachusetts through the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program to enhance roadway safety for drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians. $1.2 million of the investment was secured for projects in Have  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) released a new 29-page report, Who Really Benefits from Student Debt Cancellation?, examining the impact of the Biden-Harris administration's new Higher Education Act rule, proposed in April 2024, to cancel student loan debt for 24 million students by the end of this year. The report finds that low and middle-income borrower  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) took to the House Floor today, slamming the House Republican Majority for threatening a government shutdown to advance Donald Trump's extreme Project 2025 agenda. Below is a transcript of her remarks: "Here we are once again. My Republican colleagues have decided to end the 118th Congress the same way they started it. Not with a serious budget but with parti  more