WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) reintroduced a bill to help increase access to on-campus child care for the more than 4 million parenting students currently enrolled in postsecondary education programs. Despite the growing number of parenting students in postsecondary education, access to affordable on-campus child care services has dwindled sin  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: CEO Dr. Ralph de la Torre refused to attend subpoena hearing, continues to defy HELP Committee's demands WATCH: Health providers, advocates speak on Steward's destructive mismanagement Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health, and Retirement Security, today joined Chair Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member Bil  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) issued the following statement in response to Steward CEO Ralph de la Torre's refusal to comply with a congressional subpoena this morning: "Ralph de la Torre is just one more rich guy who thinks he's above the law. After driving Steward's hospitals into bankruptcy while living large at patients' expense, Dr. de la Torre is pulling out all the stops to weasel ou  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture, along with Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialt  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) wrote to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Federal Reserve System (Fed), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) raising concerns about partnerships between traditional banks, Banking as a Service (BaaS) providers such as Stripe, Finastra, Synapse, and Marqueta, and financial technology (fintech) e  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined Reps. Emilia Sykes (OH-13) and Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) to announce the introduction of a new resolution reaffirming EMTALA (the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act) after the Supreme Court failed to do so in June 2024. "Thank you so much [to] my colleagues, Congresswoman Sykes and Congresswoman Sherrill, for leading the charge today.  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: Only 8 States Provide Universal School Meals: California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, and Vermont Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a video press conference calling for the passage of the Universal School Meals Program Act, legislation that would provide free breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a snack to all schoolchildren regardless of income. The bill woul  more