WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, U.S.Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), wrote to the CEOs of three major nursing homes, Brookdale Senior Living, Ensign Group, and National HealthCare, rebutting industry claims that nursing homes can't afford to meet new minimum staffing requirements put in place by a Biden-Harris adm  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) called on the Federal Reserve (Fed) to cut the federal funds rate, currently at a two decade-high of 5.3 percent, by 75 basis points (.75%; each basis point is one hundredth of a percent) at the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting that begins tomorrow. Economists have warned for months that   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2024: Today, U.S. Representative Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08), Co-Chair of the Congressional Quiet Skies Caucus (QSC), joined a bipartisan group of 40 members of the House to send a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker urging the agencies to prioritize community engagement as they implement airplane noise provisions in this year's FAA Rea  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Letter Text (PDF) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, and Congressman Jared Huffman (CA-02) led 53 of their colleagues today in a letter to Department of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Tracy Stone-Manning, Director of the Bureau of Land Management, urging them to expand and provide new pr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators push OMB to establish civil rights offices at every federal agency, implement bias safeguards, & protect marginalized communities Letter Text (PDF) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), sent a letter to Shalanda Young, the Director of the Office of Management and B  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released a new 26-page report, Preserving National Security, Protecting Military Families and Veterans, and Defending Taxpayers, outlining her accomplishments on the Senate Arms Services Committee since her appointment as a member in 2017. The report details Senator Warren's work for servicemembers and their families in Massachusetts and across the co  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.), the chair and ranking member for the Senate Armed Services' Personnel subcommittee, wrote to Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, urging the Department to increase child care staff pay to address staffing challenges and ensure military families have access to affordable, high-quality child care. The Department of Defense's 30-y  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Banking Committee's Economic Policy Subcommittee, and Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, today slammed the Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) and the American Bankers Association (ABA) for their efforts to block necessary reforms to the Community Reinvestment Act. "The banking industry   more