WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: At a hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) delivered opening remarks focused on the impact of potential tax reforms in 2025, when certain provisions of the 2017 Republican tax cuts expire. Senator Warren underscored that the 2025 tax fight brings an opportunity to make giant corporations pay their fair sha  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. James McGovern, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Rules Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: Today, Rules Committee Ranking Member James P. McGovern (D-MA) responded to House Republicans breaking their own record for shutting down debate and presiding over the most closed session of Congress in American history. Republicans have now advanced an all-time high of 106 closed rules this Congress--breaking their own previous record o  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: At a subcommittee hearing of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) celebrated last week's landmark CFPB settlement with Navient, which delivered $100 million in relief to borrowers and permanently blocked Navient from the federal student loan system, and discussed Navient's continued mistreatment of student loan borrowers with private loans  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced its latest decision to cut interest rates by 50 basis points: "The Biden-Harris Administration powered a historic economic recovery through bold fiscal policy centered on American workers and families. Even as strong marker after strong marker co  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today applauded the passage of the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act through the House Energy and Commerce Committee. "With hurricane season in full swing, it has never been more important to pass the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act and ensure that this life-saving communication tool remains in v  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Markey holding a picture of Kate Dineen whose child Edie was conceived after two rounds of IVF, and her family Washington (September 17, 2024) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, today joined the Senate Democratic Caucus on the steps of the Capitol at a press conference in su  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) and Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-01), members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee, celebrated passage of their Accelerating Kids' Access to Care Act in the House of Representatives. The bipartisan legislation introduced in July 2023 breaks down barriers for children with complex medical conditions to make it easier   more