WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: At a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Warren highlighted significant health care savings for seniors in Massachusetts as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which Congress passed with zero Republican votes, and debunked claims that allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices will harm innovation and investment in the pharmaceutical industry. In response to questions fro  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee, secured unanimous full committee passage of the Creating Hope Reauthorization Act of 2024, her bipartisan legislation to reauthorize a key program that incentivizes the development of new medications and treatments for children battling rare pediatric diseases. Trahan introduced the le  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- 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.) made the case for strong reform to the U.S. tax code in 2025, when many of the 2017 Republican tax cuts expire. Senator Warren called for raising the corporate tax rate, raising taxes on billionaires, and investing the revenue in lowering costs for ordinary Americ  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Lawmakers push landlords to cut ties with RealPage, company behind software allegedly used to share proprietary data and hike rents Text of Letters (PDF) Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA-06), today demanded answers from 13 corporate landlords operating in Massachusetts, asking these companies whether they are using RealPage's   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: New Report Finds Black Girls Receive Harsher Discipline Than Their School Peers for Similar Behaviors Discipline Gap Largely Driven by Differences in Discipline Within Same Schools GAO Report (PDF) | Press Conference (YouTube) | Photos (Dropbox) Today at a press conference on Capitol Hill, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Speaker-Emerita Nancy Pelosi, and House Appropriations Committee Ranking Mem  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: On Sunday, October 20th, 2024, Congressman Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08) will host an information session at East Middle School in Braintree for all high school students interested in applying to one of the United States Service Academies. All students and their families are welcome to attend. Representatives from each of the following academies will make brief presentations and be available for quest  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, today released the following statement after the committee voted unanimously to hold Steward Health Care (Steward) CEO Dr. Ralph de la Torre in both civil and criminal contempt of Congress. The committee voted on July 25th to subpoena Steward  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Washington (September 18, 2024) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) issued the following statement after the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed their bipartisan, bicameral Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) by a voice vote. "After the Senate overwhelmingly passed C  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas), alongside Representatives Brian Babin (R-Texas) and John Garamendi (D-Calif.), introduced the Regional Impact of Disasters and Emergencies Relief (RIDER) Act to improve the delivery of federal relief to disaster-struck communities. With the threat of natural disasters and emergencies growing in recent years, the bipartisan, bicameral bill  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Chair of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics and Research, Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Bernie Sanders, Chair of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), former   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA-06), today demanded answers from 13 corporate landlords operating in Massachusetts, asking these companies whether they are using RealPage's algorithm to raise rents for Massachusetts families. Last month, the Department of Justice and attorneys general in eight states filed a major antitrust lawsu  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) issued the following statement: "The House GOP has completed its latest exercise in futility. "We are just 12 days away from a shutdown. Let's stop wasting the American people's time and get to work on a clean, short-term spending bill that honors the bipartisan funding agreement." # # # *** Original text here: https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-rel  more