WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Lawmakers call on Commerce Dept. to show how companies will be required to create good jobs, protect workers and communities, and meet environmental goals Letter Text (PDF) Boston (October 11, 2024) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today sent a letter to the Commerce Department on the lack of transparency on contracts for a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: LOWELL, MA Yesterday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and 60 of their colleagues in urging House Speaker Mike Johnson to bring the U.S. House of Representatives back into session to approve necessary funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Small Business Administration (SBA) to fulfill their Hurricane Helene and Milton relief mission  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Representatives Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.), Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.),Darren Soto (D-Fla.), Mark Takano (D-Calif.), Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.), and Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) wrote to  more