WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: New All Aboard Act would make $200 billion investment in rail Bill Text (PDF) | One Pager (PDF) | Section By Section (PDF) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today introduced the All Aboard Act, legislation that would dedicate $200 billion over five years to build high-speed rail, expand existing passenger rail service, and  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to President-Elect Trump with concerns about Elon Musk's conflicts of interest as he serves as a top advisor for the incoming president. In the weeks since the election, Mr. Musk has been named the co-chair of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, and has frequently been by Trump's side, joining his phone calls with Ukraine's presid  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, led a letter to the Founder and CEO of EasyKnock--a real estate company that bought people's homes and turned them into renters--probing the company's allegedly deceptive and predatory business practices and their impacts on customers after the company abruptly closed its doors on December 5, 2024. The letter was also sig  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) called on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a study into child abuse and neglect in indigenous communities to help inform Congress' work to support Tribal child welfare programs. Historically, American Indian (AI) and Alaskan Native (AN) communities have been subjected to trauma by the United States government.   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), all members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, wrote to Susan Wiles, President-elect Donald Trump's incoming Chief of Staff, about whether Pete Hegseth's attitudes toward women, including his opposition t  more