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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Tuesday February 04, 2025 ( 5 items )  

House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Neal Issues Statement on Trump's Trade War
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement: * * * The President has reversed course on his campaign promises: picking a fight with two of our closest trading allies while going soft on China, and raising costs for the American people * * * SPRINGFIELD, MA--Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after President Trump levied a 25% tarif  more

Rep. Auchincloss Statement on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights' Vote to Advance Report Investigating the Rise of Antisemitism on College Campuses
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Massachusetts, issued the following statement: In September, U.S. Representatives Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-04) and Kevin Kiley (R-CA-03) led a bipartisan letter to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) to convene an independent panel on the alarming rise of antisemitism on college and university campuses, particularly following the events of October 7, 2023. In collaboration with U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25), the lawm  more

Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 3, 2025: * * * United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee released the following statement on President Trump's firing of the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Rohit Chopra. Under Rohit Chopra's leadership, the C  more

Warren Blasts Treasury Secretary Bessent for Granting Elon Musk and DOGE Access to Government Payment Systems
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Blasts Treasury Secretary Bessent for Granting Elon Musk and DOGE Access to Government Payment Systems "It is extraordinarily dangerous to meddle with the critical systems that...ensure that tens of millions of Americans receive their Social Security checks, tax refunds, and Medicare benefits." "This astonishing mismanagement - turning over the federal government's entire payment sy  more

Warren, Wyden Press RFK Jr. to Resolve Conflicts of Interest Ahead of Committee Vote
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Wyden Press RFK Jr. to Resolve Conflicts of Interest Ahead of Committee Vote As HHS Secretary, RFK Jr. would have authority to influence anti-vaccine lawsuits in which he or his immediate family have an interest RFK Jr.'s updated ethics agreement states that he will pass personal stake in WisnerBaum lawsuits to adult son "Your involvement and financial interests in vaccine litiga  more