WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * As Tax Season Ramps Up, Warren, Cassidy Renew Effort to Simplify IRS Error Notices for Taxpayers Bill Text (PDF) | Bill One-Pager (PDF) Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) reintroduced the Internal Revenue Service Math and Taxpayer Help (IRS MATH) Act, a bill to improve math error notices -- an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) authority used   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * Elizabeth Warren, Rick Scott Warn of "Culture of Corruption" at the Fed, Call for Stronger Ethics Enforcement "We write regarding what appears to be your ongoing refusal to hold Federal Reserve (Fed) officials accountable for violations of the Fed's Investment and Trading Policy and the Financial Dis  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2025: * * * ICYMI: Ahead of Senate Confirmation Vote, Ranking Member Markey Opposes Senator Kelly Loeffler's Nomination for SBA Administrator Watch: Ranking Member Markey Opposes Senator Loeffler's Nomination to Lead the SBA Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. William Keating, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * KEATING DEMANDS ANSWERS FROM NOAA ON BLUEFIN TUNA QUOTA ENFORCEMENT Washington, DC - On Friday, Congressman Bill Keating (MA-09) sent a letter to Acting Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of NOAA, the Hon. Vice Admiral Nancy Hann calling for answers on NOAA's failure to stop the overharvesting of bluefin tuna and the potential impact on lo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. James McGovern, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * McGovern asks Secretary Rubio to rescind appointment of Uyghur Genocide Denier to Top State Department Position WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Representative James P. McGovern (D-MA), Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Committee and Ranking Member of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, wrote a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio asking him to rescind the appointment of a Uyghur gen  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Neal, Kelly Relaunch Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus in 119th Congress This week, U.S. Congressman Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01) and U.S. Congressman Mike Kelly (R-PA-16), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus, formally announced the relaunch of the bipartisan caucus, which leads diplomatic relations between the U.S. House of Representatives and Irish leaders. Founde  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2025: * * * Rep. Lynch Introduces Bill to Require Trump Administration to Immediately Resume Global Demining Programs The Global Demining Protection Act would require the State Department to exempt demining programs from President Trump's Pause on U.S. Foreign Aid WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Stephen F. Lynch introduced H.R. 1259, the Global Demining Protection Act -   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey Joins Entire Democratic Caucus in Raising Alarm Over Trump Admin Pushing Illegal Indiscriminate Funding Cuts to NIH, Derailing Lifesaving Research Washington (February 13, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today joined the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. express  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey Responds to Administrator Zeldin's Unfounded Attack on Climate Bank, Urges Citibank Not to Give in to Fearmongering Boston (February 14, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin attacked the lawfully establishe  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Hirono Press Defense Secretary Hegseth on Cost and Military Readiness Impact of Deploying Troops to Southern Border, Guantanamo Bay "[DoD's] new immigration operations -- which the Trump administration is planning at an unprecedented scale -- threaten to burden the Department's resources and undermine our national security." Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mas  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Wyden Secure Independent Treasury and Congressional Watchdog Investigations into DOGE's Unprecedented Access to the Federal Government's Payment Systems Response from Congressional Watchdog (PDF) | Response from Treasury IG (PDF) Washington, D.C. - In response to a request from lawmakers led by U.S. Senators  more