WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Following Dangerous Cuts to Transportation Workforce, Markey, Leader Schumer, Colleagues Demand Secretary Duffy Prioritize Safety Letter Text (PDF) ?Washington (February 20, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today led 12 colleagues in a letter to Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy urging  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Following Dangerous Cuts to Transportation Workforce, Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Demand Secretary Duffy Prioritize Safety Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden along with Massachusetts' U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey pushed U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to stop the mass layoffs and firing of essential transportation safety employees. The lawmakers demand the De  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Following Dangerous Cuts to Transportation Workforce, Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Demand Secretary Duffy Prioritize Safety Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden along with Massachusetts' U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey pushed U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to stop the mass layoffs and firing of essential transportation safety employees. The lawmakers demand the Depar  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Neal Blasts Purge of Taxpayer Services SPRINGFIELD, MA--Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after reporting that the Trump-Musk Administration forced the IRS to dismiss nearly 7,000 employees just as millions of Americans are preparing to file their tax returns: "In the middle o  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Markey Statement on Senate Confirmation of Senator Kelly Loeffler as Administrator of the Small Business Administration Washington (February 19, 2025) - Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today issued the following statement on the U.S. Senate vote to confirm Senator Kelly Loeffler to serve as Administrator of the Small Bus  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Markey, Committee Democrats Condemn Arbitrary Mass Firings at the Small Business Administration, Demand Reinstatement of Employees Washington (February 20) - Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) led Democratic committee members in a letter to Small Bu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Markey, Van Hollen, Whitehouse, and Sanders Demand Answers from Justice Department on Forced Resignation of Assistant U.S. Attorney Over Illegal Pressure to Freeze National Green Bank Funding Letter Text (PDF) Washington (February 19, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) today wrote to Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Urges DOJ To Closely Scrutinize Proposed Disney-Fubo Deal, Warns of Increased Costs for Television Viewers "If the takeover of Fubo is successful, Disney and Fubo will only increase their leverage, and could use the reduced competition and the resultant market power to raise prices even further for sports fans across the country." Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sena  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Cortez Masto, Warner, Bennet, Welch Seek Answers on Republicans' "Magic Math" Ahead of Planned Tax Cuts "[S]ince the full cost of [the tax cuts] was not counted in 2017, it must be accounted for now if Republicans choose to extend the law." "The deficit cost of tax cuts is real, even for those who do not like the way the math works... Congress does not get to ignore that same basi  more