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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Tuesday February 25, 2025 ( 9 items )  

Ahead of Confirmation Hearing, Warren Questions FHFA Director Nominee Pulte on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Privatization Impacts and Potential Conflicts of Interest
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 24, 2025: * * * Ahead of Confirmation Hearing, Warren Questions FHFA Director Nominee Pulte on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Privatization Impacts and Potential Conflicts of Interest Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, wr  more

Ahead of Thursday's Hearing, Warren Questions CEA Chair Nominee Dr. Stephen Miran on His Economic Policy Positions, Potential Conflicts of Interest
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 24, 2025: * * * Ahead of Thursday's Hearing, Warren Questions CEA Chair Nominee Dr. Stephen Miran on His Economic Policy Positions, Potential Conflicts of Interest Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, wrote to Counc  more

Alsobrooks, Warren, Smith Question HUD Secretary on Alarming Consequences of New DOGE Task Force on Housing for Americans
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Alsobrooks, Warren, Smith Question HUD Secretary on Alarming Consequences of New DOGE Task Force on Housing for Americans Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Ranking  more

Education Nominee McMahon Tells Warren and Kim She "Wholeheartedly" Agrees with Trump's Plan to Abolish Department of Education
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Education Nominee McMahon Tells Warren and Kim She "Wholeheartedly" Agrees with Trump's Plan to Abolish Department of Education Text of Questions for the Record (PDF) Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.), member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, released responses to Committee questions for the record fro  more

House Rules Committee Ranking Member McGovern on House GOP Budget: "It's a Betrayal of the Middle Class."
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Rep. James McGovern, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Rules Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 24, 2025: * * * Ranking Member McGovern on House GOP Budget: "It's a betrayal of the middle class." WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee James P. McGovern (D-MA) delivered opening remarks at a committee meeting on the Republican budget--a plan that betrays the middle class by gutting essential funding for families  more

House Rules Committee Ranking Member McGovern: Democrats Stand Up to Republican Betrayal of Middle Class Voters
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Rep. James McGovern, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Rules Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 24, 2025: * * * Democrats Stand up to Republican Betrayal of Middle Class Voters Expose Republican Scheme to Pay for Massive Tax Giveaways for Billionaires by Gutting Medicaid and Food Assistance WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Republicans on the House Rules Committee voted to advance Donald Trump's extreme budget scheme to cut Medicaid, food assistan  more

Ranking Member Warren: Congress Should Oppose Irresponsible Attempts to Unwind Measures That Keep Pressure on Russia to End Its War
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Warren: Congress Should Oppose Irresponsible Attempts to Unwind Measures that Keep Pressure on Russia to End its War Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, issued the following statement to mark three ye  more

Warren Questions Secretary Lutnick on DOGE Access to Confidential Commerce Data of Musk's Business Competitors
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Questions Secretary Lutnick on DOGE Access to Confidential Commerce Data of Musk's Business Competitors Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, warning the Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, against granting   more

Whip Clark Slams House GOP's Billionaire-First Budget on CNN
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Whip Clark Slams House GOP's Billionaire-First Budget on CNN BOSTON, MA -- Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined CNN News Central ahead of a Tuesday vote on House Republicans' billionaire-first budget. Below are excerpts from her interview: On Trump Installing MAGA Loyalists: "This administration is replacing people of merit -- people who are patriots -- with loyalists.   more