WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2025: * * * Ahead of CFPB Forum, Banking Committee Releases New Analysis Revealing Precipitous Drop in Consumer Complaints Processed After Trump-Musk Attack on American Consumers "The agency requires a leader who is serious about lowering costs for working Americans, holding bad actors accountable, and proactive  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following floor speech on Feb. 25, 2025: * * * Neal Floor Speech Blasting GOP for Reckless Budget Scheme M/Speaker, I rise today, because looting is underway. Our Republican colleagues are running the same failed playbook of trickle-down handouts that massively benefit the wealthiest, gut crucial programs that deliver health care and food assistance, all while explo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following opening statement at a Trade Subcommittee hearing on Feb. 25, 2025: * * * (As prepared for delivery) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It's a pleasure to be here with you for the first time as Ranking Member. And thank you to the witnesses. This committee appreciates your time as we try to make sense of this administration's trade policies. Though it seems to boil   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey Leads Massachusetts Delegation in Denouncing Trump Administration Move to Strip Unaccompanied Immigrant Infants and Toddlers of Legal Representation Letter Text (PDF) Washington (February 25, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) led the entire Massachusetts congressional delegation, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Representatives Richard Neal (MA-01), Jim McGovern (MA  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Neal Votes No on GOP Budget Scheme WASHINGTON, DC--Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after voting "No" on Republicans' betrayal of the American people under the cover of night: "Most of this resolution's spending will enrich the President, his billionaire friends, and the wea  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Trahan Leads 45 House Democrats Demanding Republicans Abandon Medicaid Cuts WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) led 45 House members in demanding that House Republicans reconsider their plans to slash Medicaid coverage for millions of Americans. The letter was sent in advance of the vote on the House Republican budget proposal that includes $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * VIDEO: In Impassioned Speech, Pressley Rails Against Cruel GOP Budget Resolution That Slashes Medicaid Republican Budget Resolution Cuts Medicaid by Nearly $1 Trillion, Paves Way for Massive Tax Giveaways to Billionaires Like Elon Musk "Tell me how it is efficient to make people across this country sicker, hungrier, poorer, more vulnerable. Tell me how it is efficient to buy more toy rockets for D  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Questions Private Equity Executive Who Helped Bankrupt Steward Hospitals, Feinberg Squirms Without Answers Trump Nominee Seeks A Top Pentagon Leadership Role Video of Exchange (YouTube) Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) questioned Mr. Stephen A. Feinberg, President of Cerberus Capital Management and nom  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2025: * * * Warren: Trump-Musk Attack on CFPB One of Biggest Cons on the American People in Recent History Washington, DC - Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren is convening United States Senators for a forum on the "Trump-Musk Attack on American Consumers." The forum will focus on the consequences of President Trump  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Whip Clark Denounces Harmful GOP Budget on House Floor WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) took to the House Floor to denounce Republicans' harmful budget resolution which enriches billionaires at the expense of everyday Americans. Below is a transcript of her remarks: "Despite all the promises on the campaign trail, House Republicans have chosen to do three   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Whip Clark, Senator Markey, Massachusetts Delegation Denounce Trump Administration Move to Strip Unaccompanied Immigrant Infants and Toddlers of Legal Representation WASHINGTON, D.C. \- Democratic Whip Clark (MA-5) joined Members of tthe Massachusetts congressional delegation, led by Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), in writing to Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Departmen  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Whip Clark: "Republicans Are Making Life Harder and More Expensive. All To Satisfy Their Billionaire Donors." WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5), Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8), and Members of the House Democratic Caucus were joined by three everyday Americans to underscore the harmful impacts of the Republican budget resolution -- a plan that rips aw  more