WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Neal, Thompson, Sewell Slam Closure of 100 IRS Offices, Demand Answers from Administration WASHINGTON, DC- Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Tax Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Thompson (D-CA), and Oversight Subcommittee Ranking Member Terri Sewell (D-AL) released the following statement on the reported clos  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley Leads 85 Lawmakers Urging Office of Special Counsel to Immediately Reinstate Federal Workers Unfairly Fired Lawmakers Applaud Watchdog Agency for Halting Termination of Probationary Federal Workers and Urges Further Protections Letter Comes Amid Musk-Trump Onslaught on Federal Workforce and Ahead of Court Action on Legality of Trump's Attempt to Fire Special Counsel Text of Letter (PDF)  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Markey Warns Against Rolling Back Access to Capital for Underserved Communities Washington (February 28, 2025) - Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) on February 26 delivered opening remarks during a committee hearing on the Small Business Administration's (SBA) flagship 7(a) lending program. 7(a) encompasses the Community Ad  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Arizona, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on Feb. 27, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and legacy of an impactful Arizona LGBTQI+ rights advocate and trailblazer, Paul M. Carroll, Jr., who we lost on February 18, 2025, at the age of 61, following a long, hard-fought battle with cancer. Paul was born to U.S. Air Force Veteran, Paul M. Carroll, Sr., and Margaret Carr  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Statement on January PCE Washington, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following statement on January PCE: "This week's initial jobless claims and plummeting consumer confidence data prove that Presi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey Announces MA AFL-CIO President Chrissy Lynch as State of the Union Guest Washington (February 28, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today announced that his State of the Union guest will be Chrissy Lynch, President of the Massachusetts charter of the American Federation of Labor - Congress of I  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Whip Clark Statement on Donald Trump's Meeting With President Zelenskyy REVERE, MA -- Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement: "I never thought an American President would choose a Russian dictator over a democratic ally. Trump is rolling over to a tyrant. Putin violated a 2015 ceasefire and illegally invaded Ukraine, murdering thousands of innocent   more