WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey Joins Padilla, Durbin in Push to Save Task Force Combating Threats to Election Officials Senators to Attorney General: "In this challenging environment for election officials, it is essential to our democracy that they can continue to rely on [DOJ] to uphold the law" Washington (March 18, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) yesterday joined Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.),  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Neal, Ways and Means Democrats to Smith: Bring Musk to Ways and Means WASHINGTON, DC--After Ways and Means Democrats commanded the attention of the American people, rightfully hearing their concerns over DOGE's illegal access to their most sensitive data, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), along with all the   more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following floor remarks on March 11, 2025: * * * Mr. President, Donald Trump and "Copresident" Elon Musk are shutting down the Federal Government one piece at a time: shutting down the Agency that stops banks and payday lenders from cheating working people; shutting down children's cancer research; shutting down key parts of the Department of Transportation, the Agency responsible for keeping people safe when they are f  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Trahan Announces Effort to Reform Privacy Act of 1974, Protect Americans' Data from Government Abuse WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of House Democratic Leadership, announced her effort to reform the Privacy Act of 1974, a 51-year-old law regulating how the federal government collects, maintains, utilizes, and disseminates Americans' personally identifiable i  more