WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * At Lowell Town Hall, Warren Lays Out Three Ways She's Fighting Back Against Trump, Musk's Dangerous Government Takeover Video of Remarks (YouTube) Boston, MA - At a town hall in Lowell, MA on Tuesday, March 18th, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) laid out her strategy to fight Donald Trump's and Elon Musk's dangerous government takeover hurting Massachusetts families and invited ne  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey Blasts Trump's Illegal Firing of Democratic FTC Commissioners Boston (March 18, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after Trump fired the Federal Trade Commission's only two Democratic Commissioners, Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya. "For more than a century, the independent   more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, ranking member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging posted the following fact sheet: * * * The Republican Plan for Medicaid Will Harm Massachusetts MassHealth is the state's Medicaid program. More than 1.6 million Massachusettsans rely on Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Republican Cuts to Medicaid Put Massachusettsans' Health and Coverage At-Risk Every proposal on the Republican wish list of more t  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley, Clarke, Van Hollen Lead Letter to the Administration Demanding Reinstatement of TPS for Haiti Text of the Letter (PDF) WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (NY-09), and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) led 62 of their colleagues in the House and 23 of their colleagues in the Senate in a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi   more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Markey Condemns Trump Executive Order Undermining Support for Minority Small Business Owners (Boston, March 19) - Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement condemning President Trump's Executive Order, announced on   more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Statement on the Firing of Two Federal Trade Commissioners Washington, D.C. - Following the news that President Trump fired Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement: "Donald Trump just illegally fired two independent commissioners at the FTC who fight big corporations  more