Thursday - May 22, 2025
U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Wednesday April 23, 2025 ( 5 items )  

Markey, Pressley, Warren Demand Answers About Trump Administration's Gross Misconduct of Immigration Enforcement System
WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey, Pressley, Warren Demand Answers About Trump Administration's Gross Misconduct of Immigration Enforcement System Letter Text (PDF) Boston (April 22, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Representative Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote today to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Ac  more

Pressley, Markey, Warren Demand Answers About Trump Administration's Gross Misconduct of Immigration Enforcement System
WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley, Markey, Warren Demand Answers About Trump Administration's Gross Misconduct of Immigration Enforcement System Following the Abduction and Detention of Rumeysa Ozturk, Pressley, Markey, and Warren Sound the Alarm on the Trump Administration's Unjust Deportation Agenda Text of Letter (PDF) WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Elizab  more

Rep. McGovern: Honoring WHDH-TV News Producer Cole
WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. James P. McGovern, D-Massachusetts, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on April 21, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor someone who's spent his life making sure the rest of us stay informed--not by standing in front of a camera, but by quietly, tirelessly, and professionally working behind it for over four decades. Even though you don't see his face on TV, Mike Cole is a cornerstone of Boston   more

Warren, Massachusetts Lawmakers Sound Alarm on Trump Cuts to National Endowment for the Humanities Staff, Grants
WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Massachusetts Lawmakers Sound Alarm on Trump Cuts to National Endowment for the Humanities Staff, Grants "We write to seek answers about why you are crippling an agency that punches so far above its weight and is essential to enabling access to libraries, museums, archives, historic sites and more for Massachusetts residents and Americans in every state." Lawmakers highlight Mass  more

Warren, Over 175 Members of Congress Demand Trump Administration Preserve and Expand Free Tax Filing Program
WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Over 175 Members of Congress Demand Trump Administration Preserve and Expand Free Tax Filing Program After lobbying campaign by tax prep industry, Trump Administration reportedly plans to end Direct File "Ending this free, easy-to-use, and popular program would be an insult to American taxpayers, eliminating an important alternative to commercial options provided by the tax prep   more