WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Sen. Markey, Rep. McGovern, Rep. Pressley Op-Ed in The New York Times: "We Visited Rumeysa Ozturk in Detention. What We Saw Was a Warning to Us All." Read the full piece in The New York Times Washington (April 25, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representatives Jim McGovern (MA-02) and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) this morning published an op-ed in The New York Times tit  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * In NYTimes Op-Ed, Pressley, Markey, McGovern: We Visited Rumeysa Ozturk in Detention. What We Saw Was a Warning to Us All. "When a government begins to imprison writers for their words, when it abandons legal norms for political convenience, when it cloaks oppression in the language of national security, alarm bells must ring. Loudly." Full NYT Op-Ed BOSTON - Today, in a powerful New York Times  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley Joins Warren, Massachusetts Lawmakers Sounding 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 highl  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley's Statement on Trump Administration Restoring Student Visas Pressley Recently Visited Student Political Prisoners Rumeysa Ozturk and Mahmoud at ICE Detention Centers in Louisiana BOSTON - Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) issued the following statement on the Trump Administration's abrupt reinstatement of international student visas. Earlier this week, Rep. Pressley, along wit  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Markey Calls on Trump Administration to Exempt U.S. Small Businesses from Tariffs (Washington, April 25) - Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today wrote to U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and U.S. Trade Representativ  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey to Attend Funeral of Pope Francis Senator Markey and Pope Francis meeting in 2014 to discuss climate change Boston (April 25, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) announced today that he will attend the funeral of His Holiness Pope Francis in Rome on Saturday as part of a bipartisan delegation of Catholic U.S. Senators. "It is a great honor to join mourners from ar  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Demands Answers on Reports of Secretary Bessent's Early Leaks of Tariff Policy Decisions to Wall Street Reports Indicate Secretary Bessent and Other White House Officials Appear To Have Provided Exclusive, Advance Tips About the Trump Administration's Trade Policy "You owe Congress and the public an explanation for why you and other White House officials appear to be providing Wal  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Presses SEC on Preventing Undue Political Influence with Trump Media's Plan to Launch Investment Products Senator Urges Safeguards to Protect Investors and Preserve Market Integrity Amid Unprecedented Presidential Conflict of Interest Trump Media announcement comes in wake of President Trump stripping finan  more