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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Wednesday April 30, 2025 ( 6 items )  

Following Trump's Illegal Firings, Warren and Waters Call for Investigation Into National Credit Union Administration Board
WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on April 29, 2025: * * * Following Trump's Illegal Firings, Warren and Waters Call for Investigation into National Credit Union Administration Board Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, and Congresswoman Maxine Waters (  more

Rep. Trahan: Youth Poisoning Protection Act
WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following floor remarks on April 28, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, I introduced the Youth Poisoning Protection Act alongside Representative Mike Carey because we are facing an urgent and deeply troubling trend, the promotion of sodium nitrite, a toxic chemical, as a method to die by suicide. In 2022, The New Yo  more

Warren Leads 40 Senators Pressing Administration on Impact of Mass CFPB Firings for Consumers Scammed by Big Corporations; Government Watchdog Takes Up Warren, Kim Call to Investigate
WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on April 29, 2025: * * * Warren Leads 40 Senators Pressing Administration on Impact of Mass CFPB Firings for Consumers Scammed by Big Corporations; Government Watchdog Takes Up Warren, Kim Call to Investigate GAO to investigate Trump Administration's attempt to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Warren lea  more

Warren Sounds Alarm on Trump's First 100 Days
WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on April 29, 2025: * * * Warren Sounds Alarm on Trump's First 100 Days Ranking Member Warren details "How Donald Trump Broke Our Economy in 100 Days" in new Substack blog post On Wednesday, the Senate will vote on the bipartisan resolution Senators Warren, Wyden, and Paul introduced to turn off the fake emergency authori  more

Warren Warns Walgreens Buyout by Private Equity May Lead to Pharmacy Closures, Lost Jobs in Massachusetts, Limit Access to Medication
WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Warns Walgreens Buyout by Private Equity May Lead to Pharmacy Closures, Lost Jobs in Massachusetts, Limit Access to Medication Warren seeks assurances from Sycamore Partners that its heavily-leveraged, debt-fueled acquisition of Walgreens will not lead to layoffs, store closures After private equity looted Steward Health Care hospitals, Warren concerned that Walgreens could be nex  more

Whip Clark Joins Congressional Democrats for Re-Introduction of the Equality Act
WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Whip Clark Joins Congressional Democrats for Re-Introduction of the Equality Act WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39), Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (CA-12) and advocates for the bicameral reintroduction of the Equality Act -- landmark legislation extending federal civil  more