WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * At Hearing, Warren Grills HHS Deputy Secretary Nominee on RFK Jr.'s Performance Handling Measles, Avian Flu Outbreaks As Secretary Kennedy's number two, O'Neill would be responsible for overseeing HHS responses to the public health crises if confirmed O'Neill tells Senator Warren, "[Kennedy] is doing a great job" handling deadly measles outbreak. Video of Exchange (YouTube) Washington,   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Markey, Ernst Celebrate American Spirit of Entrepreneurship During National Small Business Week (Washington, May 6) - U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) led 81 of their colleagues in declaring this week as "National Small  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * On Anniversary of Steward Health Care Bankruptcy, Warren, Markey Push For Accountability for Ralph de la Torre and other Steward, MPT Executives Text of Letters (PDF) Washington, D.C. - Today, on the one-year anniversary of Steward Health Care's (Steward) bankruptcy filing, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) wrote to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Secu  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * On Senate Floor, Warren Stands Up for Seniors, Fights Back Against Trump Social Security Nominee "Frank Bisignano will rubber-stamp Trump and Musk's attack [on Social Security]...He'll let them keep slashing services and threatening benefits. That will hurt people everywhere." Video of Floor Speech (YouTube) Washington, D.C. -- Ahead of the Senate vote to confirm Frank Bisignano as Commis  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Markey, Leader Schumer, Senator Hirono Introduce Legislation to Exempt Small Businesses from the Trump Tariffs (Washington, May 5) - Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) today introduced the Small Business Liberation   more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following floor remarks on May 5, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Madam President refers to the presiding officer of the Senate at the time of the speech): * * * Madam President, Donald Trump and Elon Musk are taking a chainsaw to Social Security. For nearly a century, Social Security has been there for tens of millions of Americans. But now, Trump and Musk are threatening to tear all of that down. They are firin  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey Denounces EPA Cancelation of $20 Million Grant to City of Springfield Washington (May 6, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following statement after the EPA terminated a $20 million grant for the City of Springfield and the Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts that would have helped  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey on One Year Since Steward Bankruptcy: Get Corporate Greed Out of Health Care Washington (May 6, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, released the following statement on the one-year mark since Steward Health Care declared bankruptcy. In September 2024  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey Slams Republican Effort to Tear Internet Access from Rural and Low-Income Students Senator Markey is the House author of the original E-Rate program Washington (May 6, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, released the following statement ahead of today's procedural vote on a Congressional Review Ac  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Trump Pentagon Nominee Attempts to Backtrack on Calls to Politicize Military Anthony Tata, whose nomination failed in 2020 after bipartisan concerns, refuses to explain his calls to only pick military leaders loyal to Trump, instead claiming he "was a private citizen when [he] posted that" Video of Exchange (YouTube) Washington, D.C. -- At a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee,  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 6, 2025: * * * Warren, Scott (FL) Lead Push for Independent Inspector General at the Federal Reserve Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) introduced bipartisan legislation to require a presidentia  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 6, 2025: * * * Warren, Shaheen Lead Senate Democrats in Pressing Trump Administration to Use U.S. and G7 Sanctions Leverage in Push to End Russia's War "President Trump posted a message imploring President Putin to 'STOP!' Nevertheless, Russia continued to attack Ukraine, launching another round of deadly strikes the n  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Whip Clark on Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Discharge Petition: "It Only Takes a Handful of Republicans" WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) and Ranking Members Frank Pallone (NJ-6), Brendan Boyle (PA-2), and Angie Craig (MN-2), to announce a discharge petition for the Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act. Below is a transc  more