WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: * * * At Massachusetts Toy Store, Ranking Member Markey Denounces Trump Tariffs: "Stop Toying with Our Economy" (Boston, May 16) - Today, Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) hosted a press conference at Henry Bear's Park Toy Store in Cambridge, Massachusetts to denounce the harm of Trump's tariff games on local toy s  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: At Hearing, Warren Stresses Importance of Right-to-Repair, Highlights How Restrictions Limit International Cooperation Repair restrictions limit service members' abilities to fix their weapons even in the middle of life-and-death missions Warren successfully pushed the Army to get rid of right-to-repair restrictions, urges the rest of the military to follow Video of Exchange (YouT  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * In Speech to National Urban League, Warren Calls Out Republican Plans to Shortchange American Families to Pay for Billionaire Tax Cuts "If they win, the billionaires don't just become wealthier--the rest of us lose out big time in investments we never make. Investments to fix our roads and bridges. Investments to make child care affordable so parents can get to work." Washington, D.C. -- T  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey Joins Van Hollen, Shaheen, Colleagues in Warning Rubio Abandoning U.S. Global Leadership on Human Rights Makes America, World Less Safe Washington (May 15, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today joined Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Ranking Member Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and 12 of their colleagues in pressing Secretary o  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey Joins Welch, 28 Colleagues in Introducing Senate Resolution Decrying Two-Month Blockade on Food and Medicine in Gaza Washington (May 15, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today joined Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and 28 of their Senate colleagues in introducing a resolution calling on the Trump Administration to use all diplomatic tools at its disposal to bring an end to the b  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey, Van Hollen, Colleagues Question Legality of Trump Administration's Multi-Million Dollar Payment to El Salvador to Imprison Migrants from U.S. Letter Text (PDF) Washington (May 15, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) led ten colleagues today in writing to Secretary of State Marco Rubio to demand answers regarding the Trump administration's  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Markey Highlights Crushing Costs for Main Street Manufacturers at Small Business Committee Hearing (Washington, May 14) - Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today highlighted how the cruel cost increases and uncertainty caused by the Trump administration's trade war spells doomsday for small man  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Markey, Small Business Democrats Condemn Cuts to Counseling and Training Services for Women, Veterans, Underserved Small Businesses, Demand SBA Release Funding (Washington, May 16) - Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today led all Democrats on the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Comm  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Massachusetts, issued the following floor remarks on May 15, 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, there is a catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Gaza. It is happening before our eyes. Tons of food, medicine, water, shelter, and other urgent humanitarian aid remains blocked from entering Gaza by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. The World Food  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Statement on New SSA Phone Policy Walkback Washington, D.C. - Following new reporting revealing that the Social Security Administration (SSA) changed its policy of holding benefit claims made over the phone for days to check for "fraud" -- which was causing a "degradation of public service" -- U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement: "We sounded the   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 15, 2025: * * * Warren, Durbin, and Blumenthal Seek Answers on Reported Pardon Bid by Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao Senators raise concerns as Binance uses Trump stablecoin for business deal and Republicans try to jam through crypto legislation that will benefit President Trump and his family "The convergence of Mr.  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 15, 2025: * * * Warren, Merkley Seek World Liberty Financial Records on $2 Billion Trump Stablecoin Deal Involving UAE Firm and Binance "Congress is considering legislation that, if passed into law, would expand the scale and reach of USD1 and enable the President to continue profiting off of a financial product he ov  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Wyden, Gillibrand Press Social Security Head on Plans to Strip Employees of Civil Service Protections, Pave Way for Mass Firings Lawmakers sound alarm on plans to recategorize thousands of SSA workers as Schedule F "policy-making" employees -- making it easier to replace them with DOGE lackeys "Converting these SSA employees' status is a deliberate maneuver to make it easier to get  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Whip Clark on Republicans' Baby Tax: "All They Do Is Take From Moms and Dads and Kids." WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Congressional Dads Caucus Chair Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), consumer advocate Angela Hanks, and local business owner Elizabeth Mahon to denounce Donald Trump and Republicans' "baby tax" on working parents. Below  more