Bay State News

Investments include new $97 million HousingWorks program to spur housing development, preservation and rehabilitation.

Icymi: Senator Markey Hosts Roundtable on Inflation Reduction Act’s Historic Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

First-of-its-kind, $27 billion fund at the EPA builds upon Senator Markey and colleagues’ years-long effort to establish a national climate bank

Icymi: Chairing First Subcommittee Markup, Senator Warren Highlights Provisions for National Defense Authorization Act

“This mark strengthens the all-volunteer force, improves the quality of life for everyone who serves, and ensures that we instill command climates to prevent sexual assault and harassment.”

At Hearing, Fed Chair Powell Fails to Assume Responsibility for Deregulatory Push Preceding Bank Collapses

Warren to Powell: “The decisions that you made, the votes that you took, and the things that you said helped cause this mess.”

At Hearing, Warren Calls on Fed Nominees to Implement Strong Bank Merger Review Guidelines and Reinstate Tough Rules for Big Banks

Warren Also Announces Another Historic Ethics Pledge from Fed Nominee Adrianna Kugler

At Banking Committee Markup, Warren Supports Bill to Hold Failed Bank Executives Accountable

“Legislation to claw back multi-million dollar compensation from failed bank executives needs to be iron-clad… It is critically important that our bank rules are also tough enough to withstand pressure from an army of bank lobbyists and financial industry lawyers who fight to weaken every regulation and create exceptions to every effort to hold banks and bank executives accountable.”

Healey-Driscoll Administration Proposes Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Curriculum Framework

Education Board scheduled to Vote on Sending Draft Out for Public Comment

Markey Joins Blumenthal, Schiff, Murphy in Introducing Bill to Repeal the Gun Industry's Legal Liability Shield

Legislation would give victims of gun violence their day in court & hold manufacturers accountable for negligence

Senate Republicans Block Markey Effort to Pass His Legislation to Protect Right to Contraception

On June 21, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, sought unanimous consent to pass his Right to Contraception Act to protect every American’s fundamental right to use contraception, but Senate Republicans blocked the bill on the floor.

Attorney General Campbell and RMV Caution Customers of Fraud Ahead of Work and Family Mobility Act Implementation on July 1

Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) Registrar Colleen Ogilvie are cautioning Massachusetts residents looking to obtain a driver’s license upon the implementation of the Work and Family Mobility Act (WFMA) against fraudulent third-parties, websites, and scams.

Icymi: Senator Warren Delivers Speech Ahead of Confirmation Vote for Julie Rikelman to the First Circuit Court of Appeals

“I urge my colleagues to support the confirmation of Julie Rikelman, a supremely qualified candidate who will bring her commitment to delivering equal justice under the law to the First Circuit Court of Appeals.”

Markey, Warren, Massachusetts Lawmakers Urge Navy to Conduct Commissioning of Submarine Massachusetts in the Commonwealth

Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-05), Lori Trahan (MA-03), Seth Moulton (MA-06), Jim McGovern (MA-02), Richard Neal (MA-01), Stephen Lynch (MA-08), Jake Auchincloss (MA-04), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Bill Keating (MA-09) sent a letter to Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro urging the Navy to conduct the commissioning of submarine Massachusetts in the Commonwealth at the Flynn Cruise Terminal in Boston.

Markey, Warren Statement on Julie Rikelman’s Confirmation to U.s. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Julie Rikelman to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

On Anniversary of the Fall of Roe V. Wade, Markey Joins Cortez Masto in Leading Legislation to Protect the Right of Women to Cross State Lines to Seek Abortion Care

Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), who led a group of her Democratic colleagues, including Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), in re-introducing the Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act.

Warren, Markey Statement on Julie Rikelman’s Confirmation to U.s. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Julie Rikelman to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Attorney General Campbell Co-Leads Call for Target To Support LGBTQ+ Community

Coalition of Attorneys General Ask Target To Support LGBTQ+ Americans, Resist Anti-LGBTQ+ Harassment

Senators Warren, Braun, Representative Garamendi Reintroduce Bipartisan Stop Price Gouging the Military Act

Legislation would Strengthen Acquisition Laws and Close Loopholes to Prevent Defense Contractor Price Gouging

Sen. Markey, Rep. Blunt Rochester Announce Legislation to Improve Air Quality Monitoring, Health in Environmental Justice Communities