WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) President Sally Kornbluth and MIT Corporation Chair Mark P. Gorenberg requesting documents and information regarding MIT's response to numerous antisemitic incidents on campus and its a  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * At a hearing of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) questioned General Michael E. Kurilla, Commander of the United States Central Command, and General Michael E. Langley, Commander of the United States Africa Command, about measures needed to prevent and respond to civilian harm caused by weapons and assistance provided by the United State  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal calling on federal regulators to block Capital One's merger with Discover. The Senator points out that if federal regulators allow this deal to go through, it would create the largest credit-card issuer in the country and another too-big-to-fail bank that could use its power to jack up prices on cons  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) applauded the passage of a Fiscal Year 2024 government spending bill that includes $10,036,031 in federal Community Project Funding for 11 projects across the Massachusetts 7th Congressional District. These projects will support investments to build a more just and equitable Massachusetts 7th by advancing accessible infrastructure, life sciences, clean drinking water, c  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee issued the following written testimony by Simon Johnson, professor of entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, involving a hearing on Feb. 28, 2024, entitled "Evolving Workforce Dynamics and the Challenges for Defense Acquisition and Defense Industrial Base Personnel": * * * A. Summary and Recommendations 1) The U.S. has serious long-standing issues related to what people in the tech in  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following statement on March 7, 2024: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement on President Joe Biden's State of the Union address. Senator Markey is Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security and Chair of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety. Senator Markey's guest tonight a  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following statement on March 7, 2024: * * * Today, House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Co-Chair Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement after President Joe Biden delivered his 2024 State of the Union address: "The state of our union is only as strong as our President's willingness to stand up for the basic freedoms we hold dear as Americans. Tonight, we heard a message of strength from Pres  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) reintroduced the Safeguarding Elderly Needs for Infrastructure and Occupational Resources (SENIOR) Act, bipartisan legislation to address the critical issues causing assisted senior-living facilities to operate at steep financial losses as they continue caring for their residents. "Across America, ou  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Steward Health Care CEO and Chairman Dr. Ralph de la Torre, blasting him for years of financial mismanagement, private equity schemes, and executive profiteering that have led to Steward Health's financial crisis, which threatens to upend access to health care in Eastern Massachusetts communities an  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined fellow Senate Commerce Committee Republicans in pushing for more answers about the housing of illegal aliens at major airports nationwide. The senators sent letters to the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), and the interim chief executive officer of the Massachusetts Port Author  more