WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on March 18, 2024: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), co-chair of the House Haiti Caucus, along with Haiti Caucus Co-Chairs Yvette Clarke (NY-09) and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20), led 19 of their Senate colleagues in urging the Department of Homeland Security Secretary and Department of State to immediately redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: Approximately 731,000 Haitian-born people live in the United States Text of Letter (PDF) Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Co-Chair of the House Haiti Caucus, and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Haiti Caucus Co-Chairs Yvette Clarke (NY-09) and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20), led a group of 67 lawmakers in urging the Department of Homeland Security Secretary and Department of State t  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: DWC Policy Co-Chairs Urge Admin. To Use Full Executive Authority To Deliver for Women Text of Agenda (PDF) Today, Democratic Women's Caucus (DWC) Policy Co-Chairs Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) unveiled the DWC's executive action agenda--a comprehensive set of requests for the Biden Administration to use the full power of the executive branch to build on hi  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: Powerful Committee is Responsible for Appointing Members to Committee Seats and Shaping Caucus Priorities Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) has been elected by acclamation to represent members of the New England Congressional delegation on the powerful House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee. "The New England delegation's diversity of lived experiences, ideological views, and policy prioritie  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on March 18, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs' Subcommittee on Economic Policy, sent a letter to the CEO of the Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri (MOHELA), Scott Giles, inviting him to testify before Congress to explain MOHELA's handling of student loan borrowers' experience with re  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on March 18, 2024: United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III., urging the Department of Defense (DoD) to reform its approach to addressing mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the defense industry to protect taxpayer funds and national security. The lawmakers' let  more