WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06), Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA), Senator Edward J. Markey (MA), Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI), and Representatives Jim McGovern (MA-02), Lori Trahan (MA-03), Jake Auchincloss (MA-04), Stephen Lynch (MA-08), and Suzan DelBene (WA-01) are urging NASA Administrator Bill Nelson to rescind the proposed severe funding reductions to the Massachusetts-based Chandra X-Ray Obser  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) issued the following statement on the attacks on sexual and reproductive health and rightsin the FY25 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPs) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bills. The bills, which are being marked up today, contain devastating funding cuts and harmful policy riders that block access to abortion, birth con  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: Pressley Has Led Efforts to Expand Access to Medication Abortion, Including at Retail Pharmacies Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Chair of the Pro-Choice Caucus' Abortion Rights and Access Task Force, issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's dismissal of a legal challenge to medication abortion drug mifepristone. Rep. Pressley, lead sponsor of the Abortion Justice Act and a lead   more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Highlights progress made and new challenges since 2022 Task Force meeting on climate-risk disclosures Washington (June 12, 2024) - The Senate Climate Change Task Force, chaired by Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate and Nuclear Safety, today held a discussion with climate finance experts on the importance of the recent fi  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a former Division I athlete, issued the following statement after the House Education and the Workforce Committee passed the dubiously titled Protecting Student Athlete's Economic Freedom Act, partisan Republican legislation to limit college athletes' rights: "Once again, Republicans in Congress have decided to plow forward with legislation to limit the rights   more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), who underwent in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment to overcome fertility challenges, issued the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked passage of the Right to IVF Act, legislation that would codify women and couples' access to IVF: "While millions of couples are living in fear of IVF and other fertility treatments being ripped away from them bec  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision regarding the accessibility of Mifepristone, the abortion pill: "As proven by decades of scientific evidence, the abortion pill is effective and safe. "With today's decision by the Supreme Court, this vital medication will remain available to patients. But this baseless case -- which brazenly ta  more