WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) called on the Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Julie Su to support Steward workers and retirees as Steward Health Care undergoes bankruptcy proceedings. Steward Health Care filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 6, 2024. Steward, a for-profit health system headquartered in Dallas, Texas, was founded in Massachusetts in 2010 when Steward, backed by private-eq  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Letter Text (PDF) Washington (June 13, 2024) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, today led his colleagues, HELP Committee Chair Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Senator John Fetterman (D-Pa.), and Representatives Jim McGovern (MA-02), Seth Moulton (MA-  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Edward J. Markey, author of the law establishing Juneteenth a federal holiday, released the following statement in celebration of the third anniversary of Juneteenth's commemoration as a federal holiday: "Juneteenth is a holiday that calls on us to remember, reflect, and recommit to the principles of our democracy - liberty and justice for all. These are principles that we as a nation stri  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: Federal Dollars Delivered by Pressley to Help MGH Address Statewide Shortage of Bilingual, Culturally Diverse Mental Health Providers Photo (Dropbox) | Video (Facebook) CHELSEA - Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) visited Chelsea HealthCare Center to celebrate $1,150,000 in federal community project funding she secured to support Massachusetts General Hospital's (MGH) efforts to address the stat  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to Federal Reserve (the Fed) Chair Jerome Powell amid public reports that he is giving in to JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon's demands and intends to halve the Fed's proposed increase in bank capital requirements. Senator Warren urged Chair Powell to allow the Fed Board to convene for a vote on the original, 16% capital increase by June 30. Following the 2008 mark  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Following today's announcement from the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statements celebrating the closure of a major tax loophole: "Our tax code needs to work for everyone, not just those at the top. Closing this rule means the super we  more