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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for 2024-11-22 ( 10 items )  
Ahead of Busy Holiday Travel Season, Markey Joins Colleagues in Urging Oversight of TSA's Unchecked Use of Facial Recognition Technology at Airports Nationwide (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Washington (November 20, 204) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today joined a bipartisan group of his colleagues to sound the alarm on the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) facial recognition regime in airports across the United States. Senator Markey was joined by Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), John Kennedy  more PR

ICYMI: At Hearing, Warren Slams Trump's Plan to Give Billionaires Handouts Instead of Investing in Working People (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: At a hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) asked witnesses about the implications of Trump's 2025 tax agenda on the economy and American families. Senator Warren is chair of the Economic Policy subcommittee and will become the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee in the next Congress. In 2017, then more PR

On World Children's Day Senator Markey, Rep. McClellan Reintroduce Legislation to Address Toxic Contamination and Clean Up Schools (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Bill Text (PDF) | One-Pager (PDF) Washington (November 20, 2024) Today on World Children's Day, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, and Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), reintroduced the Get Toxic Substances Out o more PR

Senator Markey Celebrates 54 New Endorsements of His Comprehensive AI Civil Rights Legislation (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Bill Text (PDF) | Section by section (PDF) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today announced that 54 new civil rights, labor, LGBTQ+ rights, consumer protection, housing, immigration, and disability organizations have endorsed his Artificial Intelligence (AI) Civil Rights Act. The legislation the most comprehensive AI civil more PR

Senator Markey Statement on Joint Resolutions of Disapproval of Arms Sales (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Washington (November 20, 2024) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement today on the Joint Resolutions of Disapproval of Arms Sales. "For those of us horrified and outraged by Hamas's brutal October 7 terrorist attacks on Israel and who remain steadfastly committed to Israel's right to exist and defend itself, the U.S. strategy of giving the Netanyahu government a blank  more PR

U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss Announces Launch of Pro-Housing 'YIMBY' Caucus to Tackle Affordable Housing Shortage (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: Today, U.S. Representatives Jake Auchincloss (MA-04), Scott Peters (CA-50), Robert Garcia (CA-42), Marc Molinaro (NY-19), Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06), Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), and Chuck Edwards (NC-11) announced the launch of the pro-housing "Yes In My Back Yard" (YIMBY) Caucus to promote the development of housing nationwide. The YIMBY movement focuses on encouraging new housing dev more PR

Warren, Hayes, Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation to Tackle Inequities in Public Education with Historic Investments (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.) reintroduced the Educational Equity Challenge Grant Act, a bill to create a $100 billion application-based grant program to accelerate academic progress and address students' social, emotional, mental, behavioral, and physical health needs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Public schools across the nation have long f more PR

Warren, Kim Unveil Bill to Require Presidential Nominees to Disclose Past Work for Foreign Governments (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, and Representative Andy Kim (D-N.J.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, introduced the National Security Officials' Foreign Employment Disclosure Act to require nominees for the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of State (State), Department of the Treasury (Treasury), and the Intelligence Com more PR

Warren, Ocasio-Cortez, Lawmakers Warn Regulators of Capital One's Abusive Past Ahead of Proposed Acquisition of Discover (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and U.S. Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) led their colleagues in warning the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Reserve (Fed) of Capital One's history of consumer abuses ahead of its proposed acquisition of Discover Financial Services (Discover).  more PR

Warren, Pressley, Lawmakers Renew Push To Hold Officers Liable for Denying Medical Care to People in Custody (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) reintroduced the Andrew Kearse Accountability for Denial of Medical Care Act to hold federal law enforcement officers criminally liable for negligently failing to obtain medical assistance to people in custody experiencing medical distress. On May 11, 2017, Andrew Kearse, a 36-year-old Black man, died of  more PR