WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: The mighty Blackstone River, originally known as 'Mishkittakooksepe' by the Narragansett people,flows for 48 miles through Massachusetts and Rhode Island, ending at Pawtucket Falls in Rhode Island. For centuries, the river has served as a lifeline to people living in the Blackstone Valley and continues to be rich in both history and biodiversity. The river played a crucial role in transportat more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Letter Text (PDF) Washington (December 4, 2024) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, along with Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), today sent a letter to President Biden, thanking him for his leadership on climate issues and urging the administration to conti more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, in response to the news that President-elect Donald Trump has named Paul Atkins to serve as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), the incoming top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, released the following statement: "The U.S. stock market is the envy of the world precisely because the SEC promotes safe and transparent markets more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Letter Text (PDF) Washington (December 4, 2024) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), today called on the Department of Education to discharge student loan debt for hundreds of thousands of students who were defrauded by predatory schools. During the first more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) along with Representatives Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) reintroduced the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Fiscal Analysis by Income and Race (FAIR) Scoring Act. This legislation seeks to provide policymakers with standardized data about the real-world effects of their policies across race and income more PR