WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: At a hearing of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Senator Elizabeth Warren highlighted the national security threat posed by not properly regulating cryptocurrencies, including the inadvertent funding of rogue nations. Senator Warren highlighted that without proper anti-money laundering regulations, bad actors are using crypto to evade U.S. sanctions, and that those actors are making hundred  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: President Joe Biden's nominee to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, Brian Murphy, as a Member of a Board of the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (MACDL), sent a letter that advocates for radical anti-police and soft-on-crime policies, including the elimination of arrests for crimes like assault and b  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: At a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) questioned Mr. Bilal Baydoun, Director of Policy & Research for Groundwork Collaborative, and Dr. Ali R. Bustamante, Director of the Worker Power and Economic Security Program for the Roosevelt Institute, on the impact of unfair corporate pricing practices in the food sector on cos  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Letter Text (PDF) Washington (May 3, 2024) - Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), along with Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling for the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to take immediate action towards ending solitary confinement entirely in BOP facilities with limited exceptions. The letter dra  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act provides the runway to add another major win for consumers Washington (May 2, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) released the following statement after they filed an amendment to the F  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Bill Text (PDF) | Section by Section (PDF) Senator Markey announces "Warehouse Worker Protection Act" with labor champions Washington (May 2, 2024) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, along with Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Senator Bob Casey (D-Pa.), introduced the Warehouse Worker Protection Act, legislation that  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) filed a bipartisan amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2024 to ensure consumers' right to an automatic refund if an airline cancels or significantly delays their flight. Senator Warren's and Hawley's bipartisan amendment would crack down on burdensome corporate processes put in place to m  more