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AI chatbots pose new dangers to kids’ safety. But Big Tech keeps using the same playbook: prioritizing profit over privacy. Today I introduced the Youth AI Privacy Act to stop chatbots from exploiting kids' sensitive information and using manipulative design to keep them hooked.
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My Statement on the Social Media Addiction Trial Verdict
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Trump says the war is over. Trump says he is seeking peace. Don’t buy it. Trump also wants $200 Billion more for the war and is sending yet more troops to the Middle East. No more money, no more troops, no more war. We must end this now.
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My Statement Supporting the Latest Resolution to Stop Trump's Illegal Iran War
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I'm on my way to the Senate floor to vote for @chrismurphyct.bsky.social ‘s War Powers Resolution. We must end Trump’s illegal war with Iran now.
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Last week, I inspected the ICE detention center in Plymouth. I saw scores of detained individuals whose only offense was being undocumented. I will continue to stand with our immigrant neighbors, demand change, and shine a light on Trump’s brutal agenda. www.youtube.com/shorts/s_cSq...
link:https://www.youtube.com/shorts/s_cSqU3lV0k
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If the SAVE America Act passes, it will be easier to buy a gun in many states than to vote. Just let that sink in. www.youtube.com/shorts/n7QJj...
link:https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n7QJjXk5Boo
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One year of MBTA South Coast Rail! Connecting communities, boosting small business, and bringing new energy to Taunton, Fall River, New Bedford, and Southeastern Massachusetts. Here’s to many more miles of opportunity ahead!
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Trump attacked Obama for sending cash to Iran as part of the Iran Deal, which was working to stop an Iranian nuclear bomb until Trump tore it up. Now to fix a crisis of his own making, Trump is handing Iran $14 billion in sanctions relief—And there is still no articulated plan. We must end this war.
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Working Americans forced to miss shifts. Rural voters traveling for hours. LGBTQ Americans facing ID hurdles. The SAVE Act is about disenfranchising voters. Instead of free and fair elections, it is bought and paid for elections. Instead of one person one vote, it’s one white person, one vote.
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Leading by example. The SAVE America Act is all about who gets to vote. Spoiler alert: It’s not the President’s opponents.
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My Statement Opposing Markwayne Mullin as Secretary of Homeland Security
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Electric and fuel-efficient vehicles. Clean energy. Battery storage technology. Trump calls that socialism. But what do you call 100 years of tax breaks for oil, gas, and coal? Give us some of that socialism.
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Trump calls it “The Art of the Deal.” Billionaires get tax breaks while working families and small businesses get higher costs, weaker health care, and more instability. This isn’t a deal—it’s a ripoff.
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While Trump’s tariff taxes continue to hammer American small businesses and working families, his illegal war in Iran is sending gas prices sky high. Enough. Trump must end his unconstitutional war and stop putting pain on Main Street.
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While continuing to hold the line against Republicans’ bill to strip voting rights from millions of Americans, I also just passed my bipartisan Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act on the Senate floor. Next up, passing the House to get this funding to Massachusetts and beyond.
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Trump has no plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, so he is threatening to attack Iran’s civil power plants. This would be an attack on civilians. This is what Putin is doing in Ukraine. This would be a war crime. End this war in Iran.
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I want to be clear about what happened today: While Republicans keep the Senate in session to try and pass their dangerous SAVE act, they also tried to push through a ridiculous ban on transgender athletes. We blocked it.
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Trump is calling on Congress to block states from regulating AI. I’ve successfully struck this down before and I’ll do it again. While the White House chooses to line the pockets of Big Tech billionaires, Congress must protect kids, workers and communities from the harms of AI.
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Eid Mubarak to communities celebrating across the Commonwealth. May this Eid be filled with joy, love, and celebration with your loved ones.
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The Trump administration cares about corporations–not students. Gutting the Department of Education as borrowers try to figure out their complicated loans means less support, protection, and oversight. Students need clarity. Not confusion.
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Senate Republicans have repeatedly blocked legislation to pay TSA workers. They are using TSA workers as pawns to avoid putting a stop torump’s lawless, violent immigration agenda. It’s unconscionable.
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Like Trump promised, RFK Jr. has been “going wild” on health since Day One. But when we fight back, we win. Trans people deserve dignity, safety, and access to the lifesaving care their doctors recommend. We celebrate today and keep fighting tomorrow.
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No. I will not vote for a penny more for this endless, illegal war.
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just voted for a War Powers Resolution to end President Trump’s illegal war with Iran. Congress must act with authority. End this war now.
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Cigarette smoking just hit a historic low—and the CDC was silent. RFK Jr.'s cuts to the CDC mean national anti-smoking work has gone up in smoke. It's time to restore the CDC's anti-smoking programs and keep up the progress—not let it burn away.
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This National LGBTQ Health Awareness Week, I am in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community as they face down challenges getting respectful, affordable health care. I won’t stop fighting for accessible and compassionate care for all.
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Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, refuses to admit what we know is true, that Iran posed no imminent threat to our security. Instead, she hides behind a lie and says that Trump “concluded” that Iran posed such a threat. This is Trump's illegal, reckless war of choice.
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380+ clinical trials disrupted. More than 74k real people waiting for breakthroughs. All derailed by NIH grants cuts. I’m leading the MA delegation demanding answers from the Trump admin. We need the truth about cuts to lifesaving research.
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Meta wants to quietly roll out facial recognition technology in its smart glasses, hoping Americans won’t notice the potential risk to their privacy and civil rights. They’re mistaken. I have serious questions about the privacy risks and ethics of deploying this technology.
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Right now, billionaires can pay less in taxes on their stock trades than teachers or nurses that educate our children and care for us in emergencies. My Equal Tax Act would stop rewarding wealth more than work by making the ultra-wealthy pay taxes like millions of working people.
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all celebrating in Massachusetts and beyond! Today we honor the rich Irish heritage that helped shape our Commonwealth and continues to strengthen our communities.
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The Trump administration has made attacking transgender Americans central to its agenda. I want to hear from you. Share your story so we can fight back and defend dignity, safety, and freedom for all.
link:https://www.markey.senate.gov/trans-stories
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A century ago, Worcester’s Dr. Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket in Auburn, helping spark the modern space age. The Bay State has always had a rich tradition of innovation—with Central Mass helping launch us to the stars.
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Congratulations to @masslive.bsky.social and the entire Springfield Republican newsroom on winning 13 first-place awards. Our democracy needs strong local journalism now more than ever.
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The foundation is cracking. Trump’s director of the National Counterterrorism Center just resigned saying he “cannot in good conscience” support Trump’s war because Iran “posed no imminent threat.” The people deep inside know how wrong this war is. This illegal, reckless war must end now.
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A court just blocked a major part of RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine agenda. Good. Vaccines save lives. Policy must be guided by science—not conspiracy theories and dangerous misinformation. Today’s ruling is a victory for science, for parents, and for kids across America.
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RFK Jr.’s reckless anti-science crusade is turning deadly in the Commonwealth and across the country. He continues to spread vaccine misinformation, cut lifesaving NIH-funded research, and dismantle our public health infrastructure. RFK Jr. must end his Make America Sick Agenda.
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Let me get this straight: DHS collected sensitive biometric data they shouldn’t have — and now they can’t even locate it? Outrageous doesn’t begin to cover it.
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Cuba has gone dark. Trump’s vindictive oil embargo – along with a sanctions regime that has starved Cuba of opportunities to develop its solar and wind – is depriving innocent Cuban citizens of basic necessities and creating a humanitarian crisis. Trump must end the embargo.
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The Federal Censorship Commission is threatening broadcasters who don’t cover Trump’s illegal Iran war the way he wants. Democracies don’t censor the media, authoritarians do. I’m demanding that Brendan Carr resign, now.
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Trump chose this war and now he wants help. Why would NATO help protect the Strait of Hormuz after Trump did not consult with NATO before he launched this illegal war in Iran? Trump was recently threatening to attack Greenland, part of NATO. Mr. “I don’t need allies” now wants them.
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The BP Oil Spill was the worst environmental disaster in US history. It wreaked economic havoc and cost us billions to clean up. The Trump administration is giving BP the green light to do it again—all so Big Oil can make money off our backs and leave us to live with the mess.
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/climate/trump-bp-gulf-of-mexico-drilling.html
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It’s not even subtle. Carr is saying: Broadcasters, cover Trump’s illegal Iran war as he says or the Trump FCC will destroy you. This is censorship.
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Americans do not trust RFK Jr. to keep them healthy and safe. His reckless vaccine skepticism and disregard for science and truth are hurting families across the country. I’m calling for him to testify at my Health Committee and am tracking his chaos here: www.markey.senate.gov/rfktracker
link:https://www.markey.senate.gov/rfktracker
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Americans are in for a crude awakening at the pump. Trump’s illegal war in Iran is costing people $1.8 billion more per week on gas. That money could fund home energy tax credits, electric vehicle rebates, and more. We must end the war and break our addiction to fossil fuels.
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A Massachusetts small business owner testified this week that health insurance premiums for his business are rising 27% this year. This is not sustainable. When MAGA Republicans refuse to lower health care costs, small businesses and workers pay the price.
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