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Americans are spending 9% more on heating bills so far during the Trump presidency. Now more than ever, we need programs like LIHEAP, which helps families keep their homes warm as temperatures drop. While Trump tries to destroy LIHEAP, I’ll keep fighting to expand it.
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I am relieved that Liam and his Dad have been released and grateful to Congressman Castro and the millions of Americans who came together to demand action. But we cannot rest until the Trump administration stops detaining and separating families.
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In December, I inspected the ICE facility in Burlington and demanded answers about the conditions the detainees were facing. ICE has not responded. We need transparency now. The inhumane conditions and actions of ICE in Massachusetts must end. I will not stop fighting.
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I’m deeply saddened by the tragic news of the sinking of the Lily Jean. Fishing and its men and women and their families are the heartbeat of Gloucester. I thank the Coast Guard for their response and I offer my heartfelt prayers and condolences to the crew and their loved ones.
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My statement opposing the appropriations package that includes a two-week extension of ICE and DHS funding.
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Handing South Korea the keys to make nuclear weapons would undermine global efforts to prevent the bomb’s spread. US nuclear cooperation agreements should prohibit uranium enrichment and reprocessing. We must hold the line here.
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AV companies owe consumers the truth about how safe their autonomous vehicles are on the road. I introduced the AV Safety Data Act to ensure that AV companies report data the public needs to hold them accountable and keep all travelers safe.
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Last June, Trump said Iran’s nuclear program was “completely and totally obliterated.” It wasn’t true, and now he is planning a new attack. Trump’s lies just never stop, and the dangers just keep growing.
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If Greg Bovino met the immigrant parents of the sculptor of Mount Rushmore, he would have arrested them. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
link:https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/greg-bovino-border-patrol-mount-rushmore-b2910508.html
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Trump’s clean energy freeze puts good jobs, reliability, and lower energy costs at risk. @warren.senate.gov and I won’t let Trump sabotage real solutions to lower costs and reduce pollution, including offshore wind.
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My statement with Senator Warren as we welcome the court stay of Trump's illegal attempts to destroy offshore wind in Massachusetts.
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The median first-time homebuyer is 40 years old. Yet Trump's goal is to make home ownership more expensive and put the American dream out of reach for the next generation. The only people he wants to see succeed? CEO billionaires.
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An ICE officer murdered Renée Good. Two other federal agents shot Alex Pretti 10 times. Qualified immunity shields these officers from accountability. The Good and Pretti families deserve justice. Congress must abolish this flawed doctrine and pass my bill with @pressley.house.gov.
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I just voted NO on Republicans’ budget that pours billions more into ICE and DHS. We must not fund cruelty.
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On the one-year anniversary of the DCA crash, we remember the 67 lives lost, including six with ties to the Skating Club of Boston, and reaffirm our responsibility and commitment to learn from the tragedy and strengthen aviation safety.
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First Venezuela. Then Greenland. Now more reckless saber rattling from Trump. Attacking Iran would be illegal, dangerous, and unwise. No more endless wars.
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Political violence has no place in our country. It’s unacceptable. But Donald Trump has given a permission slip to those who think violence and extremism are acceptable responses to disagreement. Just look at ICE. We need accountability now.
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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we honor the memory of the 6 million Jews and millions of others murdered by the Nazi regime. “Never again” is a call to protect human rights, confront antisemitism, fascism and hatred, and continue to educate on the history of genocide.
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The Doomsday Clock now stands at 85 seconds to midnight—the closest it has ever been. When the New START treaty expires next week, there will be nothing stopping a new nuclear arms race. Trump and Putin could agree today to stick with New START limits. We can turn back the clock.
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Finally, after more than 800 days, the last hostage has come home. My heart goes out to the family of Ran Gvili, who died trying to stop Hamas' brutal attack. May his memory be a blessing.
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RFK Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” plan: going back to a time before vaccines, when thousands of Americans became paralyzed or died from polio.
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Greg Bovino and his CBP thugs may be leaving Minneapolis but this doesn’t end here. ICE continues to terrorize our communities. From Maine to Minneapolis. It’s still no funding for DHS. ICE out of ALL our cities. Hold these officers to account.
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I’ve been calling to stop DHS and ICE funding since Renee Good was murdered. Americans are watching in outrage while their neighbors are murdered on tv and cities get taken over. Senators have the power to do something about it. We need to stop funding DHS now.
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BREAKING: Trump’s thugs just shot and killed a man in Minneapolis. Eyewitnesses are describing it as an execution. We cannot keep living like this and people can’t keep dying like this. Stop funding DHS. Impeach Kristi Noem. Hold these agents accountable.
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Consumers deserve to know whether the chatbots they use are truly helping them — or quietly feeding them blurred advertising. I’m calling on AI companies to be transparent about their advertising plans and explain how they will build in safeguards. Privacy and safety cannot be an afterthought.
link:https://www.theverge.com/news/865854/senator-ed-markey-ai-companies-chatbots-advertising
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Thank you Rümeysa for this brave retelling of the horrors you experienced in ICE detention. The stories you shared in Louisiana have never left me. I’m asking everyone to take a moment and read about the pain being inflicted across our country: www.thecut.com/article/rume...
link:http://www.thecut.com/article/rumeysa-ozturk-hearing-my-own-scream.html
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My statement on the TikTok deal between the U.S. and China.
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Anti-choice, anti-freedom MAGA Republicans will stop at nothing to enact a national abortion ban. On what would have been the 53rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we must recommit to making abortion legal everywhere.
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The Trump administration’s political attacks on small businesses are reprehensible. I will stand up for Planned Parenthood and fight back against bogus investigations like this one.
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As DHS rapidly deploys new surveillance tools, such as facial recognition technology, the Trump administration is stonewalling my congressional oversight. Unacceptable. The public deserves answers about Trump’s surveillance state.
link:https://youtube.com/shorts/rF6-dFDmodM
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No memo can override the United States Constitution.
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From housing to health care, AI is increasingly being used to make consequential decisions, diagnoses, recommendations, and predictions that can significantly alter our lives. That's why @repsummerlee.bsky.social and I are reintroducing our Eliminating Bias in Algorithmic Systems Act.
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Once again, Trump creates an international crisis and then rides in on his hobby horse to “fix” it. Americans are tired of Trump’s circus of chaos.
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After one year of Trump, Americans are worse off. His attacks on clean energy & handouts to Big Oil mean: -Electric bills up 13% -Natural gas bills up 60% -165,000 clean energy jobs lost -Renewable power for 13M homes killed -30,000 lives/year at risk from gutted pollution rules
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This isn’t a Board of Peace, it’s Cash for Trump.
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An order to our military members to invade our ally Greenland, without congressional authorization, and with no self-defense basis, would be “manifestly unlawful” under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. They must disobey it.
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Today we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who relentlessly fought for equal justice. And that justice is under threat right now as much as it has ever been. As Dr. King said: “The time is always right to do what is right.” So let’s fight for what’s right.
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DHS wants your face in their database. No warrant. No consent. No accountability. This is what authoritarianism looks like in the digital age. It’s time to shut it down.
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When we organize, we win. Advocates, providers, and community leaders came together to fight these cruel and reckless cuts. Trump and RFK Jr. must stop toying with people’s lives.
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I welcome the release of four Armenian civilians who were unlawfully detained by Azerbaijan—but it is not enough. At least 19 Armenians remain wrongfully held. The State Department must intensify pressure on Azerbaijan. I will continue pushing until every last Armenian detainee is free.
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The Trump administration is completely out of touch with the challenges families are facing. They have no idea how much dinner costs, no interest in actually making groceries affordable, and no clue how to make ends meet.
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In the past 65 years, measles cases in the United States have plummeted. Why? Vaccines. But now, RFK Jr.’s vaccine conspiracies and lies are bringing measles back from the dead.
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My statement opposing Trump’s illegal war for oil in Venezuela.
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DHS’s use of facial recognition, social media monitoring, automated license plate readers, and predictive policing heralds a chilling new era of mass government surveillance. Trump is trying to make the government Big Brother again. It’s unacceptable and it must end now.
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Electric prices are soaring. Why? Because Trump and his fossil fuel cronies are putting Big Oil profits over people. Americans are paying more while polluters get richer. I’m standing with @repstansbury.bsky.social to fight back for our planet, for working families, and for the truth.
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Funding from SAMHSA is not a budget line—it's a lifeline to people struggling with substance use and mental health challenges and the providers who support them. Canceling this funding will cost lives. The Trump administration must restore it immediately.
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Republicans say they care about women. Then they raise health insurance costs, threaten hospitals, lie about safe medication, and fight for a national abortion ban. Restricting abortion has never been about protecting women. It’s about control. We must stop them. youtube.com/shorts/pZLag...
link:https://youtube.com/shorts/pZLagrGueBI
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RFK Jr. is wreaking havoc on our nation’s health. From reckless vaccine conspiracies to attacks on research to firing the country’s top health experts, we’re tracking his chaos here so we can fight back: www.markey.senate.gov/rfktracker
link:https://www.markey.senate.gov/rfktracker