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ICE and CBP are buying your location information from data brokers. These frictionless, on-demand surveillance tactics are unacceptable. My colleagues and I are demanding answers.
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I'm proud to have moved several of my bills and priorities as part of this week’s Weather Act and NASA authorization bills, including provisions to fight extreme heat, support weather forecasting, and support astrophysics research. America can lead on safety and smarts.
link:https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-markey-applauds-committee-passage-of-his-priorities-in-weather-act-and-nasa-reauthorizations
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The Senate's unanimous and bipartisan passage of COPPA 2.0 is a major milestone in the fight to protect children and teens online. I'm ready to work with my colleagues in the House to pass COPPA 2.0 into law. Let's get this done.
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Massachusetts small businesses are leaders in emerging tech like clean energy and life sciences. The SBIR program is critical to our innovation economy. We must continue to empower our most capable and competitive small businesses to keep innovating.
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Trump is throwing your taxpayer dollars at an illegal war abroad, while you spend more for gasoline here at home.
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We are spending a billion dollars a day on this illegal, reckless war. This is taxpayer money that should be going to healthcare and education. Now, Trump wants $50 billion more for a war that Congress has not authorized. Outrageous. No way.
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Emmanuel Damas was a Haitian asylum seeker living in Massachusetts. His death in ICE custody is a terrible tragedy. I’ve been working with his family to uncover the truth. We must demand full accountability from ICE for his death.
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BREAKING: COPPA 2.0 just passed the Senate by unanimous consent. This marks a tremendous victory in my decades long fight for children and teens’ online privacy. Now, the House must do the same.
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My Statement on Voting to Oppose Trump's Illegal War in Iran.
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Outraged by the State Dept's unreadiness for evacuating Americans from the Middle East. This is a crisis of Trump's making. No plan for attacking Iran. And no plan for evacuating Americans. This isn't a natural disaster—it's a man-made one. And the man responsible is Trump.
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Two months into 2026, the U.S. has almost half as many measles cases as all of last year. Meanwhile, RFK Jr. and his Surgeon General pick refuse to endorse vaccines. Tell the truth: measles vaccines are the best way to protect your family from this deadly disease.
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Instead of protecting our food and farmworkers from harmful chemicals like glyphosate, Trump is shielding chemical companies from accountability and pushing more pesticides into our food. Americans deserve a Surgeon General who will stand up for their health, not chemical wealth.
link:https://youtube.com/shorts/GTFfJ5zbb6M?si=fOauQpYn1pssHrqz
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I just left the classified briefing on Iran. And it only confirmed what we already knew: Donald Trump is waging an illegal war and he has no plan to end it.
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Donald Trump's illegal war with Iran has already cost $2 BILLION. Americans don't want another endless war. We should be funding health care not warfare.
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The Trump administration has failed to provide proper medical care to detained immigrants. Now, it is moving all unaccompanied children who are pregnant to Texas, where abortion is banned. Blocking girls as young as 13 from critical reproductive care is cruel, unsafe, and unjust.
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Trump continues his war on working people. Attacking IRS workers in the middle of tax season is illegal and reckless. Trump’s top priority isn’t making taxes more fair—it’s letting billionaires off the hook and avoid accountability.
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BLOCKED: A federal judge has ruled that lawmakers must be able to conduct congressional oversight of ICE detention facilities without being barred. We will not allow Kristi Noem to operate behind closed doors as ICE thugs kidnap immigrants from our communities.
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ICE officers have lied again--this time to enter a school dorm and arrest a college student. ICE is a corrupt and violent agency that needs to be abolished. Students deserve to feel safe at their schools and college campuses.
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Trump’s delay tactics are downright illegal, and the courts agree. No more delays. Trump must pay back America’s small businesses, consumers, and working families for the billions of dollars his tariff taxes took from them.
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Trump is raising prices at home while razing countries abroad. In addition to untold casualties, Trump's illegal war with Iran will lead to skyrocketing oil prices, and we know the Big Oil vultures are already circulating. We can't let Trump drag us into another endless war.
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My statement on Trump's attack on Iran.
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We had a deal with Iran to ensure limits on its nuclear capacities. Trump ended that deal. Now he says that sending our young people off to fight and potentially lose their lives for this country is just a ‘cost of war.’ This is the cost of his broken promises. No war with Iran.
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My statement demanding immediate congressional action to reverse DOD's designation of Anthropic a supply chain risk.
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ICE is tearing families apart and putting people in dangerous situations. Many immigrants—even children—are forced to defend themselves in deportation cases without a lawyer. The SHIELD Act would bolster immigrants’ access to legal support, so they don't have to face court alone.
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Measles cases have now been confirmed in Mass. Vaccines save lives—and our federal health leaders should be saying that loudly and clearly. Instead, RFK sows doubt about vaccine safety while his Surgeon General nominee won't commit to recommending the vaccine. Baystate families deserve better.
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Here’s an easy solution: Finalize the rule that @USDOT scrapped that would compensate passengers for these airline-caused delays. I’ve been demanding this for years. Let’s get it done.
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Trump is lying and hyping the threat. Iran does not pose an imminent danger. Even Rubio admits Iran is not enriching uranium. There is time for diplomacy. This is a war of choice—and it’s a bad choice.
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Unacceptable. The Trump administration must be held accountable for this violation of privacy.
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Trump's VA issued a policy to hurt vets whose medications are working. Veterans pushed back, and today the VA officially walked it back. This is what happens when veterans make their voices heard. This is what is looks like when we organize—not agonize.
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DOD is still coercing Anthropic to allow its AI model to be used for mass surveillance and autonomous warfare. Imagine what they have planned. This can’t happen.
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Trans people deserve IDs that reflect who they are. Bills like this undermine the basic rights of trans people and put them at risk of serious harm. No one can erase trans peoples' existence.
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Trump says Iran is on the brink of getting a nuclear bomb to justify his aggression in the region. We've heard this before. Trump promised he’d keep us out of endless wars in the Middle East so if he doesn’t come to a deal, he risks exactly that. We need health care, not warfare.
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I wrote to the Administration six months ago urging them to do refunds ‘the easy way’. But if there’s one thing Trump loves more than tariffs, it’s being sued. Small businesses need their money back now. No more delays. No more pain on Main Street.
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The Trump administration is reportedly coercing unaccompanied immigrant children to self-deport, including through fear and threats. These cruel attacks on children are reprehensible and they must end.
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BLOCKED. A Massachusetts federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt its illegal and aggressive third-country deportations. It is inhumane for the Administration to send immigrants, without a shred of due process, to countries where they lack ties and may face torture or persecution.
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The public deserves to know that these so-called self-driving cars rely on human operators thousands of miles away. I won’t stand by while large tech companies experiment on public roads. That’s not standing in the way of progress; that’s standing up for transparency and safety.
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I hope everyone is staying safe and warm in this record-breaking storm. Thank you to all the first responders working around the clock to keep people safe, and to residents across the Commonwealth doing their part to stay inside and help their neighbors as we make it through.
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According to a peaceful protestor, a DHS agent told them, "If you keep coming to things like this, you’re going to be on a domestic terrorist watchlist. Then we’re going to come to your house later tonight.” DHS must answer for its grotesque intimidation and surveillance tactics.
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Trump is continuing his crusade against public education, this time by putting conspiracy theorist RFK Jr. in charge of school safety. That’s like putting Pam Bondi in charge of releasing the Epstein files. Oh wait.
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The SAVE Act is a dangerous move to keep Black and Brown voters, women, and LGBTQ+ people from the ballot box. Trump and MAGA Republicans know they have no solutions to the issues that Americans are angry about, so they plan to meddle with the 2026 election. I will vote NO.
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Congratulations to Team USA men’s hockey players and Massachusetts natives Matt Boldy, Jack Eichel, and Noah Hanifin. From BC Eagles to BU Terriers, a UMass Lowell River Hawk and two of our own Boston Bruins this was a Bay State Gold medal game. You make our Commonwealth proud.
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Do you want to be breathing more mercury and toxic air pollution? The Trump administration thinks you do. It’s sick. Even Trump’s EPA admits that its repeal of mercury will lead to 23% more mercury in the air—poisoning our lungs and our families in a greedy giveaway to Big Coal.
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I’ve long demanded Tesla drop its misleading and dangerous “Autopilot” brand. That name deceives consumers and creates unnecessary safety risks. Tesla must cease using the name Autopilot everywhere.
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In the case of Main Street vs. Mar-a-lago, America’s small businesses won. Today, the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s illegal tariffs. We must guarantee that small businesses get immediate relief, and end Trump’s tariff taxes on working people for good.
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The VA's new rule could slash disability ratings for veterans whose meds are working. Secretary Collins says it won't be enforced—but veterans shouldn't have to take that on faith. They earned these benefits. The Trump administration must rescind this harmful rule now.
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Trump’s tariff taxes are hurting Main Street, allowing small businesses to become victims of predatory lenders. Instead of offering help, Trump’s @SBAgov is throwing small businesses to the wolves by preventing refinance options through SBA.
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Congrats to the four BC Eagles soaring the U.S.A. Women’s Ice Hockey Team to today’s Gold Medal victory, including Megan Keller ‘19 on the game-winning goal!
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Trump’s “Board of Peace” is a pay-to-play scam that undermines our commitment to peace and human rights around the world. We don’t need backroom deals made by Trump cronies who will say and pay whatever to get a seat at the table. We need diplomacy and democracy.
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At least the DOJ isn’t hiding its client list. Now release the Epstein files.
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This is absolutely unacceptable. ICE must immediately stop detaining pregnant women.
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