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My AI Environmental Impacts Act would require data centers to report on air quality, water use, noise pollution, light pollution, land use, and energy use. Communities are already feeling these impacts. We need more, but the least our government can do is give us the truth.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/b...
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/business/economy/billionaires-musk-gabriel-zucman.html
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Billionaires have benefited for decades because the tax code rewards wealth over work. My Equal Tax Act makes the wealthy pay tax on investments the same way working people pay tax on their paycheck. It’s basic fairness.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/u...
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/us/politics/iran-nuclear-deal.html
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Trump is not a deal maker, he is a deal breaker. In 2015, we passed a good deal with Iran that stopped a bomb, but Trump tore it up to create a crisis. Then Iran enriched, and Trump attacked. 100 days of war, $100 billion bill for taxpayers, 100% failure. Totally avoidable.
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link:https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/news/2026/06/08/sba-reorganizing-faith-rural-affairs.html
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Trump’s @sba-gov.bsky.social is slashing funding by 67% and eliminating essential entrepreneurial development programs that help nearly 1 million small businesses. I’m calling on Administrator Loeffler to explain why the Trump administration is choosing to turn Main Street into Pain Street
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www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...
link:https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senators-markey-and-warren-reps-lynch-and-pressley-urge-national-park-service-to-fully-investigate-arson-at-museum-of-african-american-history-boston-nantucket
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A man burned Juneteenth materials outside Boston's Museum of African American History, home to the nation's oldest surviving Black church. While we’re still looking for answers, we will not be intimidated by those who seek to erase Black history or sow division. Hate has no home in Massachusetts.
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Trump started his illegal, reckless, and expensive war against Iran 100 days ago, and what did we get? A 50% increase in fuel prices and a $150-billion bill for taxpayers. This war is 100% a disaster. Trump must end this now.
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link:https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sens-markey-capito-reps-mcgarvey-rutherford-reintroduce-legislation-to-expand-access-to-educational-services-for-students-with-communications-disabilities
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No student should be denied the support they need to succeed. I reintroduced the bipartisan Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act to expand access to educational services for students who are blind, deaf, deafdisabled, hard of hearing, or deafblind.
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Today is the anniversary of the Supreme Court case that paved the way for legal contraception nationwide. Now, 61 years later, that right is under attack. That’s why I’m fighting to pass my Right to Contraception Act to protect the freedom to make decisions about your own health.
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On Gun Violence Awareness Day, we remember the lives lost, honor survivors and communities forever changed, and recommit to ending this epidemic. Every community deserves to be safe from gun violence.
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www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/05/m...
link:https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/05/metro/why-is-everyone-crazy-about-needoh/
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Because it’s made by a Massachusetts small business! North Andover’s Schylling Inc. was hit hard by Trump’s illegal tariff tax, but we fought back—and won—to ensure toy manufacturers and other small businesses like Schylling can continue to make fun products everyone can enjoy.
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www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...
link:https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-markey-representatives-bonamici-and-scott-reintroduce-legislation-to-ensure-fair-compensation-for-workers-who-face-discrimination
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While corporations are making record profits, workers who suffer discrimination are denied full justice due to outdated caps on legal compensation. The Equal Remedies Act ends these arbitrary limits and ensures all workers, including seniors, receive their full jury awards.
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Following weeks of advocacy from my office, the federal delegation, the American Postal Workers Union, and most importantly the community, it is great news that the USPS has reversed course on its decision to close the Shutesbury Post Office. Service will continue uninterrupted.
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Republicans just voted to give a $70 billion blank check to Trump’s ICE thugs and placed no checks on the $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6th insurrectionists. They’ll give relief to criminals but none to families.
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Here are the quotes Trump's NPS is trying to erase at the Bunker Hill Monument. Congress must not fund Trump's campaign of censorship.
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www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
link:https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/trump-plans-700-million-new-coal-support-white-house-official-says-2026-06-04/
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While your electricity bills are going up and taking cash out of your budget, Trump is stealing out of our national wallet—using taxpayer dollars to pay for polluting, expensive, and unnecessary coal plants. We need to save Americans’ money, not give it to Trump’s fossil donors.
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The cost of groceries rose faster last month than at any other time in the past four years—all while personal savings plummeted. More loans won’t fix Trump’s affordability crisis or deliver real relief to American families. Ending Trump’s reckless economic policies will.
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Solidarity with the childcare workers on strike at Square One in Springfield. I urge all parties to come to the table and negotiate in good faith.
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www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...
link:https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-markey-statement-on-fcc-plan-to-review-e-rate-program
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My Statement on the FCC's Plan to Review the E-Rate Program.
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The House, for the first time, voted to halt Trump’s illegal, reckless and expensive war in Iran. The Senate did the same two weeks ago, a vote I was proud to join. The dam is breaking. GOP support for the war is evaporating. Trump must end this war now.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/c...
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/climate/trump-ocean-monitors-climate-research.html
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The Trump admin's war on science continues. They think that burying data that shows how the climate is changing will help them kill our momentum to take climate action—but we won’t stop fighting, alongside the people living through floods, wildfires, droughts, & climate chaos.
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www.cnn.com/us/waymo-rob...
link:https://www.cnn.com/us/waymo-robotaxis-safety-invs
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My investigation revealed Waymo relies on people overseas to help their self-driving cars. Now, there are hundreds of examples of Waymo endangering the public. Without transparency requirements in law, Waymo will not be held accountable. Pass my AV Safety Data Act now.
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www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...
link:https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/markey-leads-15-senate-democrats-calling-for-affordability-safety-worker-priorities-in-surface-transportation-bill
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With gas prices skyrocketing, Americans deserve choices in how they travel. That’s why I’m leading Democrats to fight for a historic investment in world class transit, passenger rail, EV charging, and safe roads for walking and biking.
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www.reuters.com/business/ene...
link:https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oecd-says-protracted-war-could-drag-global-growth-push-up-inflation-2026-06-03/
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Trump’s illegal, reckless and expensive war in Iran is driving up costs for families and small businesses everywhere—and there’s no end in sight. Trump himself said yesterday “I don’t care” if negotiations to end the war are over. Ridiculous. End the war. End the pain on Main Street.
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Thank you to @cwaunion.bsky.social for bringing together workers from across the country to fight for their rights in the age of AI. I am proud to stand with workers and say NO to robot bosses and NO to spying on employees. The future of work must be one where AI stands for All Included.
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www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
link:https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/02/todd-blanche-anti-weaponization-fund-00947083
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Not taking Blanche’s word for it. Congress must kill this corrupt “anti-weaponization” slush fund so every Republican is on record. And Congress must revoke the extraordinary immunity from tax audits and prosecution that Blanche says still protects Trump, his family & associates.
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And in April, I demanded this year’s appropriations legislations include language to prohibit this abuse of taxpayer funds www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...
link:https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-markey-leads-colleagues-in-demanding-a-stop-to-taxpayer-funds-being-used-to-block-offshore-wind-energy-projects
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In March, @aoc.bsky.social and I demanded Interior Secretary answer questions about this horrible deal. We’ve received no response to date www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...
link:https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/markey-ocasio-cortez-blast-trump-administration-attempt-to-pay-1-billion-in-taxpayer-funding-to-kill-offshore-wind-projects
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Let’s go! Trump’s use of the Department of Justice as his personal piggybank is corrupt and must be stopped. Congress cannot let Trump use taxpayer dollars to kill offshore wind.
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www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...
link:https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-markey-decries-security-concerns-conflicts-of-interest-with-trump-proposal-to-give-weapons-usable-plutonium-to-private-companies
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www.cnn.com/2026/06/02/c...
link:https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/02/climate/trump-plutonium-deal-nuclear-energy-markey
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Trump wants to give 2,000 nuclear bombs worth of weapons-ready plutonium to private companies including Oklo, where Energy Secretary Wright served on the board. This is a clear conflict of interest and dangerous for our security. Trump must cancel this plan now.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/climate/energy-rebates-home-appliances.html
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We passed a law giving cash rebates to install electric and more-efficient appliances. As electricity and fuel prices go up thanks to Trump's policies, this should be a win-win. Trump is trying to illegally kill this program, breaking the law and leaving you with the bill.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/us/politics/trump-iran-negotiations-boring.html
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Trump now finds his Iran war “very boring.” Families are paying for this illegal and reckless war at the gas pump, at the grocery store, and with their taxes. Trump got us into this disaster, and he has to get us out, now.
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