| U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Wednesday October 30, 2024 ( 4 items ) |
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Ahead of 2024 U.S. Presidential Election, Senator Markey Urges Meta to Enable Independent Academic Research on its Impact on Election
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release:
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Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and CEO of Meta, on the company's failure to launch an academic research initiative on its platforms' impact on the 2024 presidential election. In 2020, two of Meta's platforms, Facebook and Instagram, launched a partnership
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Markey, Wyden, Merkley, Kaine, Van Hollen and Booker Warn U.N. Cyber Convention Could Justify Spying and Censorship By China, Russia and Other Authoritarian Regimes
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release:
U.N. Convention Against Cybercrime Lacks Safeguards Against Abuse; Senators Urge Admin To Seek Better Balance To Protect Journalism and Human Rights
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) in urging the Biden Administration to make clear a United Nations cyber convention shou
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Warren Urges FTC to Protect Cancer Patients, Closely Scrutinize Acquisitions of Oncology Practices for Anticompetitive Effects
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release:
Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to Chair Lina Khan of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging the FTC to closely scrutinize two proposed deals in the oncology market and block them if they violate antitrust law. The deals include McKesson Corporation's (McKesson's) $2.49 billion proposed acquisition of a controlling stake in Core Ventures and Cardinal Health's (Cardinal's) $1
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Warren, Brown, Whitehouse, Blumenthal Press Treasury, DHS to Eliminate Trade Loophole Enabling Illegal Drug Trade, Protect Americans from Opioid Epidemic
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release:
Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) wrote to Department of the Treasury (Treasury) Secretary Janet Yellen and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, urging the agencies to use their statutory authority to fully eliminate a trade loophole facilitating the illegal drug trade and allowin
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