WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, along with Senators Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Michael Bennet (D-Co.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), George Helmy (D-N.J.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Bernie Sa  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Watch: Senator Markey floor remarks on AI Civil Rights Act Washington (November 21, 2024) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today delivered floor remarks celebrating the growing support for his Artificial Intelligence (AI) Civil Rights Act. The legislation the most comprehensive AI civil rights legislation introduced in Con  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Bill Text (PDF) | Section-By-Section (PDF) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) chair of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, along with Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), today announced the introduction of the Office of Transmission Act, legislation that would establish an Office of Transmission housed at the Federa  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2024: U.S. Representatives Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), and Mike Lawler (R-NY) introduced a bipartisan resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives to designate November 2024 as Lung Cancer Awareness Month. The initiative aims to draw attention to the importance of prevention, early detection, and research to curb lung cancer, which remains the leading cause of ca  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: In a new letter, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to the General Services Administration (GSA) seeking information on the serious consequences of the Trump Transition's unprecedented refusal to complete required transition agreements. Under the Presidential Transition Enhancement Act, presidential candidates are expected to develop and publicly release ethics plans for their transition  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) reintroduced the National Institutes of Clean Energy Act (NICE), legislation that would invest $400 billion over the next decade to establish and operate a new system of institutes at the Department of Energy focused on research and development of advanced clean energy technologies. The Clean Energy Institu  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) wrote to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and Department of Justice, urging them to protect millions of .com website owners, including small businesses, by ensuring competition in the top-level domain (TLD) market. Right now, Verisign has exclusive control over the .com TLD, the last segment of   more