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Tomorrow at 1PM ET: @repfletcher.bsky.social and I are hosting a spotlight hearing—A Right at Risk: Protecting Contraception in the Post-Roe Era.
We’ll hear from advocates fighting for reproductive freedom. Join us live
We’ll hear from advocates fighting for reproductive freedom. Join us live
July 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Tomorrow at 1PM ET: @repfletcher.bsky.social and I are hosting a spotlight hearing—A Right at Risk: Protecting Contraception in the Post-Roe Era.
We’ll hear from advocates fighting for reproductive freedom. Join us live
We’ll hear from advocates fighting for reproductive freedom. Join us live
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Rural hospitals would lose $87 billion. Urban hospitals would lose $337 billion. No fund is going to make up the difference. Republicans should just vote no on this Big Ugly Bill.
July 1, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Rural hospitals would lose $87 billion. Urban hospitals would lose $337 billion. No fund is going to make up the difference. Republicans should just vote no on this Big Ugly Bill.
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NEW: @markey.senate.gov warns that 338 rural hospitals across the country are at serious risk if Republicans succeed in cutting Medicaid, Medicare, and ACA funding.
These hospitals are lifelines—closing them would endanger health care and jobs in small-town America. #HandsOffMedicaid
These hospitals are lifelines—closing them would endanger health care and jobs in small-town America. #HandsOffMedicaid
June 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
NEW: @markey.senate.gov warns that 338 rural hospitals across the country are at serious risk if Republicans succeed in cutting Medicaid, Medicare, and ACA funding.
These hospitals are lifelines—closing them would endanger health care and jobs in small-town America. #HandsOffMedicaid
These hospitals are lifelines—closing them would endanger health care and jobs in small-town America. #HandsOffMedicaid
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Cuts to federal spending on Medicaid could affect hundreds of rural hospitals in many states that have elected Republican senators and voted for President Trump, Senate Democrats warned Thursday, citing a list they commissioned tallying 338 rural hospitals at risk.
Medicaid cuts could devastate hundreds of rural hospitals in GOP states, Democrats say
Medicaid cuts in the Trump tax bill could jeopardize 300 rural hospitals, risking service reductions or even closure, a report commissioned by Senate Democrats found.
cbsn.ws
June 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Cuts to federal spending on Medicaid could affect hundreds of rural hospitals in many states that have elected Republican senators and voted for President Trump, Senate Democrats warned Thursday, citing a list they commissioned tallying 338 rural hospitals at risk.
TODAY!
The GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is a big, cruel attack on education, climate, health care, and food justice.
Join us today for a series of virtual teach-ins to break it all down and fight back.
RSVP: markey.senate.gov/TeachIn
Join us today for a series of virtual teach-ins to break it all down and fight back.
RSVP: markey.senate.gov/TeachIn
June 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
TODAY!
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Stay up to date on the climate and education cuts the GOP is trying to ram through in their "Big Beautiful Bill".
We'll be joined by:
📝 @aft.org
💰 @taxwarroom.bsky.social
🌞 @planevada.bsky.social
🌿 WVCAG
We'll be joined by:
📝 @aft.org
💰 @taxwarroom.bsky.social
🌞 @planevada.bsky.social
🌿 WVCAG
June 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Stay up to date on the climate and education cuts the GOP is trying to ram through in their "Big Beautiful Bill".
We'll be joined by:
📝 @aft.org
💰 @taxwarroom.bsky.social
🌞 @planevada.bsky.social
🌿 WVCAG
We'll be joined by:
📝 @aft.org
💰 @taxwarroom.bsky.social
🌞 @planevada.bsky.social
🌿 WVCAG
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Join me and @repsummerlee.bsky.social tomorrow for a virtual teach-in on the health care & food justice cuts in the "Big Beautiful Bill".
We'll be joined by:
🩺 @protectourcare.org
🇺🇸 @americanprogress.bsky.social
💪 @afscme.bsky.social
💰 @taxwarroom.bsky.social
🥕 FRAC
We'll be joined by:
🩺 @protectourcare.org
🇺🇸 @americanprogress.bsky.social
💪 @afscme.bsky.social
💰 @taxwarroom.bsky.social
🥕 FRAC
June 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Join me and @repsummerlee.bsky.social tomorrow for a virtual teach-in on the health care & food justice cuts in the "Big Beautiful Bill".
We'll be joined by:
🩺 @protectourcare.org
🇺🇸 @americanprogress.bsky.social
💪 @afscme.bsky.social
💰 @taxwarroom.bsky.social
🥕 FRAC
We'll be joined by:
🩺 @protectourcare.org
🇺🇸 @americanprogress.bsky.social
💪 @afscme.bsky.social
💰 @taxwarroom.bsky.social
🥕 FRAC
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There's a lot happening with the GOP's "Big Beautiful Bill" and it's hard to keep track. But knowledge is power. So I'm hosting a series of virtual budget reconciliation teach-ins. Join us this Wednesday night to learn about proposed cuts and how we can fight back. markey.senate.gov/TeachIn
June 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
There's a lot happening with the GOP's "Big Beautiful Bill" and it's hard to keep track. But knowledge is power. So I'm hosting a series of virtual budget reconciliation teach-ins. Join us this Wednesday night to learn about proposed cuts and how we can fight back. markey.senate.gov/TeachIn
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In yesterday’s HELP Committee hearing, I asked a simple question: Will you object to anything that doesn’t afford Americans due process?
The answer should always be clear: uphold the Constitution. We can’t let authoritarianism replace rule of law.
The answer should always be clear: uphold the Constitution. We can’t let authoritarianism replace rule of law.
June 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
In yesterday’s HELP Committee hearing, I asked a simple question: Will you object to anything that doesn’t afford Americans due process?
The answer should always be clear: uphold the Constitution. We can’t let authoritarianism replace rule of law.
The answer should always be clear: uphold the Constitution. We can’t let authoritarianism replace rule of law.
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Trump and RFK Jr.'s "Make America Sick Agenda" is throwing community health centers into chaos, gutting life-saving research, and spreading vaccine misinformation during a measles outbreak. Read their stories at markey.senate.gov/MakeAmericaS...
May 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Trump and RFK Jr.'s "Make America Sick Agenda" is throwing community health centers into chaos, gutting life-saving research, and spreading vaccine misinformation during a measles outbreak. Read their stories at markey.senate.gov/MakeAmericaS...
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My statement on the one-year mark since Steward Health Care declared bankruptcy.
May 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
My statement on the one-year mark since Steward Health Care declared bankruptcy.
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Trans rights are human rights. Happy Transgender Day of Visibility. Stronger together.
April 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Trans rights are human rights. Happy Transgender Day of Visibility. Stronger together.
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Trump sent masked law enforcement officers to arrest Rumeysa Ozturk—a Tufts University grad student with legal status—without a criminal charge. Disappearances like these are part of Trump’s all-out assault on our basic freedoms. This is authoritarianism, and we will not let this stand.
Tufts international graduate student taken into ICE custody
The student was reportedly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and remains in federal custody, according to an email sent by the university Tuesday evening.
www.wgbh.org
March 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Trump sent masked law enforcement officers to arrest Rumeysa Ozturk—a Tufts University grad student with legal status—without a criminal charge. Disappearances like these are part of Trump’s all-out assault on our basic freedoms. This is authoritarianism, and we will not let this stand.
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Trump’s power grabs are threatening our education system and our freedom. Using the force of the federal government to bully students that do not comply with MAGA ideology and force schools to bend to its will without congressional authority is the blueprint of authoritarians.
White House Expected to Pause $175 Million for Penn Over Transgender Policy
The decision is the latest clash between a university and the administration as it pushes schools to end diversity programming and adopt stricter discipline, among other things.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Trump’s power grabs are threatening our education system and our freedom. Using the force of the federal government to bully students that do not comply with MAGA ideology and force schools to bend to its will without congressional authority is the blueprint of authoritarians.
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Trump and McMahon are gutting the promise of public education to fund tax breaks for billionaires. They are locking opportunity for working and middle class families in an ivory tower and throwing away the key. This is anti-student and anti-educator. We will fight back.
March 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Trump and McMahon are gutting the promise of public education to fund tax breaks for billionaires. They are locking opportunity for working and middle class families in an ivory tower and throwing away the key. This is anti-student and anti-educator. We will fight back.
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Join me next Saturday at Malden High School for a Town Hall where I’ll answer all your questions about our country, our climate, and our communities. markey.senate.gov/townhall
February 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Join me next Saturday at Malden High School for a Town Hall where I’ll answer all your questions about our country, our climate, and our communities. markey.senate.gov/townhall
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Today, I introduced the No Cuts to Public Schools Act to protect federal funding for public schools from Trump and McMahon’s pro-privatization, anti-student crusade. I will always fight for students, educators, families, and communities. www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...
Ahead of Confirmation Vote for Sec. of Education Linda McMahon, Senator Markey Introduces Legislation to Protect Federal Funding for Public Schools | U.S. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts
Bill Text (PDF)
Washington (Feb 27, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate...
www.markey.senate.gov
February 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Today, I introduced the No Cuts to Public Schools Act to protect federal funding for public schools from Trump and McMahon’s pro-privatization, anti-student crusade. I will always fight for students, educators, families, and communities. www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...
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Stephen Feinberg, CEO of the private equity firm that made millions gutting Steward hospitals in Massachusetts and across the country, made decisions that cost lives. He should not be confirmed. apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/invest...
These Steward Health patients died seeking care. Read their stories
The Spotlight Team identified at least 15 instances in which Steward Hospital patients died after failing to receive professionally accepted standards of care due to equipment or staffing shortages.
apps.bostonglobe.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Stephen Feinberg, CEO of the private equity firm that made millions gutting Steward hospitals in Massachusetts and across the country, made decisions that cost lives. He should not be confirmed. apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/invest...
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We were just denied entrance into the EPA after asking to meet with a DOGE representative. More to come.
February 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
We were just denied entrance into the EPA after asking to meet with a DOGE representative. More to come.
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Trump, Elon Musk, and his henchmen want to lock the promise of public education behind an ivory tower and throw away the key. We will fight back. www.masslive.com/politics/202...
Mass. Sen. Markey, school advocates, line up against Trump’s moves on Education Department
"Trump, Elon Musk, and his henchmen want to lock the promise of public education behind an ivory tower of rich people and throw away the key," U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., said.
www.masslive.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Trump, Elon Musk, and his henchmen want to lock the promise of public education behind an ivory tower and throw away the key. We will fight back. www.masslive.com/politics/202...
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I look forward to questioning RFK Jr. In next weeks HELP Committee hearing. I will do everything in my power to protect the American people from his leadership. What do you want me to ask him?
January 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I look forward to questioning RFK Jr. In next weeks HELP Committee hearing. I will do everything in my power to protect the American people from his leadership. What do you want me to ask him?
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Donald Trump wants to loot health care for ordinary Americans to pay for billionaire tax breaks. Trump sold out to the ultra wealthy but I didn’t. I won't stop fighting to protect people over profit.
January 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Donald Trump wants to loot health care for ordinary Americans to pay for billionaire tax breaks. Trump sold out to the ultra wealthy but I didn’t. I won't stop fighting to protect people over profit.
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Our immigration system should be about compassion and celebration, not incarceration and separation.
To our immigrant friends, family members, and neighbors: Know Your Rights www.boston.gov/departments/...
To our immigrant friends, family members, and neighbors: Know Your Rights www.boston.gov/departments/...
Legal resources for immigrants
The Mayor's Office for Immigrant Advancement works to serve immigrants in Boston. This webpage addresses some common questions related to immigration and status. For help with a legal problem, enter y...
www.boston.gov
January 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Our immigration system should be about compassion and celebration, not incarceration and separation.
To our immigrant friends, family members, and neighbors: Know Your Rights www.boston.gov/departments/...
To our immigrant friends, family members, and neighbors: Know Your Rights www.boston.gov/departments/...
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I applaud the Biden admin for heeding my, Senator Durbin, & Rep. Maxine Waters call to process debt relief for borrowers defrauded by predatory schools. The Dept. of Ed must get the rest of the pending borrower defense relief across the finish line. Borrowers can’t afford to wait.
Biden’s parting gift: Student loan debt relief
More than 5 million borrowers have had loans forgiven since the president took office.
www.politico.com
January 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I applaud the Biden admin for heeding my, Senator Durbin, & Rep. Maxine Waters call to process debt relief for borrowers defrauded by predatory schools. The Dept. of Ed must get the rest of the pending borrower defense relief across the finish line. Borrowers can’t afford to wait.