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15 Members of Congress, speaking for five minutes each, focus the debate on the Defense Appropriations Act on the costs of the war in Afghanistan and the need to bring the troops home now. Read more »

I'm not convinced that there is any light at the end of the tunnel. I am not convinced that this war is coming to an end. Read more »

We must continue our efforts to ensure that the health care system works for all American families. Read more »

Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown, along with Congressmen Barney Frank, Jim McGovern, and William Keating, today announced that the Fall River Fire Department has won $14,453,524 in federal funding, protecting 79 firefighter jobs that would have been lo Read more »

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Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown, along with Congressmen James McGovern and William Keating, announced today that five organizations across Massachusetts will receive over $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Labor to provide homeless veterans in M Read more »

I am deeply disappointed in Bahraini court rulings on June 14th that sentenced to jail terms nine medical professionals who were arrested and tortured after they treated Bahraini protesters Read more »

Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown, along with Congressmen Edward Markey, Niki Tsongas, John Tierney, John Olver, Richard Neal, Jim McGovern, Michael Capuano, Stephen Lynch, and William Keating, today urged the Pentagon to maintain the 3-s Read more »

As you may know, the U.S. Senate is currently debating their version of the Farm Bill and the House Agriculture Committee may mark up a different version of the Farm Bill before the July 4th recess. The Senate bill cuts the Supplemental Nutrition Assistan Read more »

"The cranberry industry has long been of critical importance - not only to the Massachusetts economy but to the nation's food supply." Read more »