Ed Markey: “my point is there is going to be a tremendous amount of budgetary pressure on Congress for the remainder of the year.…”

I will not give a nickel to an authoritarian who is handing over our government to billionaire and corporate interests that have raised the cost of living so high that human rights become commodities that working families cannot afford.

Over the past two years, my office has been working closely with the family of Robert Gilman – a Massachusetts resident and former Marine who has been wrongfully detained in Russia on questionable charges for 1,666 days.

The end of Haiti TPS will separate families who wish for nothing more than safety and will hurt local communities across the nation.

While this news is deeply welcomed, it is long overdue. It is a tragedy that it took Robert’s near-death condition for his case to receive the attention that it required for his release to be negotiated.