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Maura Healey

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Maura Tracy Healey is the Attorney General of Massachusetts, having taken office on January 21, 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she has focused her efforts on consumer protection, civil rights, and environmental issues throughout her tenure. Healey has gained national attention for her legal actions against corporations and her advocacy for progressive policies. She is known for her strong stance on issues such as healthcare access and social justice.

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Aug 9, 2026

I think we can agree that we need immigration reform in this country. We can agree we need controls at the border. We can also agree that ICE is so wrong in what it’s doing, and ICE needs to be stopped here in Massachusetts and around this…

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Aug 9, 2026

The PROTECT Act is the strongest law in the country to protect people from ICE and to protect public safety.

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Aug 9, 2026

Today in Massachusetts, we’re saying enough is enough. We’re standing up for what’s right, and we’re taking action to protect people’s safety.

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Aug 9, 2026

Okay, listen. We’ll be strong. We’ll be tough. We know what’s right. We know how to protect ourselves. We know how to protect public safety, and we know what we need to do because we know how terrible, terrible ICE has been in…

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Aug 5, 2026

The key here is there’s a lot of good things that we can do. We know how to do it. We know what needs to happen, and we’ve got to get it done now.

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Aug 5, 2026

I talked to [lawmakers] as recently as yesterday, and we’re going to keep talking because I think we all recognize how important it is that we get this done and that we take the actions that we can take to lower people’s energy bills.

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Aug 5, 2026

provides the strongest protections in the country against abuses by ICE, including keeping them out of courthouses, schools and hospitals.

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Jul 14, 2026

This budget is about lowering people’s costs, driving economic growth and supporting our kids, all without raising any taxes or fees.

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Jun 30, 2026

you can’t suck energy off the grid and hurt other ratepayers, and you can’t do harm to our environment, especially when it comes to water.

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Jun 30, 2026

Data centers can support innovation and economic growth, but if developers want to build in Massachusetts, they need to first demonstrate that they can do so without driving up costs or harming our communities.

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Jun 26, 2026

Massachusetts will not turn our back on families who built their lives here in our great state.

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Jun 26, 2026

What I’m really psyched about is what the workers were able to do here and the energy that we’re able to bring online that’s going to help drive down energy costs for people in New England.

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Jun 26, 2026

Every day, we’re beholden to some foreign country far, far away, and every day, we’re beholden to utility companies that are playing with the markets. That’s not right. We can do better.

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Jun 26, 2026

Donald Trump is ripping away protections from families and children who have fled devastating earthquakes, violence and other humanitarian crises to build safe, productive lives here in Massachusetts and across the country.

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Jun 26, 2026

Massachusetts is where the offshore wind industry is born in this country and where it’s going to take off from, and Vineyard Wind is showing us what is possible.

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Nov 9, 2025

If President Trump wants to penalize states for preventing Americans from going hungry, we will see him in court.

cnn.com
Nov 9, 2025

President Trump should be focusing on reopening the government that he controls instead of repeatedly fighting to take away food from American families.

cbsnews.com
Nov 2, 2025

Absolutely not and, frankly, that's a really insulting comment.

cbsnews.com
Nov 2, 2025

I strongly urge that. I hope it happens immediately on Monday. People in this country should not go hungry.

cbsnews.com
Nov 2, 2025

The president has got to give a clear directive to Republicans that they need to reopen government because Americans are suffering.

cbsnews.com
Aug 7, 2025

Donald Trump, Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton have left us no choice.

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