I am with my colleagues and union brothers and sisters to fight for Fair Trade for Working Families! Join our livestream here - https://t.co/pYIdN2FlRF

Please be advised that I will be hosting a Virtual Town Hall next Tuesday, May 19, starting at 6:30 p.m.   To sign up, please register here - https://t.co/JbyBLK4hZ6 https://t.co/CyOAzmWOGB

Great to join many friends in Canton for the Annual Town Meeting.   Very grateful to Canton Town Moderator, Dick Staiti, for allowing me to provide a brief update on our joint effort with our State colleagues, @MassGovernor, @PaulFeeneyMA, and Rep. Bill Galvin to ensure that Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children remains open for children with complex medical needs and the families who rely on the support they receive at Pappas.   I also had the opportunity to acknowledge outgoing Town Manager Charlie Doody and the Canton Select board, who played key roles in helping Canton qualify for more than $9 million in federal funding through ARPA and other federal appropriations, which were used to fund essential projects including water infrastructure improvements, equipment for our first responders, and HVAC upgrades to the Hansen and JFK schools.

It was a full house tonight at Coakley Middle School for @TownofNorwoodMA Town Meeting! Extremely grateful to Town Moderator Gerri Slater for the opportunity to provide an update on the current situation at Norwood Hospital. With the help of @SenatorMikeRush and Rep. John Rogers, we will continue to fight to reopen Norwood Hospital as a full-service, nonprofit healthcare facility. Sincere thanks to Members of the Norwood Selectboard, Robert Donnelly, Amanda Grow, Michael Saad, William Plasko, and Matthew Lane, and to the residents and volunteers of Norwood for your dedication and hard work.

While regularly voting by mail himself, President Trump recently issued an executive order directing the @USPS to determine which mail-in votes will be counted and refuse the delivery of any ballot cast by otherwise eligible voters if they are not named on newly created federal voter lists which will severely restrict the ability of senior citizens, overseas service members, disabled veterans and other American citizens to exercise their right to vote. In support of voting rights and election integrity, I recently introduced the Vote by Mail Protection Act to invalidate this unlawful and partisan executive order and prohibit the U.S. Postal Service and other federal agencies from using any taxpayer funds to restrict voting rights.   I am thankful for the support of @Public_Citizen, @NALC_National, the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, and the @napshq,who have endorsed H.R. 8666. I am also grateful to my @OversightDems colleagues and my colleagues on the the Congressional Postal Caucus for supporting this important legislation – including @RepRobertGarcia, @RepNikkiB, @RepChrisPappas, @Rep_Walkinshaw, and @EleanorNorton.

Wishing a very happy and relaxing Mother’s Day to all of the moms and grandmothers today. We appreciate all you do - today and every day! https://t.co/pcCQA8Fojr

Congress has historically enacted the Farm Bill on a bipartisan basis to authorize funding for critical food and agriculture programs, including food for children in Head Start, school lunch programs and “Meals on Wheels” for Seniors, including 125,000 recipients our area.    However, I voted NO on the new Farm Bill because it doesn’t address $187 billion in cuts to food for children and seniors at the direction of President Trump. This Farm Bill also does nothing to alleviate the upcoming shift of SNAP costs to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

I will be voting NO on the reauthorization of FISA Section 702 until we see explicit protections for civil liberties and ensure that our federal intelligence agencies are operating within the law. https://t.co/d1STzj3YYK

With oil and gas prices at a 4-year high and food inflation nearly 8% higher than in 2025, I voted NO on another fast-track, Republican budget proposal because it failed to include any cost-of-living relief for working families. The previous Republicans proposal resulted in the enactment of President Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill,” – which forced 24 million Americans to lose their health insurance and included $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid funds for our local hospitals, Community Health Centers and Nursing Homes, and cut $186 billion in funding for Head Start, School Lunch programs and “Meals on Wheels” for seniors.

For over 60 years, the bipartisan Voting Rights Act has protected the fundamental right of every American citizen to vote. Amid unlawful efforts by President Trump to undermine the integrity of our elections, repeal voting by mail (except for him), and restrict voting rights, a misguided Supreme Court majority has now attacked our landmark civil rights and voting rights law. We must not allow the right to vote to be taken away from anyone in this country, and we must continue to fight for the passage of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act – to restore and protect the right to vote.