Congressman Bill KeatingCompte certifié

We felt the earthquake here on Buzzards Bay. Checking around with local officials and no issues to report - important reminder that if you smell natural gas to call 911.

Tonight may have been the final page in a sad chapter in the Senate, but I refuse to allow it to be the first chapter of our nation turning back the clock on fifty years of progress. Tonight we mourn the process, tomorrow we fight to change it.

But I am not discouraged - because the fight for equity did not die tonight. The fight to protect a woman's right to choose did not die tonight. The fight for healthcare access did not die tonight.

I anticipate that history will not look back kindly on how this nomination process took place. I am deeply disappointed with the hypocrisy of the GOP Senate, the rushed process, the discounting of millions of ballots already cast in an election one week away.

For equality for women, equality for LGBTQ Americans, equality for us all - Justice Ginsburg set a standard for fairness and equal rights under the law.

Profoundly saddened by the loss of Justice Ginsburg. This diminutive woman in height was truly a giant, a justice for the ages. She bridged the gap between young and old. She bridged the gap within the Court from discord to civility.

I just listened to AG Barr mislead Americans that Russia is not actively interfering in our elections and that China is the greater active threat. This directly contradicts the report issued by his own Director of the Office of National Intelligence just three weeks ago.

That means making sure everyone can vote safely this November - regardless of their gender identity, race, economic status or proximity to a postal sorting machine.

If Susan B. Anthony was with us today I can't help but think that she would prefer to see the focus of today's anniversary on true universal suffrage rather than clearing her criminal record of the good trouble she caused.

Today marks 85 years since Social Security was signed into law and I promise to continue to fight to defend it, not defund it.

I’m glad to be in Plymouth today as the Mayflower returns home. Glad to work with the Army Corps and the town to get Plymouth Harbor dredged in anticipation of this day.

We cannot allow the President to create further uncertainty for struggling businesses unsure of whether they can afford to pay when their deferred payroll taxes come due.

We cannot allow the President to rob FEMA's disaster relief funds, in what NOAA is predicting could be the most active Atlantic hurricane season in history, to fund his gimmicks.

We cannot allow the President to rob already-struggling state budgets to fund unemployment assistance.

We cannot allow the President to rob Social Security & Medicare to pay for relief.

We need real action. It shouldn't be about phony solutions to get through an election, but that's exactly what the President's executive order is. It's also providing false hopes for Americans on the brink, and that's cruel.

We knew this day would come - healthcare and economic experts predicted it - and that's why the House passed the HEROES Act nearly three months ago and sent it to the Senate.

Americans, through no fault of their own, continue to face economic devastation as a result of the ongoing pandemic four months after the CARES Act was signed.