Members of the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation and their State of the Union Guests Address the Impacts of the Trump Administration on the Commonwealth

Washington (March 4, 2025) - Members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation, including Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-05), and Representatives Richard Neal (MA-01), Jim McGovern (MA-02), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Stephen Lynch (MA-08), today hosted a press conference with Mayor of Boston Michelle Wu, and Massachusetts community leaders to emphasize the substantial impacts of the Trump administration’s dangerous policies on working families and communities across the Commonwealth. Ahead of the State of the Union Address, the Massachusetts leaders, along with their guests, addressed the current and future impacts of President Trump’s agenda on the economy, health care, environmental protections, education, and immigration. A link to the full press conference can be found HERE.

“Today, we stood up to say: you cannot bully the Bay State. Two hundred and fifty years ago, it was Massachusetts and Boston who threw off the dictates of a king who harassed and oppressed our residents. We will do it again with this wannabe king,” said Senator Markey. “Trump’s vision is in the rearview mirror, zeroing in on cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, clean air and clean water, health care, education, veterans’ benefits, Social Security, Alzheimer’s research and so much more – all to pay for tax breaks for Elon Musk and his billionaire buddies. Together, this delegation and these leaders are standing up for working families in Boston and across our Commonwealth. Together, we will not agonize – we will organize and fight back for an economy that works for everyone.”

“Instead of lowering costs for working people, Donald Trump has spent the last six weeks creating a sandstorm of chaos and firing the federal workers who keep our country going. It’s all to distract us from his real agenda: tax handouts for billionaires, paid for on the backs of working people. I’m here to fight back,” said Senator Warren.

“Elon Musk makes more in a day than the NIH spends on childhood cancer research in a year, but it's still not enough to satiate his greed” said Democratic Whip Katherine Clark. “Now, he's ordering Republicans to defund NIH research and children’s health care — all to funnel the money into his own pockets. Those Republicans might not care about the consequences. But for families like my constituent, Sarah Wroblewski's, everything is at stake.”

“I am so proud of the vibrant, diverse communities that call Boston and the Massachusetts 7th home, and I am deeply grateful for my colleagues in the Congressional delegation and the partnership of my friend, Mayor Michelle Wu, whose leadership locally is a national model,” said Congresswoman Pressley. “While the Trump and Republicans use their gavel and bully pulpit to advance their cruel and callous agenda, I'll continue standing with people like Claire Bergstresser, a remarkable advocate, and my guest to Trump's speech this evening. Dedicated federal workers like Claire strengthen our communities and our country, and their experiences are a reminder of why we must keep pushing back on the Musk-Trump assault on our democracy.”

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