John Kerry

Fights to ensure diversity in the marketplace, opposes hastily planned vote

12/14/2007 -- WASHINGTON D.C. - Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), pushed Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin to delay a controversial vote planned for next Tuesday that would result in further consolidation of the media market.    » read more »

Investigate Minority and Women Media Ownership - or Place FCC Funding in Jeopardy

December 14, 2007 -- WASHINGTON D.C. - Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) asked Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin to delay a vote on media ownership until the FCC has followed the will of Congress and established a commission to look into minority and women media ownership. Kerry and Obama made clear that if Martin once again bucked the Congress, they would ask the Appropriations Committee to deny funding for implementation of the rule produced by the forced vote.    » read more »

12/13/2007 -- WASHINGTON, DC - Senator John Kerry made the following statement today, after Republicans blocked a cloture vote on the energy bill. Kerry was the only member of Congress to attend the International Climate Conference in Bali this week.    » read more »

Citing Urgency, Kerry Aims to Broker a Deal

12/12/2007 -- WASHINGTON DC – Senator John Kerry sent a letter to National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell and to cable executives from Time Warner and Comcast today, asking them to meet with Kerry next week. Kerry is inviting the executives to Washington with the goal of brokering a deal between the League and the cable companies, over how to ensure that a maximum number of viewers are able to watch the December 29th game between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots.    » read more »

In Historic Patriots' Season, Kerry Advocates to Provide Access to Fans

12/06/2007 -- WASHINGTON DC – Senator John Kerry sent a letter to National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell and President and CEO of National Cable & Telecommunications Association Kyle McSlarrow today, asking them to break the deadlock in negotiations between the League and several major cable companies over how football games on the NFL network are broadcast.    » read more »

Bi-partisan effort is supported by Senate and House colleagues, patient advocates, medical experts

12/05/2007 -- WASHINGTON D.C. – Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and John Ensign (R-Nev.) led a bipartisan group of legislators today to introduce a bill that would expedite the adoption of electronic prescribing technology in every doctor’s office in America. Prescribing electronically instead of by-hand has been proven to save lives and cut costs on a massive scale.    » read more »

12/05/2007 -- BOSTON - The Senate today unanimously passed a Resolution, offered by Senator John Kerry, urging the Secretary of Commerce to reconsider a previous decision and declare a commercial fishery failure for groundfish fishermen in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. This action will help provide immediate disaster assistance to the region.    » read more »

December 5, 2007 -- BOSTON - Senators John Kerry and Edward Kennedy, along with 22 of their colleagues, co-sponsored the Keep Americans Warm Act of 2007, a bill to provide an additional $1 billion in emergency Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding. This emergency assistance would be in addition to the overall Fiscal Year 2008 LIHEAP funding.    » read more »

11/19/2007 -- WASHINGTON D.C. – Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) wrote a letter to FDA Commissioner, Dr. Andrew C. von Eschenbach today, requesting a full investigation into lipstick products containing lead levels above the legal limit, as recently reported by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics.    » read more »

November 20, 2007 -- Washington, D.C.-Senators Edward M. Kennedy and John F. Kerry, along with thirty of their Senate colleagues from both parties, today called on President Bush release $20 million in contingency Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funds and to fully support at least $2.411 billion for the program, the amount which Congress recently approved and the President vetoed.    » read more »

11/16/2007 -- BOSTON – Senator John Kerry today wrote a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking it to investigate to determine if there has been price gouging at gas stations in Western Massachusetts.

Kerry’s request comes after hearing from North Adams Mayor John Barrett of various instances of manipulation throughout the region.    » read more »

Measure Aims to Protect Massachusetts Fishermen

11/15/2007 -- BOSTON –Senator John Kerry announced that the United States Senate has passed his resolution to strengthen tuna conversation measures that would protect the livelihood of hundreds of Massachusetts, and New England, fishermen.

Fishermen throughout New England are currently facing drastic tuna shortages, because European fishermen are harvesting a majority of the fish before the fish are able to swim to the waters off of New England.    » read more »

11/15/2007 -- WASHINGTON D.C. – Senator John Kerry made the following statement today, when the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals struck down the Bush administration’s flawed fuel economy standard for sport-utility vehicles and light-duty trucks.    » read more »

11/13/2007 -- BOSTON – Senator John Kerry today issued the following statement on President Bush’s Veto of the Labor-Health and Human Services Appropriations Bill.

"Today President Bush’s veto jeopardized access to home heating oil assistance, health care, job training and education assistance for tens of thousands of people across Massachusetts.

As the cost of oil is skyrockets, vetoing $630 million in additional funding to help more elderly and working poor families in Massachusetts afford heating oil is downright dangerous.    » read more »

11/09/2007 -- WASHINGTON D.C. – Kerry spokesman David Wade issued the following statement today in response to Rush Limbaugh, who said on his radio show that Kerry’s Swift Boat attackers in 2004, “were right on the money and nobody has disproven anything they claimed in any of their ads, statements, written commentaries, or anything of the sort.”    » read more »