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US oil group under pressure to exit Russia after Biden administration widens sanctions
One of the US’s biggest energy groups has come under new pressure to halt its operations in Russia following the imposition of sweeping new sanctions on the country’s oil sector by the Biden administration. Two US Congress members told the Financial Times that oilfield services company SLB, better known as Schlumberger, should get out of Russia or risk breaching US sanctions. Lloyd Doggett and Jake Auchincloss issued the warning following an order published by the Biden administration on … Continue Reading
October 21, 2024
Bipartisan House members call for tighter sanctions on oil field servicers in Russia
A bipartisan coalition of more than 50 congressional representatives called on the Biden administration to tighten sanctions on Russian oil and specifically address a major U.S. oil field servicer’s presence in Russia. In the letter, led by Reps. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) and Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.), the members asked Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Secretary of State Antony Blinken to restrict activity by the firm SLB in Russia after the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Since … Continue Reading
October 21, 2024
US lawmakers question oil service company's SLB's exception to Russian sanctions
WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Dozens of U.S. Representatives from both political parties urged the Biden administration to toughen sanctions on Russian oil shipments and questioned an exception issued to the world's largest oilfield company SLB (SLB.N), opens new tab to operate in the country. Since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. and European countries have sought to cut Moscow's energy revenue for fighting the war through sanctions. That prompted several oilfield service … Continue Reading
September 23, 2024
Local pharmacists support Rep. Auchincloss’s “Pharmacists Fight Back” Act
Rep. Jake Auchincloss has been leading a bipartisan effort to pass the Pharmacists Fight Back Act (HR9096) to regulate what the Congressional supporters term “price gouging abuses by the Pharmacy Benefits Managers (PBMs) — the middlemen of drug pricing.” On September 19, the group held a press conference in front of the Capitol Building to highlight the ways in which the PBMs are driving up drug costs and favoring the three largest companies - CVS Health’s Caremark, Cigna’s ESI, and … Continue Reading
September 18, 2024
Lawmakers urge independent civil rights commission to investigate campus antisemitism
A bipartisan group of 23 lawmakers wrote to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on Tuesday urging it to investigate the rise of antisemitism on college campuses and provide recommendations to Congress and the administration to address the issue. The commission is an independent bipartisan body created by the Civil Rights Act that investigates and provides recommendations to the administration and Congress on responding to civil rights issues in the U.S. The commission has investigated campus … Continue Reading
September 08, 2024
OTR: Jake Auchincloss on gun violence and schools
BOSTON —Rep. Jake Auchincloss speaks about gun violence and schools in the wake of a shooting in Georgia that left two students and two teachers … Continue Reading
September 04, 2024
‘An unspeakable tragedy’: Rep. Auchincloss says of death of Israeli-American hostage with Mass. ties
Two days after an Israeli-American slain by Hamas was laid to rest in a Jerusalem cemetery, calls for justice an ocean away continued to reverberate. The death of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, who had family in Newton, is an “unspeakable tragedy,” U.S Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-4th District, said Wednesday. “Hersh had connections to Massachusetts, and indeed to my hometown of Newton,” Auchincloss said after an unrelated event in Brookline. Hersh Goldberg-Polin was one of six hostages killed … Continue Reading
August 08, 2024
Cong. Auchincloss Joins Franklin Vets for Purple Heart Day
Above, Franklin Vietnam Vet and Purple Heart recipient Robert Gardner, holding his award and posing with Congressman Jake Auchincloss Wednesday at the Senior Center. Wednesday morning, thanks to some advanced planning, the monthly Veteran's Coffee was transformed into an event honoring Purple Heart recipients, living and dead, and their families. Emceed by Veterans Services Officer Shannon Nisbett, living recipients wounded in Vietnam, Korea, and the Second World War were honored along with … Continue Reading
July 30, 2024
Lawmakers want to carve out intimate AI deepfakes from Section 230 immunity
July 30, 2024
Lawmakers want to carve out intimate AI deepfakes from Section 230 immunity
A bipartisan pair of House lawmakers are proposing a bill to carve out Section 230 protection for tech companies that fail to remove intimate AI deepfakes from their platforms. Reps. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) and Ashley Hinson (R-IA) unveiled the Intimate Privacy Protection Act, Politico first reported, “to combat cyberstalking, intimate privacy violations, and digital forgeries,” as the bill says. The bill amends Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934, which currently shields online … Continue Reading
July 23, 2024
Lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill aiming to crack down on drug middlemen as scrutiny ramps up
Key Points Bipartisan lawmakers introduced a new bill that aims to crack down on the business practices of drug supply chain middlemen who allegedly inflate prescription medication prices in the U.S. The legislation aims to lower costs for patients enrolled in federal healthcare programs and ensure that community pharmacies are reimbursed fairly by so-called pharmacy benefit managers. It comes amid a House committee hearing featuring testimony by the three largest PBMs, UnitedHealth … Continue Reading
June 10, 2024
Massachusetts warns patients over ‘unconscionable’ crisis pregnancy centers
The Bay State has launched a new public awareness ad campaign aimed at warning pregnant patients to avoid so-called crisis pregnancy centers, which officials say use deception and fear to steer people away from an abortion. Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Robbie Goldstein said the state hopes to inform residents about the dangers of “Anti-Abortion Centers,” which he said often disguise themselves as medical facilities even if they aren’t licensed to provide medical care and may … Continue Reading
June 06, 2024
The Commonwealth of Possible
The 2024 State of Possible Conference was charged with anticipation from beginning to end - excitement to hear from industry leaders and key decisionmakers, and a palpable eagerness to get back out there and continue leading the world in the discovery of life-saving therapies. The policy conversations led by Governor Maura Healey and Congressman Jake Auchincloss of Massachusetts’ 4th Congressional district touted the focus and intentional investment Massachusetts used to pursue the life … Continue Reading
May 19, 2024
House Democrat says cutting federal funds for Harvard ‘needs to be on the table’
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) on Sunday said cutting federal funds for Harvard University and other schools should be an option “on the table” over their handling of campus antisemitism. Auchincloss, who is an alum of Harvard, visited the Ivy League school earlier this month amid the ongoing pro-Palestinian protests and argued the school’s handling of antisemitism might violate federal law. When asked on “Fox News Sunday” if he believes Harvard should lose federal funding, Auchincloss … Continue Reading
May 19, 2024
Harvard and other universities have been ‘ransacked’ by antisemitism: Rep. Jake Auchincloss
Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., responds to criticism surrounding the White House’s recent opposition to a bill that would force arms shipments to … Continue Reading
May 18, 2024
The FAA bill President Joe Biden just signed might help Boston solve a big traffic problem. Here’s how
See if this sounds familiar. You’re driving down the narrow streets of Boston or some other big city when you suddenly find yourself forced to carefully navigate around someone who’s thrown on the hazards and double-parked in a travel lane, snarling traffic just when you need it the least. Some relief — from the unlikeliest of places — might eventually be in sight. Bipartisan legislation that President Joe Biden signed into law earlier this week reauthorizing the Federal Aviation … Continue Reading
May 10, 2024
There must be ‘no daylight between Israel and the U.S.’: Mass. Rep. Auchincloss says
With President Joe Biden facing heat from the left and right for his threat to withhold offensive weapons from Israel, one Massachusetts lawmaker has some advice for the White House. In a post to X, formerly Twitter, U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss said “there must be no daylight between Israel and the United States on security,” as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyau’s government gears up for a possible all-out assault on Rafah in the Gaza Strip. “For Israel, U.S. materiel is necessary to … Continue Reading
April 30, 2024
Auchincloss seeks answers after Mass. colleges earn poor grades on antisemitism
In response to an Anti Defamation League report showing several major Massachusetts colleges failing to address a rising tide of antisemitism, one U.S. lawmaker says he wants some answers on how the schools will improve their grades. In a report released earlier this month, the ADL awarded just two of the ten Bay State universities that they examined with a grade of B or better regarding their response to a nationwide uptick in antisemitism. U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss, in a draft letter … Continue Reading
March 21, 2024
TikTok is propaganda for our adversary
“Hold off as long as you can!” That’s the advice we always receive about social media when my wife and I, who have three kids under 4, talk to parents of older children. Screen time eats family time. Parents feel powerless. As a dad, it’s hard to wrestle with trillion-dollar tech companies. But as a member of Congress, I can fight back. This year, I am introducing bills to raise the age of internet adulthood from 13 to 16 and to hold social media accountable for platforming illegal actions, … Continue Reading
March 05, 2024
Auchincloss Sticks to Online Youth Protection for State of the Union
Congressman Jake Auchincloss (D, MA-04) has announced Brookline's Myrieme Nadri-Churchill (M.Ed) as his guest for President Biden’s State of the Union Address to Congress on Thursday, March 7th. Myrieme serves as Executive Director of Parents for Peace, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit empowering families, friends, and communities to prevent radicalization, violence, and extremism using a public health approach. Parents for Peace began as a support group for other families who had lost loved ones to … Continue Reading