Today I am withdrawing from the race for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate. I am doing so because the momentum of the race has shifted so profoundly that I can no longer see a path for me to win the primary and defeat Scott Brown.
As someone who loves our history and our commonwealth, it has been a privilege to run for this office over the last nine months. One cannot retrace the steps of great senators like John and Edward Kennedy without coming to...
I was deeply disappointed last week by the White House’s decision to nix smog regulations, which had been in the works for more than two years and would have protected our communities from some of the nation’s dirtiest power plants. This misguided delay is a dangerous health risk – the EPA itself estimates the immediate implementation of these regulations would save 12,000 lives.
Obama has often...
A New Resolution for Justice and Peace
The memory of September 11, 2001 will always be with us. We remember what we were doing when we heard, the loved ones we called first, and the sounds and images that flooded our radios and televisions. Here in Boston it was an achingly crisp blue sky -- a beauty...
Mr. President, next week you are going to lay out a plan that to improve our economy and create jobs. In this moment of national need, and on behalf of the mute millions who continue to suffer because of our past mistakes, I ask you to step forward with new courage.
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My deepest condolences go out to the family of Kevin Houston and all the families and friends whose loved ones lost their lives in Saturday’s helicopter attack in Afghanistan.
We must always remember the special responsibility that comes from asking men and women to take on the dangerous and hard tasks that we must sometimes require of them. No honorable nation rejoices in the use of violence. America relucantly turns to force when we are in severe peril, and...