Press Releases
BOURNE, MA - Congressman Bill Keating issued the following statement this evening in response to today's shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis:
"Watch the videos. Share them. Count the shots. It’s not easy to watch - and it shouldn’t be. But every American must understand what federal agents are doing in our names. Alex Pretti and Renee Good should be alive today. The statements by Trump officials are false on their face. Secretary Noem again labeled this victim as a terrorist. Steven Miller called him an assassin.
BOURNE, MA - Congressman Bill Keating (D-MA), a Senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services Committees, released the following statement this afternoon after President Trump's press conference following U.S. Military action in Venezuela:
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, Foreign Affairs Europe Subcommittee Ranking Member Bill Keating (D-MA) and Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory Meeks (D-NY) wrote to Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent and Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing strong opposition to the Trump administration’s removal of former Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik, his family, and dozens of his affiliates from U.S. sanctions lists.
Washington, DC— On Tuesday, in response to the systematic abduction and deportation of thousands of Ukrainian children, Congressman Bill Keating (D-MA) , along with Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, introduced the Designating the Russian Federation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism Act, bipartisan legislation requiring the Secretary of State to designate Russia as a State Sponsor of Terrorism if it refuses to return the estimated more than 19,000 Ukrainian children abducted during i
Washington, DC – This week, U.S. Representative Bill Keating (MA-09) joined his colleagues in co-sponsoring H.R. 5401, the Pay Our Troops Act and sending a letter to Speaker Johnson to request he re-convene Congress immediately to take up this vital legislation that will support our military service members amidst the ongoing government shutdown by ensuring troops receive their next paycheck on October 15.
Washington, DC - Yesterday, Congressman Bill Keating, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Congressman Jim McGovern, Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee, and Congressman Mike Quigley, co-chair of the Ukraine Caucus, reintroduced the Ukraine War Risk Insurance Act of 2025.
Washington, DC – Congressman Bill Keating – who represents Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, and the Town of Plymouth where recent ICE raids were conducted – sent the attached letter to Homeland Security Secretary Noem, ICE Acting Director Lyons, Attorney General Bondi, and FBI Director Patel demanding answers on the way the raids were conducted and who was detained.
NEW BEDFORD, MA - Congressman Bill Keating today issued the following statement after sending a letter to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, FBI Director Kash Patel, and leadership of both U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services regarding the violent detention of Francisco Mendez in New Bedford on Monday:
Washington, D.C. – Today, Subcommittee on Europe Ranking Member Bill Keating led 40 colleagues urging President Trump to immediately reverse his Executive Order regarding the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) and to restore and implement Congressionally appropriated funds for USAGM and its entities.