Press Releases
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.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Subcommittee on Europe Ranking Member Bill Keating (D-MA), Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Ranking Member Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Subcommittee on South and Central Asia Chairman Bill Huizenga (R-MI), and American Canadian Economy and Security Caucus Co-Chair Mark Amodei (R-NV) introduced legislation to strengthen the U.S. State Department’s engagement in the Arctic region. As the United States faces threats and competition from across the world, this important legislation prioritizes U.S.
Washington, D.C. – Last night, Subcommittee on Europe Ranking Member Bill Keating led 36 bipartisan colleagues in writing to President Trump urging him to appoint a Special Envoy to Northern Ireland to strengthen our trade and investment ties and further peace and reconciliation efforts in Northern Ireland.