WASHINGTON — Representative Bill Keating was scribbling furiously in his FSB-branded notebook.
The Bourne Democrat was in a brightly lit conference room in Russian government offices in Moscow in May 2013, sitting at a table across the room from three rows of Russian intelligence officials and officeholders. Alexander Bortnikov, director of the FSB, Russia’s top security service, was reading to Keating and a small congressional delegation a list of dates, times, and communications it had collected about one of the Boston Marathon bombers.
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Affordable housing is an issue in the SouthCoast. This group wants to help.
Kathryn Gallerani
Standard-Times
DARTMOUTH — With housing a fundamental need, it’s vital to share the programs and other resources available to help residents struggling to find and maintain a place to live, but some say it can be challenging to get the word out to the people who need help.
Congressman Bill Keating said that’s why he convened the Southcoast Affordable Housing Forum hosted by the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth Wednesday afternoon, focusing, he said, on the adults and children at risk of homelessness and the homeless population.
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Keating on Immigration Reform, Martha’s Vineyard Response to DeSantis
Last week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis thrusted Martha’s Vineyard into the forefront of the conversation immigration policy by chartering flights to send 50 Venezuelan migrants to Edgartown.
Democrat Congressman Bill Keating, who represents most of Southeastern Massachusetts as well the Cape and Islands in Congress, lauded the islanders for responding rapidly and with overwhelming support and solidarity.
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Federal Money Will Support Beach Water Quality Monitoring
HYANNIS – Water quality monitoring on beaches throughout Massachusetts will be supported by a $225,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency.
The Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act grants are used for checking levels of fecal indicator bacteria at beaches and to notify the public when levels are deemed unsafe.
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Congressman Bill Keating manages to lead on a global and local level
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Massachusetts Rep. Bill Keating negotiates travel out of Afghanistan for journalist’s family
BOSTON —
A NewsCenter 5 interview with Rep. Bill Keating was paused this week as the Massachusetts lawmaker picked up the phone to negotiate passage out of Afghanistan for a pro-democracy journalist’s family.
Reporter Kathy Curran was sitting across from Keating during the negotiation.
Congressman Keating Holds Antisemitism Hearing
BOURNE – Bourne Congressman Bill Keating, who serves as the chairman of the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment, recently held a hearing titled “Resisting Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia in Europe.”