Colleagues said that after losing his father at a young age, Matthews looked to Keating as a father figure.
“I looked up to him,” Keating confided. “I valued his wisdom and judgement. He liked the old music from the era I came from, and he liked the water, like I do. We had things in common that we shared, including making this country better. It wasn’t a one-way street. As time went on, I was looking for advice from him.”
MASSLIVE
But regardless of occupation, Massachusetts residents are suffering because of the project delays, said U.S. Rep. Bill Keating, D-9th Massachusetts, whose district includes New Bedford, Cape Cod and the Islands.
“Our (energy) supply doesn’t come close to meeting our demand. And when that happens, basic economics: that’s going to drive up every consumer’s electric bill.” – U.S. Rep. Bill Keating, D-9th District
Boston Globe
“We’re well past the stage of saying, ‘Well, they don’t know how to do their jobs,’” Congressman Bill Keating, a Cape Cod Democrat, said in an interview. “This is the way, evidently, they want to do the job.” We used to have a country where Congress would sometimes defend the rule of law, and hold the president accountable for excesses this awful and deadly. But the GOP majority is showering Trump and his hateful goons with endless blank checks. Federal authorities stymie investigations into the shootings, whisking away the triggermen and refusing to name them, compromising potential crime scenes, making spurious claims that a dead driver tried to kill them, and refusing to hand over evidence for months, if at all. Local authorities find themselves begging, or suing, for basic information.
The Economic Time
A heated House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing erupted as Congressman Bill Keating challenged a State Department official over the Trump administration’s decision to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians. Keating questioned whether Stephen Miller influenced the policy, pointed to Marco Rubio’s past support for TPS, and argued Haiti remains too dangerous for deportations amid widespread gang violence and kidnappings.
NewsBreak
“There’s a contradiction,” Rep. Bill Keating, a Massachusetts Democrat, said as he questioned Kozak. “It’s not safe. We have a task force, a Gang Suppression Force there, and these people were given status because of that danger. Now, it’s all of a sudden safe to send them back. Can you explain that contradiction? It’s an obvious contradiction.”
AFGE
“There’s a contradiction,” Rep. Bill Keating, a Massachusetts Democrat, said as he questioned Kozak. “It’s not safe. We have a task force, a Gang Suppression Force there, and these people were given status because of that danger. Now, it’s all of a sudden safe to send them back. Can you explain that contradiction? It’s an obvious contradiction.”
The Hill
Rep. Bill Keating (D-Mass.) pressed Kessler on whether he had discussions with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff about the decision to allow advanced chip sales to an Emirati AI firm last year.
The exchange turned tense, as the BIS chief declined to comment on such discussions.
“You are evading the answer, sir,” Keating said. “Why are you evading the answer? Why are you evading the answer? Could it be the conflict of interest in there with Witkoff and World Liberty Financial and the Trump administration, which the president personally benefited by? Could it be that? Could it be a fear? Are you afraid to give an answer, sir?”
LA TIMES
“These incidents have resulted in eight persons still missing or unaccounted for, credible survivor accounts of arbitrary or unlawful detention, abuse, and extrajudicial use of force by U.S. personnel,” wrote Reps. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) and Bill Keating (D-Mass.).
Radio Free Europe
Introduced by Rep. Bill Keating (D-Mass.), ranking member of the Europe Subcommittee, the legislation aims to boost nuclear energy collaboration in Europe to combat Russia’s “malign influence” in the sector, referencing the country’s targeted seizure of nuclear facilities during its ongoing invasion in Ukraine.
Radio Free Europe
Representative Bill Keating argued that the US has a special obligation to Ukraine because of security assurances offered under the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, under which Kyiv surrendered its nuclear arsenal. “If we can’t honor the agreements we have now, how can we ever honor any agreement in the future?” Keating said.
