Joe Kennedy III represents Massachusetts' 4th District in Congress. A principled and passionate advocate for economic, social, and racial justice, Joe is working to improve access to quality, affordable health care, and is determined to fight for all who call this country home.

12 Messages

  Joe Kennedy III · [email protected]
October 1, 2019 at 12:41 AM

Just a dozen to go

Hey - I have some (potentially) very exciting news about on our end-of-quarter fundraising push: With just a couple more hours to go, we're only 12 grassroots donations away from hitting our very first quarterly goal in this campaign! That's awesome. We're so close: Twelve. One Dozen. …
  Joe Kennedy III · [email protected]
September 29, 2019 at 11:44 PM

My hope and my concern about this race

As I prepared to run for the Senate, I talked to hundreds of working people over the last few months, and I heard the message loud and clear: It's time to restore government by the people, for the people. Since the disastrous Citizens United decision almost a decade ago, control of our democracy …
  Joe Kennedy III · [email protected]
September 6, 2019 at 12:44 PM

No wonder so many Americans feel like their voices aren't heard.

Whether it's fair wages or civil rights or freedom from gun violence or access to basic health care: our government is not meeting its people's basic needs. In some cases--certainly where President Trump is involved--that government is actively exploiting and oppressing the families we are suppos…
  Joe Kennedy III · [email protected]
September 1, 2019 at 10:06 PM

"Go die somewhere else."

This week, we learned that Donald Trump has escalated his inhumane attacks on the immigrant community. Our movement has identified a group of nonprofits leading the fight to end Trump's violations of the law and human rights, and to support the families he's abused. [link removed] The adminis…
  Joe Kennedy III · [email protected]
August 27, 2019 at 9:41 PM

Let me know what you think: My thoughts on the U.S. Senate in 2020.

I hope you're having a great summer and getting a little break before fall kicks in. I wanted to take a minute to check in -- and to make sure you're hearing directly from me about my plans for 2020. Over the past few weeks I've begun to consider a run for the U.S. Senate. This isn't a decision I…
  Joe Kennedy III · [email protected]
August 9, 2019 at 6:23 PM

Solutions, not scapegoats

If Republican leaders are talking about mental health, it's generally for one reason -- to avoid talking about guns. And so, after this weekend's massacres in El Paso and Dayton, the GOP went on TV to lament America's broken mental health system. Unfortunately, they've got no credibility: T…
  Joe Kennedy III · [email protected]
July 31, 2019 at 8:09 PM

The rest of us must step up right now

On Monday, Attorney General William Barr announced that fear of persecution and terror against one's family is no longer a basis to seek asylum in the United States. Essentially, this administration has announced to people worldwide, "If your family is in danger, don't come to the United States." …
  Joe Kennedy III · [email protected]
July 13, 2019 at 10:05 AM

Fickle cruelty

Two weeks ago, Donald Trump announced his plan to shatter the lives of millions of immigrant families with a massive, multi-city raid - the stuff of fascist nightmares. Then, with less than 24 hours to go, he declared that he'd called the raids off. For now. That wasn't an act of mercy; Trump'…
  Joe Kennedy III · [email protected]
July 9, 2019 at 6:23 PM

Hot air, exaggerated promises, and lies

Donald Trump has made this very clear during his time in office: He really, really wants to take health care away from working families. Our movement has stood strong as he, along with Republicans in Congress and statehouses across the country, have come at the Affordable Care Act, at Medicaid…
  Joe Kennedy III · [email protected]
July 2, 2019 at 7:45 PM

A different form of abuse

Yesterday, I visited detention facilities in Clint and El Paso with a group of my colleagues, and the situation is dire: Our government is still tearing families apart, packing people into concrete-floored cells, denying them basic necessities, telling them to drink from toilets. Meanwhile Donald…
  Joe Kennedy III · [email protected]
June 29, 2019 at 4:57 PM

Thoughts on impeachment:

After reading every page of the Mueller Report, it's clear to me that the President of the United States repeatedly obstructed the federal investigation into Russian attacks on our elections. The time has come for the House to begin impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump. I have to tell …
  Joe Kennedy III · [email protected]
June 27, 2019 at 5:43 AM

Thank you!

We're fighting for the fundamental right to health care, for clean energy policies that will strengthen our environment for generations to come, for a justice system that protects all of us and for a government that all Americans can believe in. If we're going to do that and do it right, I'll nee…