Bill Keating

Elected: 2010 (8th term)

• Background: Former Massachusetts state senator and district attorney
• Committees: Foreign Affairs (top Democrat on the Europe Subcommittee)
• District: Cape Cod, South Coast, South Shore, MA

Bio Bill Keating is the House Democrats' leading voice on Europe. He wrote the Ukrainian Adjustment Act (H.R. 3104), which protects Ukrainians in the U.S. from deportation, the most urgent refugee bill on our list. Without it, about 240,000 Ukrainians who came to the U.S. under the Uniting for Ukraine program could be sent back to an active war zone.

Ukraine Record

• Author of the Ukrainian Adjustment Act (H.R. 3104), which protects Ukrainians in the U.S. from deportation. This is the most urgent refugee bill in the UAPortal portfolio
• Author of the Non-Recognition of Annexation Act (H.R. 947), which prevents the U.S. from ever recognizing Russia's seizure of Ukrainian territory
• Voted YES on every Ukraine aid bill
• Serves on the Foreign Affairs Europe Subcommittee and has been a consistent Ukraine voice throughout the war

Advocacy Insight

• Ask them to: Push the Judiciary Committee to hold a vote on the Ukrainian Adjustment Act (H.R. 3104) and publicly pressure the Judiciary Chair to move it
• Why it works with them: He sees protecting refugees as both a moral duty and a test of American values. Sending Ukrainians back to a war zone violates both
• Your connection: If you live in Boston, Cape Cod, or the South Shore, mention it. Share any story you know of a Ukrainian family who came here through Uniting for Ukraine
• Avoid: Spreading the ask too thin. H.R. 3104 is the priority. Focus your call on that one bill