LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), the only former Division I woman athlete in Congress, released her bracket for the 2025 March Madness Women’s Basketball Championship. “Women’s college basketball is growing at an incredible pace, inspiring the next generation of athletes to pick up a ball and chase their dreams – just like stars such as JuJu Watkins, Paige Bueckers, and so ma... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of House Democratic Leadership, announced her effort to reform the Privacy Act of 1974, a 51-year-old law regulating how the federal government collects, maintains, utilizes, and disseminates Americans' personally identifiable information. In a Request for Information issued today, Trahan is requesting input from civil society gro... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, partnered with Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) to reintroduce the bipartisan Terms-of-service Labeling, Design and Readability (TLDR) Act, legislation requiring that online companies make their terms-of-servi... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of House Democratic Leadership, voted against a continuing resolution put forward by House Republicans that will cut $22.8 billion in funding for health care for veterans exposed to toxic chemicals while also jeopardizing Americans’ housing, health care, and ability to retire. “When young men and women put on the uniform to defend... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), the only former Division I woman athlete in Congress, raised concerns during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on college sports about schools’ plans to adopt a revenue-sharing model that would shortchange women athletes and violate Title IX. "Thanks to Title IX, I became the first in my family to graduate from college—an oppor... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Co-Chair Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement after President Donald Trump delivered his 2025 Joint Address: “Once again, Donald Trump stood before the American people and made big promises that will never come to fruition. We’ve seen this time and again – grand declarations that distract from the har... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) led 45 House members in demanding that House Republicans reconsider their plans to slash Medicaid coverage for millions of Americans. The letter was sent in advance of the vote on the House Republican budget proposal that includes $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid. “On January 28, 2025, the day following President Trump’s sweeping funding fr... Read More »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) and Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-01), members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, reintroduced the bipartisan Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act to help children with complex medical conditions access critical care. The legislation, which was also introduced in the Senate last Congress by Senat... Read More »
LOWELL, MA – Yesterday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) partnered with Congressmen Mike Carey (R-OH-15) and Joe Neguse (D-CO-02) as well as Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), John Curtis (R-UT), and Bernie Moreno (R-OH) to reintroduce the Youth Poisoning Protection Act, bipartisan legislation that would ban the consumer sale of products containing high concentrations of sodium nitrite, a meat-cu... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), the only former Division I woman athlete in Congress, partnered with Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) and Senator Chris Murphy (D-MA) to reintroduce the Fair Play for Women Act, legislation that will strengthen Title IX for college and K-12 sports. Introduction of the bicameral bill comes just hours after the Trump administration rescinded... Read More »
Washington DC - Yesterday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) as well as Representatives Richard Neal (MA-01), Jim McGovern (MA-02), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Seth Moulton (MA-06), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Stephen Lynch (MA-08), and Bill Keating (MA-09) -- along with the Massachusetts Teachers Association, American Federation of Teache... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy and Commerce Committee hearing in the Health Subcommittee on “Combatting Existing and Emerging Drug Threats” Today, we’re discussing existing and emerging drug threats while one existing and emerging threat – unelected and unconfirmed billionaire Elon Musk – is creating chaos thro... Read More »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of House Democratic Leadership issued the following statement after President Donald Trump rescinded his order to withhold federal funding for Medicare, community health centers, SNAP, rental assistance, and other important programs: “Today, after immense public pressure, Donald Trump backed down from his reckless decision to withhold... Read More »
LOWELL - Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) and Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) introduced the Mentoring to Succeed Act in recognition of January as National Mentoring Month. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced companion legislation in the Senate today. This legislation creates a strong, sustainable support sys... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of House Democratic Leadership, spoke on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 21, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivor Protection Act, which she dubbed the GOP’s Reproductive Health Care Surveillance Act. “Mr. Speaker, we’re more than three weeks into January, and yet Republican leadership in this chamber has failed to call a vot... Read More »
