LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) announced that the City of Gardner was awarded $365,000 through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program to purchase new fire-rated radio systems for the Gardner Fire Department. The funding will replace aging portable radios that are beyond their service life and no longer meet modern safety standards. Portable radios are among the ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined Representatives Lucy McBath (GA-06), Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10), Lateefah Simon (CA-12), Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), and 144 House Democrats to send a letter to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought strongly condemning and urging the Trump Administration to rescind thei... Read More »
LOWELL, MA – Yesterday, Representatives Lori Trahan (MA-03), Paul Tonko (NY-20), Don Beyer (VA-08), Madeleine Dean (PA-04), Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), and Andrea Salinas (OR-06) called on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to immediately reinstate illegally fired staff at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and provide information about the ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee Co-Chair Lori Trahan (MA-03) released new data from the Massachusetts Health Connector and the House Budget Committee revealing the devastating impact of Republican health care policies that are driving up costs and stripping health coverage from hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts residents. “Massachusetts families sh... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) introduced the Headache Education, Access, Diagnosis, and Care Health Equity (HEADACHE) Act, bipartisan legislation that will establish for the first time a coordinated federal initiative to address headache disorders. “Headache disorders are among the most common and debilitating health conditi... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, the bipartisan Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act, introduced by Representatives Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), Blake Moore (R-UT-01), Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01), Rudy Yakym (R-IN-02), Terri Sewell (D-AL-07) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12), passed the House Ways and Means Committee by a bipartisan vote of 38-3. The bill will expand access to breakthrough me... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) secured unanimous passage in the House Energy and Commerce Committee of the Creating Hope Reauthorization Act, her bipartisan legislation to reauthorize a critical program that drives development of new treatments for children with rare pediatric diseases. “No family should ever have to wonder whether their child can access the treatme... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Bipartisan Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force Co-Chairs Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), and Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-07) introduced legislation to commemorate August 31st as Overdose Awareness Day. “Far too many families across our nation, including in my district, have felt the devastating impact of losing a loved one to an overdose. B... Read More »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, reintroduced the Pipeline Accountability Act, comprehensive legislation to update pipeline safety standards, enhance public engagement in pipeline safety, improve responsiveness to p... Read More »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined Lawrence Mayor Brian DePeña to announce $11,838,267 in federal funding awarded to the city through multiple programs to expand affordable housing and strengthen public safety. “Every family deserves to feel safe in their community and have access to affordable housing they can rely on. That’s why I fought hard to secure these federal inv... Read More »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined Greater Lawrence Family Health Center (GLFHC) leaders and Lawrence Mayor Brian DePeña to cut the ribbon on GLFHC’s West Site Expansion and Renovation project, which was made possible by $2 million in federal funding secured by Trahan. “Every family here in Lawrence and across the Merrimack Valley deserves access to affordable, high-quali... Read More »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined Methuen Mayor DJ Beauregard, State Senator Pavel Payano, YWCA leaders, and Element Care CEO Doug Thompson to celebrate the groundbreaking of the YWCA’s 48-unit affordable housing project in Methuen supported by $11.8 million in federal housing investments. “Breaking ground on this new development is about more than building 48 units – it... Read More »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Massachusetts Department of Transportation "(MassDOT) Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt, Lowell’s state delegation, and Mill City leaders to officially break ground on the Rourke Bridge Replacement Project, a long-awaited infrastructure upgrade made possible by $251 million in federal funding through the Bipa... Read More »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined Gardner Mayor Mike Nicholson, Fire Chief Greg Lagoy, and local officials to celebrate the arrival of three new emergency response vehicles purchased with $1,800,410 in federal funding through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). “When we passed the American Rescue Plan, it was about supporting families in need and strengthening our commu... Read More »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, announced that she is the Democratic co-lead of the App Store Freedom Act, bipartisan legislation that will increase consumer choice and foster a more competitive mobile app marketplace by curbing anticompetitive behavior from dominant app ... Read More »
