LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, issued the following statement after Steward Health Care announced its plan to close two Massachusetts hospitals, including Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer: “Steward executives should be ashamed of what they’ve done to patients and providers here in Massachusetts ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Congresswoman Susan Wild (D-PA) led the introduction of the Bolstering Research and Innovation Now (BRAIN) Act, bipartisan legislation to strengthen research and treatment development for brain tumors and to improve the accessibility of brain tumor health care. The lawmakers were joined by U.S. Se... Read More »
LOWELL, MA — Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Governor Maura Healey, and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll celebrated the awarding of $450 million in federal funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s competitive portion of the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants, a $4.6 billion program created by the Inflation Reduction Act. Massachusetts was selected as part of a five-state c... Read More »
Title IX will apply to college athlete revenue share, feds say An official for the U.S. Department of Education, the federal enforcer of gender equity in sports, said Title IX rules will apply to future revenue dollars that schools share with college athletes, but the department declined to offer guidance on how schools should distribute the money between men and women to comply with the broad la... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Congressional Fusion Energy Caucus Co-Chairs Lori Trahan (D-MA), Don Beyer (D-VA), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), and Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN) celebrated the signing of their Fusion Energy Act. The bipartisan legislation was included along with the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act in the text of S. 870, broad energy legislatio... Read More »
Mass. pols outraged by Trump immunity case ruling BOSTON — Members of the state’s all-Democratic congressional delegation are blasting the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that Donald Trump may claim immunity from criminal prosecution for some of the actions the Republican took in the final days of his presidency. The high court’s historic 6-3 ruling on Monday held that there’s “no immunity for unoffi... Read More »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court granted sweeping immunity to presidents who break the law: “The notion that a sitting president can knowingly break the law to benefit himself and be immune from prosecution is disgraceful. The United States was founded on the belief that no one is above the law, not even the leader of our ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court dismissed a case regarding the legality of Idaho’s Republican abortion ban that prohibited abortion care for women experiencing emergency pregnancy complications: “Republicans in Idaho passed an extreme abortion ban that strips women of their right to emergency abortion care. The result... Read More »
Scoop: House GOP brawls over “absurd, moronic” anti-IVF push House Republicans are at each other's throats over a right-wing hardliner's repeated efforts to restrict funding for in vitro fertilization services. Why it matters: Most Republicans have strained to put their pro-IVF politics on display, with two GOP lawmakers planning to introduce a bill aimed at bolstering the party's credibility on ... Read More »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) announced $1,253,500 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding was awarded to the City of Gardner to advance critical infrastructure projects across the downtown area. “Thanks to the leadership of Mayor Nicholson and members of the City Council, Gardner is experiencing a tremendous... Read More »
Behavioral health unit for children opens in Fitchburg FITCHBURG — U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan on Wednesday celebrated the opening of a new children’s mental health center– the Community Health Connections Children’s Behavioral Health Center – for which she secured $2.5 million in funding. “This is an easy thing for me because I’m a mom,” Trahan said. “Everything I do in Washington is through the lens o... Read More »
LOWELL, MA - Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) and members of the New England delegation, introduced a congressional resolution recognizing and congratulating the Boston Celtics for winning their record-setting 18th NBA championship this week against the Dallas Mavericks. For the second time, the Celtics won the NBA championship on June 17, known as “617 Day,” representing Boston’s area cod... Read More »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined Fitchburg leaders for the official ribbon-cutting of Community Health Connections’ new Children’s Behavioral Health Center. The center’s creation was made possible in part by a $2.5 million federal investment that Trahan secured during negotiations over the Fiscal Year 2023 government funding package. The new 3,800 sq. ft. center will be... Read More »
State leaders press for migrant funding BOSTON — Members of the state's congressional delegation are calling on the Biden administration to provide more funding to help cover mounting migrant costs. In a letter to Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey and Reps. Seth Moulton and Lori Trahan are among lawmakers calling for approval of the Healey administration'... Read More »
Editorial: Federal dollars help return region’s toxic sites to productive use Old mill cities like Lowell often must live with unpleasant remnants of their industrial past, primarily toxins contained in the chemicals used in the manufacturing process. But thanks mainly due to the cleanup efforts of one federal agency and Congress, these contaminants have systematically been removed from the soil, ... Read More »
