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Massachusetts congresswoman leads $3 billion request for FEMA's Shelter and Services Program BOSTON —A Massachusetts congresswoman is leading an effort to get the federal government to allocate more money to address the migrant shelter crisis in the state and across the country. U.S. Reps. Lori Trahan and Diana DeGette, of Colorado, led a group of 20 House members who requested $3… Read more »

Trahan Says Federal Spending OK Secures Methuen Stormwater, Lawrence Bridge Projects While averting a threatened government shutdown, Congresswoman Lori Trahan said the passage of a government funding bill Wednesday also “supports the completion of long overdue projects,” including providing nearly $1 million for a Methuen stormwater management system. Trahan noted $959,752 of about… Read more »

After 'grueling' IVF journey, Rep. Lori Trahan has an eye on Biden's SOTU, Alabama ruling   The daily injections, the multiple surgeries, the constant visits with doctors, the emotional, physical, financial, burden—and the frequent heartbreak: Rep. Lori Trahan, Democrat of Massachusetts, remembers those days painfully well. She is one of hundreds of thousands of women who turn… Read more »

Bill aims to define "essential" hospitals Reps. Lori Trahan and David Valadao want to create an "essential health system" designation in federal law that would make it easier for safety net hospitals to obtain federal funding. Why it matters: The Reinforcing Essential Health Systems for Communities Act seeks to create a standard definition of an essential hospital at a time when many… Read more »

Politics of reproductive rights personal for Lori Trahan LOWELL — Last week, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that parents and providers could be legally punished for trying to have a baby by using in vitro fertilization, a type of assisted reproductive technology. According to Planned Parenthood, IVF works by using a combination of medicines and surgical procedures to help sperm… Read more »

Lori Trahan visits Greater Lowell Tech to congratulate winner of Congressional App Challenge TYNGSBORO — U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan visited Greater Lowell Technical High School on Dec. 19 to congratulate the winner of the Congressional App Challenge, junior Madisyn Koza. The Congressional App Challenge is hosted in each of the nation’s congressional districts, and challenges students to… Read more »

Rep. Lori Trahan on Alabama court's IVF ban: 'I turned to IVF as my only hope' Congressional leaders came to an agreement at the last minute yesterday on a temporary deal to fund the government while they negotiate a real spending plan. The announcement came just after Mitch McConnell dropped a bombshell, saying he will no longer lead the Senate’s Republicans starting at the end of the… Read more »

Officials highlight $400K in federal funding for MCC’s CAD Expansion Program LOWELL — U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan was at Middlesex Community College Monday afternoon to highlight more than $400,000 in federal funding for STEM education as MCC looks to grow its computer-aided design programs. The $409,410 in federal funding was… Read more »

'Gut punch': Rep. Lori Trahan reacts to Alabama ruling on IVF IVF fallout: For U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan, the Alabama court ruling declaring frozen embryos used in the process of in vitro fertilization are children is a “gut punch.” The Massachusetts congresswoman and her husband used IVF to have their two daughters. While she doesn’t often talk about the physically and emotionally grueling… Read more »

Trahan gets personal on reproductive rights ALABAMA IMPACT — Rep. Lori Trahan describes the Alabama Supreme Court decision jeopardizing access to in vitro fertilization in the state as a “gut punch.” “The idea that a family who has gone through every possible option before finally turning to IVF, having that option ripped away from them, is just a pain that I can’t imagine,” Trahan… Read more »