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Lawmakers Grill FDA Officials for their Role in Baby Formula Shortage By: Angi Gonzalez WASHINGTON — Lawmakers aren’t just focused on the manufacturers’ role in the baby formula shortage, they’re also looking at whether the Food and Drug Administration bore some responsibility, according to testimony at two separate hearings on Capitol Hill. “Infant formula is more regulated than… Read more »

‘To all our service members . . . Thank You:’ Tributes to veterans mark Memorial Day By: John Hilliard Across the region on Memorial Day, people gathered together to pay touching, heartfelt tributes to service members who gave their lives defending the country. During a ceremony in Lawrence, veterans who have died were remembered, including a young Marine who was killed in Afghanistan… Read more »

KEEPING PROMISES ~ $2M for Gr. Lawrence Family Health Center By: Tom Duggan May, 2022 – Last month, Lawrence Mayor Brian A. DePeña joined U.S. Representative Lori Trahan (MA-3), the Lawrence State Delegation, members of the Lawrence City Council, and GLFHC leaders to announce $2 million in federal funding secured by Trahan to expand primary health services offered to patients at… Read more »

Trahan Hosts Town Hall Meeting at Haverhill Library By ALANA MELANSON  LOWELL — U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan and local leaders and community partners came together Wednesday to mark National Small Business Week with the announcement of a $1 million federal investment in Entrepreneurship for All’s small business programs. The occasion was held at the Stedman Street headquarters of… Read more »

Local Lawmakers React To Texas School Shooting By: Sarah Barnacle  BOSTON (WBZNewsRadio) - New England Lawmakers are saying enough is enough in the wake of a school shooting in Texas, that killed 19 students. Local leaders expressed outrage and devastation after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at a Texas elementary school in Uvalde, on Tuesday. It's the deadliest school… Read more »

Congressional Lawmakers Banned from Russia By: Christian M. Wade  BOSTON — Members of the state’s congressional delegation are among nearly 1,000 Americans permanently banned from Russia in response to their support of economic sanctions stemming from its invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has released an updated list of 963 individuals barred from entering… Read more »

US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona Visits Students at Lowell High By Prudence Brighton LOWELL — U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona told a room full of Lowell High School students and staff, as well as the leaders of Middlesex Community College and UMass Lowell, that ”the masks are off, but the pandemic is still with us.” U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan invited Cardona to spend an… Read more »

Mass. Delegation Demands Answers From Abbott on Similac, Stresses Reliance of Low-Income Parents on Baby Formula By: Sarah Betancourt The Massachusetts congressional delegation is demanding answers from Abbott Nutrition on when strained consumers can see baby formula Similac back on store shelves. In a letter led by Reps. Lori Trahan, Katherine Clark and Ayanna Pressley sent to… Read more »

Lori Trahan, Mayor DiNatale Tout Infrastructure Projects as Part of National Transportation Week By Shane Rhodes FITCHBURG — With National Transportation Week officially rolling, U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan, D-3rd, Mayor Stephen DiNatale and others gathered to highlight investments in the city’s infrastructure, made possible by funding from the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure… Read more »

Trahan: We Must Codify Roe By: Congresswoman Lori Trahan  The news landed like a punch directly to the gut. As I looked down at my phone last Monday night, the dreadful news stared back at me: the Supreme Court was poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. Generations of progress fought for and secured by women are now weeks away from being undone according to what we now know is an… Read more »