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Lawmakers defend VA's expansion of IVF services BOSTON — Members of the state’s all-Democrat congressional delegation are defending the Biden administration’s decision to expand in-vitro fertilization services to unmarried and same-sex veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs has expanded access to in-vitro fertilization, saying that eligible unmarried veterans and veterans in… Read more »

Trahan tours cancer center to see new mammography equipment FITCHBURG – Tuesday, March 26, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, was joined by Fitchburg Mayor Sam Squailia and State Rep. Mike Kushmerek to tour UMass Memorial HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital’s Fitchburg Campus Simonds-Sinon Regional Cancer Center where… Read more »

Trahan celebrates federal funds for LUK LOWELL – Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, was recently joined by Fitchburg Mayor Sam Squailia to highlight $5,665,706 in federal funding awarded to LUK, Inc. to improve mental and behavioral health services in Fitchburg. “The mental health crisis has impacted every… Read more »

Trahan makes a play for more migrant aid FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: TRAHAN’S ASK — House Republicans won’t pass the bipartisan border deal that would send more money to states and cities sheltering migrants, so Rep. Lori Trahan is trying a different tactic to secure the funding. Trahan and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) are urging lawmakers negotiating the federal Homeland Security budget to… Read more »

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 »