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Congresswoman Lori Trahan Announces Third District Winner for the 2024 Congressional Art Competition

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LOWELL MA — Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) named Concord Academy 9th grader Elyn Tao as the winner of the Third District’s 2024 Congressional Art Competition during a reception honoring participants of this year’s challenge held at the Chelmsford Center for the Arts. Elyn’s original artwork will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year alongside other winners, and she will…

Congresswoman Trahan Announces $3 Million In Head Start Funding For Making Opportunity Count In Fitchburg

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) announced $3,052,650 in federal Head Start funding for Making Opportunity Count in Fitchburg. The grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Head Start. “Every child in this country, regardless of their circumstances at home, deserves access to a high-quality education and the opportunity to…

Trahan, Healey Cut Ribbon on Cutting Edge Climate Technology Factory in Devens

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Massachusetts Governor Maura T. Healey were joined by Massachusetts Executive Office of Economic Development Secretary Yvonne Hao, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Rebecca Tepper, and Massachusetts Clean Energy Center CEO Dr. Emily Reichert to celebrate the ribbon-cutting of Electric…

House Passes Bipartisan Legislation to Protect America’s National Security, Support U.S. Allies, Surge Humanitarian Aid to Gaza

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Co-Chair Lori Trahan (MA-03) supported passage of a bipartisan legislative package to deliver desperately needed aid to United States allies in Ukraine, the Middle East, and the Indo-Pacific as well as surge lifesaving humanitarian assistance to innocent Palestinians in Gaza. “This is an extremely…

Trahan, Massachusetts Lawmakers Demand Answers on Proposed Sale of Steward Physician Group to Optum

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, was joined by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) as well as Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-05), James P. McGovern (MA-02), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08), Jake Auchincloss (MA-04), Seth Moulton (MA-06), and…

Trahan, Garcia Introduce Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day Legislation

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) introduced legislation to designate April 17, 2025 as Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day to recognize the 50th anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh to the Khmer Rouge, which went on to murder nearly 2 million Cambodians. “Today, we mark the solemn anniversary of the start of the Cambodian…

Trahan Pushes for Stronger Data Privacy and Transparency Provisions in Bipartisan Privacy Package

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee, highlighted necessary areas of improvement in the discussion draft of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA), a bipartisan privacy package agreed to by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-05) and…

Trahan Secures Nation’s Top Health Official’s Commitment to Support Massachusetts Steward Crisis Response

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, secured a commitment from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, the nation’s top health official, to work with Massachusetts leaders as they continue responding to the Steward Health Care crisis. CLICK HERE or the image…

Trahan Statement on Iran Drone Attack on Israel

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LOWELL, MA – Today, House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Co-Chair Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement after Iran launched a drone attack on Israel: “I wholeheartedly condemn Iran’s drone attack on Israel. This is a dangerous and unnecessary escalation, and it comes at a time when the world’s focus should be on stopping the bloodshed in Gaza,…

Two Trahan Tech Bills Tapped for Major Bipartisan Data Privacy Hearing

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WASHINGTON, DC – Next Wednesday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will host a bipartisan legislative hearing on multiple data privacy and transparency bills, including two pieces of legislation introduced by Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the Committee’s Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee. “Americans are sick and tired of their data being harvested, sold,…