Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement ahead of the 16th Speaker vote this year: “Jim Jordan is dangerous. Rather than come to Washington to deliver for the folks he represents, he’s done nothing but fan the flames of division to get on TV and amass power on the far right. The result: over his sixteen years in Congress, Jim… Read more »

LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined State Representative Kate Hogan, Hudson DPW Director Eric Ryder, and Hudson Select Board Chair Scott Duplisea to celebrate $1.4 million in federal American Rescue Plan funding for the Town of Hudson to strengthen essential water drainage infrastructure. “This $1.4 million… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement after a Republican motion to vacate the Office of the Speaker passed the House, removing Speaker Kevin McCarthy from power: “From day one, Kevin McCarthy has put his ambition ahead of the American people and his job before the institution. He was a weak Speaker, and his inability to… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) voted to avert a catastrophic Republican shutdown: “I just voted to avert a Republican shutdown that would be disastrous for American servicemembers, working families, and small businesses. We should never have gotten to the point where families went into the weekend wondering if they’d be able to put food on the… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) detailed the dangerous impacts a government shutdown will have for families and businesses in Massachusetts. The federal government is set to run out of funding at midnight on September 30th, and House Republicans have yet to bring up legislation that would keep key programs open. “A government shutdown would be… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee, and Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), a member of the House Judiciary Committee’s Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee, wrote to tech companies classified as gatekeepers by the European… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) took to the House floor to urge House Republicans to advance a clean government funding package to avert a disastrous shutdown. Trahan delivered the floor speech just 10 days ahead of the looming deadline to keep the government open. “It’s Republican shutdown déjà vu. Extreme MAGA Republicans are once… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) marked the five-year anniversary of the Merrimack Valley gas explosions by calling on the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to strongly implement the safeguards… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the Regional Leadership Council, took to the House floor to highlight Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investments across New England. Trahan delivered the speech as part of a Special Order Hour with other Regional Leadership Council Members to highlight the accomplishments of President Biden’s… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement after Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced his intention to launch an impeachment inquiry targeting President Joe Biden without an authorizing vote from the full House of Representatives: “Kevin McCarthy is using impeachment to appease the most extreme members of his conference while… Read more »