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Trahan, Healey, Driscoll Celebrate $450 Million EPA Award to Rapidly Accelerate Adoption of Heat Pumps

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LOWELL, MA — Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Governor Maura Healey, and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll celebrated the awarding of $450 million in federal funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s competitive portion of the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants, a $4.6 billion program created by the Inflation Reduction Act. Massachusetts was selected as part of a…

Trahan, Fusion Energy Caucus Co-Chairs’ Statement On Signing Of Fusion Energy Act

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WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Congressional Fusion Energy Caucus Co-Chairs Lori Trahan (D-MA), Don Beyer (D-VA), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), and Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN) celebrated the signing of their Fusion Energy Act. The bipartisan legislation was included along with the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act in the text of S. 870, broad energy…

Trahan Statement on Supreme Court’s Presidential Immunity Decision

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court granted sweeping immunity to presidents who break the law: “The notion that a sitting president can knowingly break the law to benefit himself and be immune from prosecution is disgraceful. The United States was founded on the belief that no one is above the law,…

Trahan Statement on Supreme Court’s Dismissal of Idaho Abortion Ban Case

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court dismissed a case regarding the legality of Idaho’s Republican abortion ban that prohibited abortion care for women experiencing emergency pregnancy complications: “Republicans in Idaho passed an extreme abortion ban that strips women of their right to emergency…

Trahan, Warren, Markey Announce $1.2 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding for Gardner

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) announced $1,253,500 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding was awarded to the City of Gardner to advance critical infrastructure projects across the downtown area. “Thanks to the leadership of Mayor Nicholson and members of the City Council, Gardner is experiencing a…

Trahan, New England Congressional Delegation Introduce Resolution Congratulating Boston Celtics on NBA Finals Win

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LOWELL, MA - Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) and members of the New England delegation, introduced a congressional resolution recognizing and congratulating the Boston Celtics for winning their record-setting 18th NBA championship this week against the Dallas Mavericks. For the second time, the Celtics won the NBA championship on June 17, known as “617 Day,” representing…

Trahan Celebrates Opening of Children’s Behavioral Health Center in Fitchburg

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined Fitchburg leaders for the official ribbon-cutting of Community Health Connections’ new Children’s Behavioral Health Center. The center’s creation was made possible in part by a $2.5 million federal investment that Trahan secured during negotiations over the Fiscal Year 2023 government funding package. The new 3,800 sq. ft.…

Trahan, Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Urge Biden Administration to Approve State’s Bid for Additional Funding to Support New Arrivals

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WASHINGTON, D.C.  – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation, sent a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell, urging them to approve Massachusetts’…

Trahan Statement on Senate Republicans Once Again Blocking Legislation to Codify IVF Access

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), who underwent in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment to overcome fertility challenges, issued the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked passage of the Right to IVF Act, legislation that would codify women and couples’ access to IVF: “While millions of couples are living in fear of IVF and other fertility treatments…

Trahan Statement on Committee Passage of GOP Legislation Targeting College Athletes

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a former Division I athlete, issued the following statement after the House Education and the Workforce Committee passed the dubiously titled Protecting Student Athlete’s Economic Freedom Act, partisan Republican legislation to limit college athletes’ rights: “Once again, Republicans in Congress have decided to plow forward with…