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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,…

Trahan Hosts Third District Service Academy Nomination Ceremony

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LOWELL, MA – Yesterday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) hosted a ceremony to celebrate military service academy nominees and their families from across the Third District. The event, held at the Dracut’s Harvey J Gagnon Harmony Hall, included remarks from Trahan, Dracut Town Manager Ann Vandal, and Dracut Historical Society President Kent Varnum. “Nominating young men and women to our…

Trahan, Massachusetts Delegation Urge Biden Admin. to Distribute Shelter and Services Program Funding to Massachusetts to Support New Arrivals

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LOWELL, MA –  Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) and U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Ed Markey (D-MA), as well as Representatives Richard E. Neal (MA-01), Jim McGovern (MA-02),  Jake Auchincloss (MA-04), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Seth Moulton (MA-06), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08), and Bill Keating (MA-09) sent a letter to the Department of Homeland…

Trahan, EPA Officials Celebrate $1.2 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding for Anti-Pollution Program Based in Lowell

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) was joined by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator David Cash to announce $1,186,077 in federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI), an independent state agency based at UMass Lowell. The funding will support technical assistance for manufacturing facilities,…

Trahan, Healey Announce Transformative Economic Development Project in Lowell

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Governor Maura T. Healey announced a major milestone in a transformative project that will bring new housing, economic development, technology jobs and workforce development to downtown Lowell. The research non-profit, Draper Laboratory (Draper) will become an anchor tenant in the Lowell Innovation Network Corridor (LINC), a…

Trahan, Healey, Driscoll Tout Massachusetts Climate Technology Leadership at Billerica Clean Hydrogen Facility

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Governor Maura T. Healey, and Lieutenant Governor Kimberley Driscoll visited Nuvera Fuel Cells in Billerica to tour the facility’s clean hydrogen technology and discuss federal and state initiatives to support the advancement of climate technology across Massachusetts. Nuvera was recently awarded $30 million in Bipartisan…