WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswomen Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-01), members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, secured unanimous passage of their bipartisan legislation in a Committee markup to help children with complex medical conditions access critical care. The Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act, which the lawmakers… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, wrote to the Federal Tade Commission (FTC), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) encouraging strong action to address the private equity model deployed by Steward Health Care that led to the company’s… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Co-Chair Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Congresswomen Susie Lee (NV-03), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), and Susan Wild (PA-07) issued the following statement in opposition to a Republican amendment to ban access to IVF and other fertility treatments for veterans who receive care… Read more »
LOWELL, MA – On Wednesday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) announced $6,410,000 in federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for the Fitchburg and Acton-Boxborough school districts to purchase 19 new zero-emission school buses. The funding was awarded through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program, which is helping Massachusetts communities replace… Read more »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) announced $2.2 million in federal funding for Boys & Girls Clubs across the Third District. This funding is being used to support new or existing workforce development programming at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Lowell, Lawrence, Greater Haverhill, MetroWest, and Fitchburg, Leominster, and Gardner. This programming… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a former Division I athlete and member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee, issued the following statement after the NCAA, Power Five conferences, and attorneys for athletes suing for antitrust violations in college sports agreed to a proposed… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Congresswoman Kathy Castor (FL-14), members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee, wrote to Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri to express deep concerns with the social media platform’s development and future launch of the “Friend Map” feature. This feature would allow users to see… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Co-Chair Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (CA-33), House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Ted W. Lieu (CA-36), and House DPCC Chair Debbie Dingell (MI-06) for a leadership press conference where she criticized House Republicans for prioritizing… Read more »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) announced $8,000,000 in federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for brownfield clean-up projects that will benefit communities across the Third District. Funding will support job-creating initiatives in Lowell, Lawrence,… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congresswoman Lori Trahan’s (MA-03)Youth Poisoning Protection Act, bipartisan legislation that would ban the consumer sale of products containing high concentrations of sodium nitrite, a meat-curing chemical that can be lethal when ingested. The legislation was introduced last year along with Representatives Mike… Read more »
