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ICYMI: Trahan Pushes for Data Privacy for Our Kids

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee, called on her colleagues during a subcommittee hearing on privacy to continue working to pass a comprehensive privacy bill that prioritizes protections for consumers and children. Trahan focused her questioning on data…

Cambodia Caucus Chair Statement on Shuttering of Voice of Democracy

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Chair of the Congressional Cambodia Caucus, issued the following statement after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen revoked the media license of Voice of Democracy, an independent news organization and radio station: “A free and independent press is essential to a strong democracy. I am alarmed that Voice of Democracy,…

Trahan, Blunt Rochester Reintroduce Legislation to Help Abortion Providers Navigate the Post-Roe Legal Landscape

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WASHINGTON, DC – Last Friday, Congresswomen Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, reintroduced the Informing New Factors and Options (INFO) for Reproductive Care Act. Introduced with Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-AL), this legislation will support the creation of a coordinated national public awareness…

Trahan Reintroduces Bipartisan Bill to Improve Transparency on the Cost of College

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) reintroduced the Net Price Calculator Improvement Act, a bipartisan bill that would improve transparency for students and their families on the cost of attending college. “As a first-generation college student and a mom to two young girls, I know the…

Trahan Announces $4.5 Million in Federal Funding for Greater Lowell Head Start Programs

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) announced $4,566,022 in federal funding for Community Teamwork, Inc.’s (CTI) Head Start programs. This funding will support child care and behavioral health services for kids in Greater Lowell and across the 63 cities and towns covered by CTI programs. “In Massachusetts and beyond, Head Start programs have proven…

Trahan Statement on Biden’s State of the Union Address

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued a statement following President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address: “President Biden’s address to the nation tonight detailed just how far we’ve come as a nation over the past two years and the work ahead of us to ensure working families are able to succeed.” “Landmark laws like the American Rescue Plan,…

Trahan Joins Massachusetts Delegation in Celebrating More Than $550 Million in Federal Funding to Strengthen Massachusetts Public Transit

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LOWELL, MA – Today,  Lori Trahan (MA-03), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representatives Richard Neal (MA-01), Jim McGovern (MA-02), Jake Auchincloss (MA-04), Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-05), Seth Moulton (MA-06), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Bill Keating (MA-09), members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation, today…

Trahan Announces Leading Addiction Advocate as State of the Union Guest

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee and the Bipartisan Working Group on Addiction, announced that Dr. James Baker will be joining her as her guest at the State of the Union. Dr. Baker is a Haverhill-based physician and substance use disorder advocate who was instrumental in the…

Trahan Applauds EPA Action on PFAS

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Lowell, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee,applauded a new proposed rule by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to halt the production of an estimated 300 per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals without prior EPA approval. Without this proposed rule, companies could resume the use…

Trahan Reacts to Musk Shuttering Twitter’s Open API

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee, issued a statement after Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s decision to end free access to the platform’s free API. “Twitter should be making it easier to study what’s happening on its platform, not harder. This move will make it more…