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Trahan Announces $158.9 Million in Home Heating Assistance for Massachusetts Families

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced that Massachusetts has been awarded $158.9 million in federal funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance program (LIHEAP). The total funding amount announced today includes the $37 million increase approved in the recent government funding bill,…

Trahan, Markey to Announce Nearly $2.5 Million in Federal Funding for UMass Lowell Clean Drinking Water Project

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined Senator Ed Markey, UMass Lowell Chancellor Julie Chen, UMass Lowell professors, and key community partners to announce $2,495,019 in National Science Foundation (NSF) Safe and Clean Communities Grant program funding for UMass Lowell’s “Community Based Approach to Address Contaminants in Drinking…

Trahan, Schiff Request Briefing from TikTok Ahead of Midterms on Strategy to Combat Election Disinformation

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, and Congressman Adam Schiff (CA-28)requested a briefing from TikTok on its strategy to curb misinformation, disinformation, and the potential incitement of violence on the platform ahead of the 2022 and 2024 U.S.…

Trahan Joins Massachusetts Congressional Delegation in Asking FEMA for Assistance with Program for Food and Shelter Grants

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Washington D.C. – Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey and Representatives Richard Neal (MA-01), James P. 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) wrote to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)…

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

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LOWELL, MA – This past Friday, Congresswomen Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-AL), members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, introduced the Informing New Factors and Options (INFO) for Reproductive Care Act, legislation that will support the creation of a coordinated national public awareness campaign to inform…

Trahan, Kuster Lead New England Delegation in Requesting Presidential Action to Lower Home Heating Prices

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LOWELL, MA – On Wednesday, Congresswomen Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Annie Kuster (NH-02), members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, led a coalition of New England Congressional Delegation members in requesting that President Joe Biden release stockpiles from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve (NEHHOR) to help lower home heating costs for families across the…

Trahan Announces $150,000,000 in Federal Funding for Workers Credit Union

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined Workers Credit Union President & CEO Doug Petersen and Assistant Vice President Doug Reedy to announce $150,000,000 in federal funding for Workers Credit Union (WCU). This funding is allocated through the Treasury’s Emergency Capital Investment Program (ECIP) and will allow WCU to increase loans to low- and…

Trahan, Kuster Call on Biden Administration to Support Audio-Only Telehealth Flexibility for Opioid Addiction Treatment

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LOWELL, MA – Congresswomen Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Annie Kuster (NH-02), members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, wrote a letter to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) requesting the extension of temporary telehealth flexibilities for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD). Currently,…

Trahan, State Leaders Highlight $1 Million in Federal Funding for Hudson PFAS Plant Upgrade

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LOWELL, MA – Yesterday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), State Senator Jamie Eldridge, and State Representative Kate Hogan toured Hudson’s Chestnut Street PFAS Treatment System to highlight $1 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding that will be used to upgrade the plant’s PFAS remediation capabilities. “Almost every community across the…

Congresswoman Trahan Celebrates $300,000 in Federal Funding for Massachusetts Firefighting Academy in Stow

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) was joined by State Representative Kate Hogan, Massachusetts State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey, and Stow officials to celebrate National Fire Prevention Week by highlighting the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s recent receipt of federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program funding. This…