Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) voted for a comprehensive public safety package that will bolster community policing initiatives and first responder mental health programs in cities and towns across Massachusetts. “Community police officers go to work each day to keep our communities safe. With the increase in violent crime being felt here in… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) voted in favor the Presidential Election Reform Act, bipartisan legislation to amend the Electoral Count Act of 1887 to reduce the likelihood of another effort to overturn presidential election results, like the one spearheaded by former President Donald Trump following the 2020 election. “The… Read more »

LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), and Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian, Co-Chair of the Middlesex County Restoration Center Commission, hosted a roundtable discussion to outline the plans for the Middlesex County Restoration Center. Once completed, the program will create greater opportunities to divert individuals in behavioral health crises… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Earlier this week, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) voted on the House Floor to pass a suite of bills to strengthen the benefits and care that veterans and their loved ones rely on. The package, containing five separate proposals, passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support. “Since the first day I was sworn into Congress three years ago, I’ve… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, took to the House floor to rail against the new nationwide abortion ban proposed by Senate and House Republicans this week. “81 days – that’s how long it took for Republicans to change their position from abortion as a state issue to supporting a nationwide abortion… Read more »

LOWELL, MA – Yesterday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) was joined by Haverhill Mayor Jim Fiorentini and state partners to celebrate $7,596,431 in federal funding to support the MBTA’s replacement of the South Elm Street Bridge. The funding will be received through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal-State Partnership for State of Good… Read more »

LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) announced that families in Massachusetts’ Third Congressional District will soon see more affordable prescription drugs for Medicare recipients and lower health insurance premiums made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act. “When my dad was battling MS, we struggled to figure out ways to pay for the prescription… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday, Representatives Lori Trahan (MA-03), Annie Kuster (NH-02), and Peter Welch (VT-AL), members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting that the agency consider the benefits that pandemic era audio-only telehealth services have… Read more »

LOWELL, MA – Yesterday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, partnered with Congresswomen Diana DeGette (CO-01) and Barbara Lee (CA-13), Co-Chairs of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, to send letters to leading messaging and telecommunications companies… Read more »

LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) announced that the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) will receive over $7.6 million in additional federal funding to support a proposed project to replace the century-old South Elm Street Bridge in Haverhill with a modern two-track… Read more »