LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) applauds $860,000 of federal funding secured for members of the national NeighborWorks network serving Massachusetts’ Third District. NeighborWorks supports efforts to develop and preserve affordable housing, revitalize and sustain neighborhoods, and create jobs.
Third District partners receiving these federal funds… Read more »
LOWELL, MA – Yesterday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) toured the town of Ayer’s new Spectacle Pond Water Treatment Plant, which was made possible with federal American Rescue Plan funds. The facility, which opened at the start of 2023, will specifically tackle PFAS contaminants in the town’s drinking water.
The Town of Ayer allocated $1.3 Million of its American Rescue… Read more »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, was joined by Lawrence leaders to announce $300,000 in federal funding for the Greater Lawrence Community Action Council. The federal funding provided by USCIS Citizenship and Integration Grant Program will expand the Lawrence organization’s range of citizenship preparation… Read more »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Co-Chair and Co-Founder of the Pandemic Preparedness Caucus, hosted a Pandemic Preparedness Roundtable with Massachusetts HHS Secretary Kate Walsh, local community hospital CEOs, and other community health leaders from across the Third District.
The roundtable discussion comes three years after the COVID-19… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee, released summaries of gaming company responses to a December request from lawmakers for information on actions being taken to stem the rise of harassment and extremism in online video games. The initial… Read more »
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… Read more »
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,… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »