Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined her colleagues, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (IL), U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (IL) and Cory Booker (NJ), and Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) and Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) to introduce the bicameral Mentoring to Succeed Act in… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) announced that in the first month of the 118th Congress, $1,037,800 in federal funding has been allocated for research projects at UMass Lowell. The funding, provided through the National Science Foundation, will support two STEM projects currently underway at the university. “UMass Lowell has emerged as an… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), released her ‘Week One Priorities’ following the swearing in of the 118th Congress. This agenda lays out the Congresswoman’s top priorities for her third term in the U.S. House of Representatives.  “It’s ‘Week One’ of my third term representing the Third District – my home district. I’ve gone to work every day to… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) delivered her first floor speech of the new term, urging her colleagues to oppose the anti-abortion bills the House Republican majority are forcing a vote on. CLICK HERE or the image below to view Trahan’s remarks. CLICK HERE for a transcript. “In every state where abortion rights were on… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) voted against the dubiously titled Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act, partisan Republican legislation that would undermine the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) ability to go after billion-dollar corporations and millionaires that have utilized loopholes to cheat on their taxes for decades. “It’s… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement after taking her oath of office to begin her third term representing Massachusetts’ Third Congressional District: “Representing the district where my grandparents settled as immigrants, where my parents raised my sisters and me, where my three stepsons grew up, and where I’m raising my… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement after the swearing in of Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll: “There is no team better prepared to lead Massachusetts in the years ahead than Governor Healey and Lieutenant Governor Driscoll. Together, they made history by taking their oaths of… Read more »

LOWELL, MA – Last week, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee and Co-Founder of the bipartisan Pandemic Preparedness Caucus, secured passage of a pilot program designed by her bipartisan Bolstering Infectious Outbreaks (BIO) Preparedness Workforce Act. Signed into law by President Joe Biden on Friday,… Read more »

LOWELL, MA – Last week, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, secured passage of the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Reauthorization Act through the House and Senate. The legislation, which was signed into law by President Joe Biden on Friday, was included in the year-end omnibus package.  “As a… Read more »

LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee and a member of the Bipartisan Working Group on Addiction, announced that the Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act, her bipartisan addiction legislation, cleared the House and Senate last week and was signed into law by President… Read more »