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Congresswoman Lori Trahan Announces 2025 Congressional Art Competition Winner

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LOWELL MA – Yesterday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) named Billerica Memorial High School 11th grader Joonho Lee as the winner of the Third District’s 2025 Congressional Art Competition during a reception honoring participants of this year’s challenge held at the Chelmsford Center for the Arts. Joonho’s original artwork will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year alongside…

Trahan, Connolly Demand Answers on DOGE's Alleged Privacy Act Violations and Data Risks at NLRB

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), who previously announced an effort to update the Privacy Act of 1974 to better protect Americans’ sensitive data, and House Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Gerald E. Connolly (VA-11) demanded information from the National Labor Relations Board regarding potential violations of federal privacy laws by Elon Musk’s…

Trahan Introduces Bipartisan Resolution Marking National Fentanyl Awareness Day

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force, was joined by U.S. Representatives Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), Lisa McClain (MI-10), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Joe Neguse (CO-02), and Addison McDowell (NC-06) in introducing a bipartisan resolution recognizing April 29, 2025, as National Fentanyl…

House Passes Trahan’s Youth Poisoning Protection Act

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congresswoman Lori Trahan’s (D-MA-03) Youth Poisoning Protection Act, bipartisan legislation that would ban the consumer sale of products containing high concentrations of sodium nitrite, a meat-curing chemical that can be lethal when ingested. The legislation was introduced earlier this year alongside Congressmen Joe Neguse…

Trahan Nominates Third District Students to Service Academies

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LOWELL, MA – Yesterday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) hosted a ceremony to nominate students from across the Third District to United States Service Academies. The event was held at Dracut’s Harvey J. Gagnon Harmony Hall. “It’s one of my greatest honors and most serious responsibilities to nominate outstanding young men and women from our district to our nation’s service academies,”…

Trahan Statement on the Passing of Pope Francis

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement after the passing of Pope Francis: “I join the millions of people around the world mourning the passing of Pope Francis, a transformational leader whose humility, compassion, and moral clarity touched the lives of so many. Born in Argentina to an immigrant family, Pope Francis brought a…

Trahan Delivers Keynote Speech at Concord 250 Celebration

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Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) delivered a keynote speech at the Concord 250 celebrations marking the semiquincentennial of the start of the Revolutionary War in Concord, Massachusetts. “What began here in Concord became ‘the shot heard round the world.’ It was more than the start of a war – it was the beginning of an idea. That liberty is worth defending. That government…

Trahan, Garcia Mark 50 Years Since the Cambodian Genocide, Reintroduce Remembrance Day Legislation

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Chair of the Congressional Cambodia Caucus, and Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) reintroduced legislation to designate April 17th as Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day to recognize the anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh to the Khmer Rouge, which went on to murder nearly 2 million Cambodians. Today marks 50 years since the start of…

Trahan’s Bipartisan Youth Poisoning Protection Act Clears House Committee

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, secured full committee passage of the Youth Poisoning Protection Act, her bipartisan legislation to ban the consumer sale of products containing high concentrations of sodium nitrite, a meat-curing chemical that can be lethal when ingested. The legislation…

Trahan, Blumenthal Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Strengthen Research & Treatment Development for Brain Cancers

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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 U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) reintroduced the Bolstering Research and Innovation Now (BRAIN) Act, bipartisan legislation to strengthen research and treatment development for brain tumors and to improve the accessibility of brain tumor health…