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Trahan Named Co-Chair of Congressional Cambodia Caucus

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) was named Co-Chair of the Congressional Cambodia Caucus. A member of the caucus since she was first sworn in as a member in 2019, Trahan takes over this new leadership role following the retirement of the caucus’s Co-Founder, former Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47). “Growing up in Lowell, I’ve seen firsthand just…

Trahan Applauds $550 Million in Federal Public Transit Funding for Massachusetts

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) applauded the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announcement that Massachusetts is slated to receive a total of $550,781,313 in federal funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. The allocation includes funding from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund,…

Congresswoman Trahan Announces $1 Million Dollars in Federal Funding for UMass Lowell

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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…

Trahan Releases Her Week One Priorities

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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…

Trahan’s Slams GOP’s Anti-Abortion Bills in First Floor Speech of New Term

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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…

Trahan Opposes GOP’s Top Priority to Assist Millionaire Tax Cheats

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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…

Trahan Sworn In for Third Term

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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…

Trahan Statement Congratulating Governor Healey, Lieutenant Governor Driscoll

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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…

Trahan’s Bipartisan Pandemic Prevention Program Becomes Law

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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,…