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House Votes to Codify Contraception Access

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) voted to codify contraception access. The vote on the Right to Contraception Act comes just four weeks after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Justice Clarence Thomas’s concurring opinion that said the court should revisit its decision guaranteeing the right to contraception. During debate on the Right to…

House Approves $13.5 Million in Federal Investments for Third District Projects

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) secured passage of $13,560,000 in federal funding to support eight economic development and infrastructure projects across the Third District. The investments were passed as part of annual government funding legislation considered by the House of Representatives. “One of my top priorities as the representative for the Third…

Trahan Statement on Committee Passage of Bipartisan Comprehensive Privacy Legislation

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, issued the following statement after the Energy and Commerce Committee passed the bipartisan American Data Privacy and Protection Act, comprehensive privacy legislation: “For years, members of Congress from both parties have…

Trahan Votes to Codify Same-Sex and Interracial Marriage

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) voted to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, a bipartisan bill to protect marriage equality for same-sex and interracial couples. Consideration of the legislation came just weeks after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe, the justification of which has jeopardized these rights. “Right wing Republicans are not content with…

Trahan Votes for Two Key Abortion Rights Bills

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, voted to pass two essential pieces of legislation to ensure every woman in America can access abortion care regardless of the state they call home. The bills, known as the Women’s Health Protection Act and the Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act, would enshrine many of the same…

Bipartisan Legislation to Secure Care for Veterans Exposed to Toxic Chemicals Clears House

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined a bipartisan majority of the House in supporting passage of the Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, bipartisan legislation that will finally uphold America’s obligation to support veterans and servicemembers exposed to toxic chemicals during their service. “Most of us will never fully understand…

Congresswoman Trahan Joins Massachusetts Delegation to Announce Over $62 Million in Funding for Boston Logan Airport

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-05) joined U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA.) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), Bill Keating (D-MA-09),  Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), Seth Moulton (D-MA-06), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07) and Jake Auchincloss…

Trahan Statement on the overturning of Roe v. Wade

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court released its decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade: “The consequences of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe are devastating. Millions of women are losing access to safe, legal abortion care…

House Votes to Advance Trahan’s Bipartisan Youth Mental Health Legislation

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WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, secured passage of her bipartisan legislation to renew critical youth mental health and suicide prevention programs. “Before the COVID-19 pandemic, youth mental health was a serious problem that had to be addressed. Today, it’s a crisis, and we need to…

Trahan’s Bipartisan MATE Act Passes House, Moves to Senate

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan’s (MA-03) bipartisan legislation to help address the root causes of the addiction crisis passed the House of Representatives. First introduced by Trahan in 2019, the Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act would standardize substance use disorder training to ensure that all prescribers of addictive medications possess baseline…