LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) announced that the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) will receive over $7.6 million in additional federal funding to support a proposed project to replace the century-old South Elm Street Bridge in Haverhill with a modern two-track… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation in introducing a resolution honoring Boston Celtics legend William “Bill” Felton Russell. Russell was the number two pick in the 1956 NBA draft. A decade later, he became a player-coach for the Celtics and the first Black head coach of a major U.S. professional sports team. In… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined over 40 of her colleagues, writing to the heads of major social media companies calling on them to combat the proliferation of mis- and disinformation surrounding reproductive health care, including abortion care, and legal rights, in the wake of the Dobbs decision.
“As patients and providers grapple with the Supreme Court’s decision… Read more »
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 receiving responses from MobileWalla, Near, Oracle, and AWS to a request she led about women’s data being used against them following the overturning of Roe v. Wade:
“I… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) supported passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, comprehensive anti-inflation legislation that will reduce families’ health care and prescription drug costs, make unprecedented investments in combating the climate crisis, and reduce the deficit.
“The Inflation Reduction Act is a critical step forward in our… Read more »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, sent a letter to Abbott Laboratories once again requesting a full accounting of the safety and health complaints filed by employees at the company’s Sturgis manufacturing facility before its baby formula recall.
“It was widely reported that a former employee had… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-Mass.) and Congressman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) sent a letter to Facebook’s Oversight Board on COVID-19 Misinformation Policy urging the company not to scale back its efforts to remove false and dangerous content about the virus from Meta platforms.
“While public health experts and scientists around the globe have made major strides in… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) supported passage of the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022, legislation she cosponsored to ban the sale of dangerous weapons of war that have become the firearm of choice for mass shooters.
“Weapons of war have no place on our streets. A renewal of the assault weapons ban that decreased mass shootings for a decade before 2004 is long… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, voted to send the CHIPS and Science Act to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law. The bipartisan legislation will reduce inflation, create good-paying domestic jobs, and strengthen national security by bolstering the semiconductor chip industry.
“The CHIPS and… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, voted for the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act, a bipartisan bill to codify telehealth policies that began during the pandemic.
“For senior citizens, families living in more rural areas, and even those of us with busy lives, telehealth has… Read more »
