LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, issued the following statement after the nurses at St. Vincent Hospital overwhelmingly voted to ratify their new contract and end the longest nurses strike in Massachusetts’ history:
“Tonight’s vote is an historic victory for the heroic nurses at St.… Read more »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) shared her “Year In Review: 2021” report with individuals across the Third District. The report summarizes the progress made over the past twelve months to secure critical pandemic relief for families and small businesses, funding for important infrastructure projects, and legislative victories that will improve the… Read more »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittees, led a bipartisan group of House members writing to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to request information on the Department’s ability to investigate Sanctioned Suicide, a website that according to a… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – After enactment of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is now distributing $52.5 billion in its first tranche of funding for infrastructure projects that will improve the safety and performance of America’s highways. This investment is for Fiscal Year 2022, and Massachusetts… Read more »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) announced airports in the Third District have been allocated $700,000 in federal grants under the first round of disbursements of Airport Infrastructure Grants under the recently enacted Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs… Read more »
LOWELL, MA – Yesterday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined with Gardner leaders and community partners to highlight the historic broadband investments from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The group discussed recent efforts to expand broadband in Gardner with the partnership of Comcast, as well as additional assistance to get families… Read more »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) released the following statement after President Joe Biden signed bipartisan legislation she helped introduce to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 13 U.S. servicemembers killed in Afghanistan in August, including Lawrence native and U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Johanny Rosario… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Months after Air Force Technical Sergeant Charles Cornacchio was deployed to the Middle East, he found out that the items he stored away in a Massachusetts-based storage facility had been sold and auctioned off to the highest bidder. Today, Representatives Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Seth Moulton (MA-06) introduced a bill to raise the existing punishment for companies who… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswomen Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), along with Representatives Richard E. Neal (MA-01), James P. McGovern (MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08), William Keating (MA-09), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Seth Moulton (MA-06), and Jake Auchincloss (MA-04), sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer urging them to… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-01), lead sponsors of the Improving the Health of Children Act, celebrated the passage of the landmark legislation to protect children with birth defects and other developmental disorders.
The bipartisan Improving the Health of Children Act passed the… Read more »
