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Congresswoman Trahan Touts American Rescue Plan Relief in Marlborough and Hudson

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) concluded an American Rescue Plan swing through Marlborough and Hudson to highlight relief from the historic and long overdue COVID-19 package that she helped pass into law. Stops included the UMass Memorial Marlborough Hospital Vaccine Facility and The Rail Trail Flatbread Co. in Hudson. “Relief from the…

Representatives Trahan and Castor, Senators Markey and Blumenthal Press Facebook on its Plans to Develop Instagram for Children

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Representatives Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Kathy Castor (FL-14), both of whom pressed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on his company’s targeting of kids during a recent House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing, partnered with Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) to demand answers regarding…

Congresswoman Lori Trahan Announces $18.5 Million in American Rescue Plan Funding for MA-03 Community Health Centers

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, announced $18,573,500 in federal relief funding through the American Rescue Plan for community health centers in Lawrence, Lowell, and Fitchburg. “When I cast my vote for the American Rescue Plan, I did it knowing that the relief in this…

What They’re Saying: Rep. Lori Trahan Grills Big Tech CEOs

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LOWELL, MA – Yesterday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a former tech startup executive and member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, grilled Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg about their companies’ efforts to target children to further grow their platforms’ usership. Trahan’s full…

Trahan and Markey Partner with Sens. Sasse, Blunt, Schatz, Collins, Bennet and Reps. Raskin and Gonzalez to Reintroduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Study Impact of Technology and Media on Children

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Representative Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA)partnered with Senators Ben Sasse (R-NE), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Representatives Jamie Raskin (D-MD-08) and…

Trahan Encourages Massachusetts Residents to Track their $1,400 with “Get My Payment” Tool

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LOWELL, MA – With 78 percent of all Massachusetts adults set to receive Economic Impact Payments of up to $1,400 per person through the American Rescue Plan and money beginning to be directly deposited into bank accounts this week, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) is highlighting a new “Get My Payment” tool from IRS.gov where folks can check the status of their…

Trahan Leads Reintroduction of Bipartisan Legislation to Tackle Root Causes of Addiction Crisis

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, led the reintroduction of the Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act, her bipartisan legislation to implement a standard for substance use disorder (SUD) training to require prescribers of highly addictive medications to have…

Trahan Supports Passage of Pair of Historic Immigration Bills

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03)voted to pass H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act, and H.R. 1603, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, two long overdue pieces of legislation to modernize and reform America’s immigration system and secure permanent protections and a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who have been, and…

Trahan Votes to Extend Paycheck Protection Program

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) supported passage of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Extension Act, bipartisan legislation that will extend the highly successful PPP program and enable small businesses to continue accessing much needed financial relief as they keep their doors open and serve their communities. “What small…

Trahan Calls on Colleagues to Support Equal Rights Amendment

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), the mother of two young girls, took to the House floor to call for passage of H.J.Res. 17, legislation she cosponsored to remove an arbitrary time limit for states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The full clip of Trahan’s remarks on the House floor in support of H.J.Res. 17 can be accessed…