Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) cast her vote to pass H.R. 1620, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021, bipartisan legislation to reauthorize and make vital improvements to the landmark Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA). “During any given minute, nearly 20 Americans are victimized by domestic or sexual… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined with her colleagues in the House to unanimously pass bipartisan legislation she cosponsored awarding Congressional Gold Medals, the highest award issued by Congress, to members of the U.S. Capitol Police and the Washington Metropolitan Police Department for their heroic acts during the January 6th attack… Read more »

LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, hailed the inclusion of the Lowell Community Health Center in President Joe Biden’s Community Health Center Vaccination Program, which provides additional vaccines – separate from state allocations – to ensure that traditionally underserved communities… Read more »

LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) authored a request to the U.S. Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee asking for approval of a commemorative postage stamp featuring Jean-Louis Lebris “Jack” de Kerouac, an esteemed author and Lowell native who is credited as an early leader… Read more »

LOWELL, MA – Yesterday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Congressman Tony Cárdenas (CA-29), both members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, introduced the Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Act, legislation to support positive mental health promotion and suicide prevention programs in high schools. The bill would… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) supported passage of two commonsense pieces of bipartisan legislation supported by an overwhelming majority of Americans to get at the root causes of the gun violence epidemic by requiring background checks on all firearm purchases and finally closing the Charleston Loophole. “Even as tens of thousands of Americans… Read more »

Newly introduced bill will deliver additional federal resources for Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, the first teaching health center in the nation WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, applauded the introduction of the Leading Infrastructure For Tomorrow’s (LIFT) America Act,… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) supported passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, the most significant upgrade to workers’ ability to decide for themselves whether to exercise their right to unionize in nearly a century. “Passing the Protecting the Right to Organize Act is deeply personal to me. As the daughter of a union… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) cast her vote to pass the updated American Rescue Plan and send the long overdue relief package to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law. “Today’s vote on President Biden’s American Rescue Plan sends a clear message to the American people: help is on the way. With the much-needed relief contained in this… Read more »

LOWELL, MA – Today, Representatives Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) and Darin LaHood (R-IL-18)announced the reintroduction of the Stop Sewage Overflow Act, bipartisan legislation to ensure the federal government does its part to support the cleanup and prevention of combined sewage overflows (CSOs) contamination in rivers across the nation, including the Merrimack… Read more »