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Trahan Statement on Iran Drone Attack on Israel

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LOWELL, MA – Today, House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Co-Chair Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement after Iran launched a drone attack on Israel: “I wholeheartedly condemn Iran’s drone attack on Israel. This is a dangerous and unnecessary escalation, and it comes at a time when the world’s focus should be on stopping the bloodshed in Gaza,…

Two Trahan Tech Bills Tapped for Major Bipartisan Data Privacy Hearing

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WASHINGTON, DC – Next Wednesday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will host a bipartisan legislative hearing on multiple data privacy and transparency bills, including two pieces of legislation introduced by Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the Committee’s Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee. “Americans are sick and tired of their data being harvested, sold,…

Trahan Hosts Third District Service Academy Nomination Ceremony

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LOWELL, MA – Yesterday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) hosted a ceremony to celebrate military service academy nominees and their families from across the Third District. The event, held at the Dracut’s Harvey J Gagnon Harmony Hall, included remarks from Trahan, Dracut Town Manager Ann Vandal, and Dracut Historical Society President Kent Varnum. “Nominating young men and women to our…

Trahan, Massachusetts Delegation Urge Biden Admin. to Distribute Shelter and Services Program Funding to Massachusetts to Support New Arrivals

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LOWELL, MA –  Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) and U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Ed Markey (D-MA), as well as Representatives Richard E. Neal (MA-01), Jim McGovern (MA-02),  Jake Auchincloss (MA-04), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Seth Moulton (MA-06), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08), and Bill Keating (MA-09) sent a letter to the Department of Homeland…

Trahan, EPA Officials Celebrate $1.2 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding for Anti-Pollution Program Based in Lowell

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) was joined by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator David Cash to announce $1,186,077 in federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI), an independent state agency based at UMass Lowell. The funding will support technical assistance for manufacturing facilities,…

Trahan, Healey Announce Transformative Economic Development Project in Lowell

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Governor Maura T. Healey announced a major milestone in a transformative project that will bring new housing, economic development, technology jobs and workforce development to downtown Lowell. The research non-profit, Draper Laboratory (Draper) will become an anchor tenant in the Lowell Innovation Network Corridor (LINC), a…

Trahan, Healey, Driscoll Tout Massachusetts Climate Technology Leadership at Billerica Clean Hydrogen Facility

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Governor Maura T. Healey, and Lieutenant Governor Kimberley Driscoll visited Nuvera Fuel Cells in Billerica to tour the facility’s clean hydrogen technology and discuss federal and state initiatives to support the advancement of climate technology across Massachusetts. Nuvera was recently awarded $30 million in Bipartisan…

Trahan Leads 69 House Democrats Slamming Egregious Republican Attack on VA’s IVF Expansion

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LOWELL, MA – Today, House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Co-Chair Lori Trahan (MA-03) led a letter with 69 of her Democratic colleagues to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to affirm their support for VA’s recently announced expansion of access to in vitro fertilization (IVF). The lawmakers criticized a letter sent last week by…

Trahan Celebrates $5.6 Million Federal Investment in Fitchburg Mental and Behavioral Health Services

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, was joined by Fitchburg Mayor Sam Squailia to highlight $5,665,706 in federal funding awarded to LUK, Inc. to improve mental and behavioral health services in Fitchburg. “The mental health crisis has impacted every single person in our community in one way or…

Trahan Tours New Fitchburg Mammography Machine

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, was joined by Fitchburg Mayor Sam Squailia and State Representative Mike Kushmerek to tour UMass Memorial HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital’s Fitchburg Campus Simonds-Sinon Regional Cancer Center where the hospital used $450,000 in federal funding secured by…