LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) applauded the awarding of $125,000 in federal grant funding from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Center for Disease Control and Prevention to LUK, Inc., a not-for-profit social service agency based in Fitchburg that provides critical services to communities… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) supported passage of a funding package to keep the federal government open and deliver another round of COVID-19 relief. Following the vote, Trahan called for negotiators to begin work on another assistance package that can be signed into law early next year.
“Working families in Massachusetts and across our nation… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) was nominated for an appointment to the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, making her the only Massachusetts member on the Committee in the 117th Congress. Considered one of the most important committees in the House because of its broad jurisdiction, a seat on the Energy and Commerce Committee will enable Trahan to… Read more »
LOWELL, MA - Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Education and Labor Committee, announced $1,803,213 in federal Head Start funding for Community Action, Inc., a non-profit organization in Haverhill. This grant was awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families’ Office of Head Start.
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LOWELL, MA - Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) announced Westford eighth graders, Arav Jain and Som Lunavat, the winners of the Third Congressional District’s annual Congressional App Challenge (CAC). The two students’ application, Work for Cause, was selected by a panel of local judges from a pool of submissions from middle and high school students who participated in this… Read more »
Washington (December 11, 2020) – Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) along with Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), announced that the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded a federal grant of $600,000 to the Lawrence Partnership, a broad coalition of business and civic leaders. This federal funding will be used to support the… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Armed Services Committee and National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Conference Committee conferee, voted along with a veto-proof majority of members in the House of Representatives to pass the NDAA Conference Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021.
“For the past 59 years, Congress and Presidents of… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Armed Services Committee and National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Conference Committee conferee, issued the following statement after completion of the Conference Report for the Fiscal Year 2021 NDAA:
“Today’s agreement is evidence that the ability to work toward a bipartisan compromise is… Read more »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) celebrated Small Business Saturday by visiting shopping local at small businesses in Lowell, Marlborough, and Townsend.
“Small businesses continue to be some of the most impacted by challenges brought about by COVID-19. Yet, they continue to work every day to overcome those hurdles to serve their communities and keep workers on… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Education and Labor Committee’s Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, voted in the House of Representatives to pass H.R. 8294, the National Apprenticeship Act of 2020, bipartisan legislation that invests more than $3.5 billion over the next five years to create nearly one… Read more »