WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), the sole Massachusetts Representative on the House Education and Labor Committee, supported passage of H.R. 2694, the Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act, a bipartisan proposal that secures pregnant workers’ right to reasonable accommodations.
“As someone who worked full time while pregnant with both of my daughters, I could not… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), the only Massachusetts member of Congress on the House Education and Labor Committee, praised the passage of two pieces of legislation, the Strength and Diversity Act and the Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act, designed to support local communities in their efforts to desegregate public schools and… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chairmen Richard E. Neal (MA-01) and James P. McGovern (MA-02), and Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-05), and Joseph P. Kennedy III (MA-04) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded a $21 million Better Utilizing Investments… Read more »
LOWELL, MA – Today, House Armed Services Committee Members Lori Trahan (MA-03), Seth Moulton (MA-06), and Jackie Speier (CA-14), along with 22 of their colleagues, sent a letter to House and Senate Armed Service Committee leaders requesting that they retain critical mental health and suicide prevention provisions in the final NDAA agreement. The provisions are a sizable… Read more »
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-3), Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14), Chair of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee; and Reps. Anthony Brown (MD-4), Vice Chair of the House Armed Service Committee; Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr. (CA-39); Jason Crow (CO-6); Veronica Escobar (TX-16); Ruben Gallego (AZ-7); and Deb Haaland (NM-1) led two letters urging the… Read more »
LOWELL, MA - Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) applauded the awarding of $30,184.76 in federal grant funding to the Devens Fire Department through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program. The funding will be used to purchase protective gear, a washer and dryer, and a thermal imaging… Read more »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) applauded the awarding of $595,080 in federal grant funding to the University of Massachusetts Lowell by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The first grant, totaling $455,096, will be used to support the university’s MRI: Development of a Calibration System for Stereophotogrammetry to Enable Large-Scale… Read more »
Trahan, Pappas, Kuster, Moulton Request EPA Changes to Combined Sewer Overflow Grants to Bolster Merrimack River Cleanup
LOWELL, MA – Today, Representatives Lori Trahan (MA-03), Chris Pappas (NH-01), Annie Kuster (NH-02), and Seth Moulton (MA-06) submitted public comments requesting changes to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed formula that will be used… Read more »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) toured a new bus purchased by the Lowell Regional Transit Authority (LRTA) to mark its return to full service on August 31st. During the tour, Trahan highlighted the $4,976,013 in federal funding from two separate grants for bus and bus facility upgrades, which was used to pay for the new buses, and for COVID-19… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Representatives James P. McGovern (MA-02), William Keating (MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III (MA-04), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Seth Moulton (MA-06), and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), hailed the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to… Read more »
