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Trahan Releases 2024 Women’s March Madness Bracket

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), the only former Division I woman athlete in Congress, released her bracket for the 2024 March Madness Women’s Basketball Championship. “The 2024 women’s March Madness tournament promises to be the best to date. Coach Staley’s Gamecocks are on an unbelievable run, Caitlin Clark is shattering records, Paige Bueckers is shooting…

House Clears Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee, supported passage of H.R. 7520, the Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024, bipartisan legislation she co-led to prohibit data brokers from selling Americans’ sensitive data to foreign adversaries. The…

Trahan, Warren, Moulton Announce $94.5 Million Federal Investment in Massachusetts-Based Hydrogen Facilities

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) announced that five companies in Massachusetts’ Third Congressional District were awarded a total of $94,512,137 in federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to support the creation and deployment of American-made hydrogen, a clean fuel that emits only water…

Trahan, DeGette Lead Request for Shelter and Services Program Funding Boost

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) led a group of House members requesting $3 billion in funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Shelter and Services Program (SSP) that provides funding to states to and municipalities to support migrant arrivals. “Local communities across the country have stepped up to…

Trahan, Fitzpatrick Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Keep Assisted Living Facilities Open

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) reintroduced the Safeguarding Elderly Needs for Infrastructure and Occupational Resources (SENIOR) Act, bipartisan legislation to address the critical issues causing assisted senior-living facilities to operate at steep financial losses as they continue caring for their…

Trahan Statement on President Biden’s State of the Union

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Co-Chair Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement after President Joe Biden delivered his 2024 State of the Union address: “The state of our union is only as strong as our President’s willingness to stand up for the basic freedoms we hold dear as Americans. Tonight, we heard a message of…

Trahan Secures Millions for Projects Across the Third District in Government Funding Package

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) voted to pass a comprehensive government funding bill to avert a partial shutdown on Friday and deliver $13,928,863 in federal funding for critical projects in communities across the Third District.   “Since the day I took office, I’ve fought for the communities in our district that have been left behind by Washington…

Trahan Announces Leading IVF Doctor as State of the Union Guest

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LOWELL, MA – Today, House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Co-Chair Lori Trahan (MA-03) announced that Dr. Pietro Bortoletto will be joining her as her guest at the State of the Union. Dr. Pietro Bortoletto is a Reproductive Endocrinologist and the Director of Reproductive Surgery at Boston IVF, the practice where Congresswoman Trahan underwent IVF treatment for five…

Trahan Statement on the Israel-Hamas War

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement regarding the ongoing conflict in Gaza: “As a mother, each day has brought new heartbreak from the tragic, unnecessary suffering and death of innocent Palestinian civilians in Gaza, including women and young children. An immediate stop to the fighting – a ceasefire – negotiated and agreed…

Fusion Caucus Celebrates House Passage of Bipartisan Fusion Energy Act

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressional Fusion Energy Caucus Co-Chairs Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), Don Beyer (D-VA-08), Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN-03), and Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23) celebrated passage of their Fusion Energy Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bipartisan legislation will promote the development of fusion energy by codifying the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) decision…