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Trahan Announces $3.5 Million in Coronavirus Relief Funding for MA03 Community Health Centers

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan announced three grants totaling $3,564,090 in federal funding for community health centers in Massachusetts' Third Congressional District to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.  “Now, more than ever, we are all leaning heavily on our community health centers to provide quality care. I am thankful for the…

Mass. Delegation Urges FEMA to Immediately Release Enough Ventilators from the Strategic National Stockpile to Massachusetts as Hospitals Prepare for Surge

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Text of Letter (PDF) Boston, MA -- United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives Richard E. Neal, (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Seth Moulton (D-MA-06), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), William Keating (D-MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07) and Lori Trahan…

Trahan Announces More Than $1.2 Million in Grant Funding for UMass Lowell

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Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) announced that the University of Massachusetts Lowell is the recipient of a $1,299,999 annual award from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The award will support the school’s Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England…

Trahan Announces New Federal Grant Funding for Lawrence, Lowell, and Fitchburg Community Health Centers for Coronavirus Response

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Trahan announced three federal grants totaling $239,199 for Community Health Centers in Lawrence, Lowell, and Fitchburg. The money comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and was part of the $8.3 billion emergency coronavirus funding package that Rep. Trahan voted in favor of earlier this…

Trahan Supports House Passage of $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Stimulus Package

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA) supported passage of theCoronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act – a historic stimulus package designed to help families, workers, and small businesses stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill  will now go to the President’s desk for his signature. “We are facing an unprecedented health…

Trahan Backs Legislation Requiring Federal Government to Take Over Medical Supply Chain

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LOWELL, MA — Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA) joined with Representatives Tim Ryan (D-OH), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), John Katko (R-NY), and other colleagues as an original cosponsor to announce the Medical Supply Chain Emergency Act, legislation to compel President Trump to implement the Defense Production Act of 1950 (P.L. 81-774, 50 U.S.C. §§4501 et seq.) and federalize the…

Trahan, Pressley Lead Massachusetts Delegation in Call for Governor to Support Community Hospitals and Community Health Centers

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representatives Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07) led the Massachusetts Delegation in a call for Governor Baker to prioritize the needs of community hospitals and community health centers that primarily serve Medicaid and uncompensated care patients across the Commonwealth with new funding provided from the passage of the Families First…

Massachusetts Set to Receive $1.08 Billion in Medicaid Funding Under Federal Coronavirus Stimulus Package

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Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), along with United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), William Keating (D-MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), and Seth Moulton (D-MA-06) announced that…

Trahan Applauds Passage of Families First Coronavirus Response Act

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WASHINGTON, DC — Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) today applauded House passage of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to bolster the federal government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak and address the severe impacts of the coronavirus on Americans’ personal safety and financial security. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act provides paid…