LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) sent a letter to Brooks Brothers Group, Inc. Chairman and CEO Claudio Del Vecchio requesting that the company provide fair severance to the 413 employees set to be laid off at the company’s Southwick facility in the coming weeks.
“It is our understanding that, on… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Democratic Policy and Communications Committee Chair David N. Cicilline (RI-01), and Representatives Jim Langevin (RI-02), Peter Welch (VT At-Large), and Bill Keating (MA-09) held a call with regional reporters as the House is set to pass the Heroes Act – which includes critical support for frontline workers… Read more »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Education and Labor Committee’s Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee, along with Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (NY-21), Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12), and Congresswoman Susie Lee (NV-03), and Congressman Lloyd Smucker (PA-11), is introducing the Equity in Student Loan Relief Act, a… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – As a result of the “widow’s tax” repeal backed by Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), as many as 66 military families in Massachusetts’ Third Congressional District stand to benefit according to recent numbers released by the Department of Defense (DoD). That number climbs to 471 statewide, and more than 65,000 nationwide.
As a Member of the House Armed Services… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA) applauded House passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, H.R.2474. The PRO Act is the most comprehensive workers’ rights legislation since The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
“As the daughter of a Union Ironworker and granddaughter of a Union Carpenter, I’ve experienced firsthand why unions are the… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Representative Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) announced that the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded a $37,500 federal grant to the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission (MVPC). The grant was awarded through the EDA’s Local Technical Assistance grant program.
The $37,500 EDA grant awarded to the MVPC will support the development of a comprehensive… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representatives Lori Trahan (D-MA) and Brett Guthrie (R-KY) secured passage of an amendment to the Collage Affordability Act (CAA) during committee markup that would require institutions to prominently display the costs of tuition, room and board, and other expenses on their website in the form of a tool called the Net Price Calculator. By doing so, students would… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA) along with her colleagues on the Education and Labor Committee advanced the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, H.R.2474. This is the most comprehensive workers’ rights legislation since The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
“As the daughter of a Union Ironworker, I’ve experienced firsthand why unions are the… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representatives Lori Trahan (D-MA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Kendra Horn (D-OK), and Abby Finkenauer (D-IA) introduced The Strengthen CTE in Higher Education Act, H.R. 4371. This legislation would authorize $200 million in funding to foster greater cooperation and alignment between Perkins Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs and educational institutions and… Read more »
Washington, DC – Yesterday, Representatives Lori Trahan (D-MA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), and Elise Stefanik (R-NY) introduced the Bipartisan Fairness for Excepted Service Employees Act of 2019. This legislation would ensure that essential or “excepted” service employees would be eligible to receive unemployment compensation if there is a shutdown beginning on or after October 1, 2019.… Read more »
