LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued a statement following Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s decision to roll back protections for survivors of sexual assault and weaken sexual assault accountability standards for institutions:
“Even as we continue to grapple with this unprecedented global pandemic, Secretary DeVos has continued to push her… 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 »
LOWELL, MA - Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Education and Labor Committee, announced $22,341,981 in federal funding for colleges throughout Massachusetts’ Third Congressional District. The funding comes from the Department of Education’s first disbursement of $6 billion in CARES Act funding for institutions of higher… 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 »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) announced that the University of Massachusetts Lowell would be receiving $998,982 from the US Department of Energy to conduct testing in support of innovative offshore wind research and development utilizing existing testing facilities. UMass Lowell was one of six institutions selected for this purpose, and one of thirteen projects… 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 – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), along with 100 of her colleagues, introduced a bipartisan bill to provide much needed relief to young people struggling with student loan debt. The bill would provide financial assistance to Americans struggling to pay off college debt by making employer-provided student loan payments tax exempt up to $5,250 a… Read more »
Washington, DC -- Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) was named to the Education and Labor Committee’s Subcommittees for Higher Education and Workforce Investment, and Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions (HELP). Congresswoman Trahan was named to the full committee last week. Read more »
Washington, DC -- Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) was named to the influential House Committee on Education and Labor. Trahan is the only Massachusetts representative serving on this Committee.
This is the second announced committee assignment for Rep. Trahan, who last week was named to the powerful House Armed Services Committee (HASC). HASC subcommittee assignments… Read more »
