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Trahan talks Social Security and Medicaid with local seniors

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Trahan talks Social Security and Medicaid with local seniors METHUEN — Congresswoman Lori Trahan warned local seniors Thursday morning during a roundtable discussion that Republican-backed cuts to Medicaid and Social Security were a real possibility. Meanwhile, Trahan defended other federal investments that have been maligned and targeted for cuts by the current presidential…

Trahan, Garcia Mark 50 Years Since the Cambodian Genocide, Reintroduce Remembrance Day Legislation

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Chair of the Congressional Cambodia Caucus, and Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) reintroduced legislation to designate April 17th as Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day to recognize the anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh to the Khmer Rouge, which went on to murder nearly 2 million Cambodians. Today marks 50 years since the start of…

Lori Trahan reintroduces bill to recognize Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day

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Lori Trahan reintroduces bill to recognize Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day LOWELL — On the 50th anniversary of the fall of the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, and the start of one of the worst genocides of the 20th century, U.S. Reps. Lori Trahan (MA-3) and Robert Garcia (CA-42) reintroduced legislation to recognize April 17 as Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day. Cambodia fell to…

Trahan’s Bipartisan Youth Poisoning Protection Act Clears House Committee

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, secured full committee passage of the Youth Poisoning Protection Act, her bipartisan legislation to ban the consumer sale of products containing high concentrations of sodium nitrite, a meat-curing chemical that can be lethal when ingested. The legislation…

Trahan, Blumenthal Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Strengthen Research & Treatment Development for Brain Cancers

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) reintroduced the Bolstering Research and Innovation Now (BRAIN) Act, bipartisan legislation to strengthen research and treatment development for brain tumors and to improve the accessibility of brain tumor health…

Officials break ground on $15 million Boston Road project in Westford

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Officials break ground on $15 million Boston Road project in Westford WESTFORD — Congresswoman Lori Trahan joined Massachusetts Department of Transportation and Westford officials in her hometown Monday for a groundbreaking ceremony for a $15.6 million multimodal rehabilitation project for the stretch of Boston Road between Interstate 495 and Main Street. The project covers the…

Trahan Leads Bipartisan Coalition Demanding the Trump Administration Reverse Pay Cuts for Federal Correctional Officers

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WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of House Democratic leadership, led a bipartisan group of 36 lawmakers in writing a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Associate Deputy Director Kathleen Toomey urging them to rescind the Trump administration’s cuts to the retention pay of BOP correctional officers (COs) and…

Trahan asks IG to probe DOGE privacy violation

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Trahan asks IG to probe DOGE privacy violation BOSTON — Congresswoman Lori Trahan is leading a group of Democrats demanding an investigation of possible privacy violations by a former Treasury employee working with billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. In a letter to the U.S. Inspector General's office, Trahan and other lawmakers called for an "immediate"…

Trahan, Brown, DelBene Demand Independent Investigation into DOGE Privacy Violations

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Shontel Brown (OH-11), and Suzan DelBene (WA-01) wrote to the Deputy Inspectors General of the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Government Services Administration (GSA) requesting an independent investigation into a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer’s mishandling of Americans’ personally identifiable…

Trahan Condemns Trump Administration Cutting $8.5 Million for Fitchburg, Lawrence & Dracut Schools

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) condemned the Trump administration’s decision to terminate the U.S. Department of Education’s Education Stabilization Fund, cutting $106 million in federal funding for Massachusetts school districts. “The Trump administration’s unnecessary cuts to federal education funding for Fitchburg, Lawrence, and Dracut are irresponsible and…