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Trahan, Cassidy, Ossoff Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Restore Americans’ Control Over Their Own Data

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, partnered with Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and John Ossoff (D-GA) to reintroduce the Data Elimination and Limiting Extensive Tracking and Exchange (DELETE) Act. The bipartisan, bicameral legislation would establish a…

Trahan Rips Republican Bill to Disenfranchise 69 Million Women

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of House Democratic Leadership, spoke on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 22, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, legislation that requires voters to provide a birth certificate, naturalization papers, or passport matching their current name to vote in a federal election. The legislation provides no…

Trahan Reintroduces Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Improve Access to Diagnostic Services at Home

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, was joined by Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24), Congressman Brad Schneider (D-IL-10) and Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-01) in reintroducing the Portable Ultrasound Reimbursement Equity (PURE) Act, a bill that aims to…

Food assistance programs starved by fed funding cuts

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Food assistance programs starved by fed funding cuts LOWELL — The gulf between the haves and the have-nots just got a whole lot wider thanks to $1 billion in cuts made earlier this month by U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to food assistance programs like the Merrimack Valley Food Bank. The Trump administration cut $500 million in funding from the Local Food…

Lori Trahan visits Incompass Human Services, highlights critical role of Medicaid funding

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Lori Trahan visits Incompass Human Services, highlights critical role of Medicaid funding CHELMSFORD — Congresswoman Lori Trahan toured Incompass Human Services on Thursday, meeting with families, staff, and advocates to underscore the critical importance of Medicaid funding in supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Incompass, which serves approximately…

DOGE cuts and freezes are severely impacting Massachusetts, Rep. Trahan says

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DOGE cuts and freezes are severely impacting Massachusetts, Rep. Trahan says Massachusetts Congresswoman Lori Trahan said the phones have been ringing off the hook at her offices as constituents react to the service cuts and freezes instituted by the Trump administration via Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, otherwise known as DOGE. Thousands of calls from…

Trahan Releases 2025 Women’s March Madness Bracket

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), the only former Division I woman athlete in Congress, released her bracket for the 2025 March Madness Women’s Basketball Championship. “Women’s college basketball is growing at an incredible pace, inspiring the next generation of athletes to pick up a ball and chase their dreams – just like stars such as JuJu Watkins, Paige Bueckers,…

Trahan promises action at Methuen town hall

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Trahan promises action at Methuen town hall METHUEN — Voters asked for some fight from 3rd District Congresswoman Lori Trahan during a feisty but civil town hall Thursday night. Trahan, a Lowell native, promised to not wait until the next presidential election or even the midterms to fight back during the event at Tenney Grammar School. Her constituents asked Trahan to counter any…

Local school officials discuss impact of dismantling US Dept. of Ed

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Local school officials discuss impact of dismantling US Dept. of Ed FITCHBURG — The feedback provided at the roundtable discussion held at Monty Tech on Friday morning was clear — dismantling the U.S. Department of Education would wreak havoc on schools and students in North Central Mass. in many tangible ways. And the discussion couldn’t have come at a more appropriate time — not even…

Trahan Announces Effort to Reform Privacy Act of 1974, Protect Americans’ Data from Government Abuse

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of House Democratic Leadership, announced her effort to reform the Privacy Act of 1974, a 51-year-old law regulating how the federal government collects, maintains, utilizes, and disseminates Americans' personally identifiable information. In a Request for Information issued today, Trahan is requesting input from civil…