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Trahan, Community Teamwork Leaders Celebrate $1.5 Million Federal Investment in Youth Workforce Development Program

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LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined Community Teamwork, Inc. leaders in Lowell to celebrate $1.5 million in federal funding awarded to the organization’s YouthBuild program, which provides educational and vocational training to at-risk youth to help prepare them for careers in construction and the culinary arts. “For the past 25 years, Community…

Trahan, CTI celebrate $1.5M in funds for YouthBuild program from Department of Labor

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Trahan, CTI celebrate $1.5M in funds for YouthBuild program from Department of Labor LOWELL — U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan visited Community Teamwork Inc’s. YouthBuild Tuesday to celebrate the awarding of $1.5 million in federal funds to support the organization’s pre-apprenticeship program for young adults. The money comes from the Department of Labor’s Office of Workforce Investment’s…

Trahan Slams Extreme Project 2025 Proposals During Speech on House Floor

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Democratic Policy and Communications Committee Co-Chair Lori Trahan (MA-03) spoke on the House floor ripping the dangerous proposals laid out in Project 2025, the blueprint for the next Republican president to eliminate presidential checks and balances, roll back women’s reproductive freedoms, and gut the middle class.  “Project 2025 will take us backwards to…

U.S. House of Representatives Unanimously Passes Trahan’s Bipartisan Legislation to Advance Rare Disease Treatments for Kids

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, celebrated the unanimous passage of her bipartisan Creating Hope Reauthorization Act of 2024 in the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation will reauthorize a key program that incentivizes the development of new drugs and…

Trahan Statement on the Passing of Methuen Mayor Neil Perry

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement after the passing of Methuen Mayor Neil Perry: “I’m heartbroken to learn of the passing of Mayor Neil Perry. He lived and breathed Methuen. Everyone in the Commonwealth knew that no matter the situation, Neil never backed down from a fight if it was in the best interest of…

Editorial: Senate should back Trahan’s medical-care bill for needy children

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Editorial: Senate should back Trahan’s medical-care bill for needy children Working across the aisle to gain bipartisan support for legislation used to be commonplace in Congress, but over the past several years, ideology, rather than collegiality, has rendered that deliberative body virtually incapable of reaching a consensus. However, every so often, a measure crafted to correct an…

Bipartisan Trahan Bill to Advance Rare Disease Treatments for Kids Clears House Committee

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, secured unanimous full committee passage of the Creating Hope Reauthorization Act of 2024, her bipartisan legislation to reauthorize a key program that incentivizes the development of new medications and treatments for children battling…

New Stone Mill Lofts rewrite history with 'fossil fuel-free housing' in Lawrence

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New Stone Mill Lofts rewrite history with 'fossil fuel-free housing' in Lawrence LAWRENCE — The oldest mill in the city is now one of the first all-electric apartment communities in the state. A host of officials gathered Monday for a ribbon cutting at the Stone Mill Lofts, a $39.2 million project that transformed the 179-year-old Stone Mill into 86 units of mixed income,…

Trahan, Miller-Meeks Secure House Passage of Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Health Care Access for Kids

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) and Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-01), members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, celebrated passage of their Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act in the House of Representatives. The bipartisan legislation introduced in July 2023 breaks down…

Trahan Statement on Steward Congressional Hearing

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, issued a statement following the conclusion of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Steward Health Care’s mismanagement: “It’s shameful that while nurses from Nashoba Valley and St. Elizabeth’s had the…