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ICYMI: Trahan Calls for Legislation to Strengthen College Athletes’ Rights

"There should not be a desire to return to the status quo that didn’t work for so many college athletes. We can’t put that genie back in the bottle."

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), the only former Division I woman athlete in Congress and a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee, participated in a hearing focused on the future of college athletics in the post-amateurism landscape.

Footage of Trahan’s opening remarks and line of questioning can be accessed by clicking HERE or the image below. A full transcript of the exchange is included below.