{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "is_view": false, "human_description_en": "where party = \"Democrat\", state = \"MA\" and year = 2022 sorted by date descending", "rows": [["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2721", "Trahan\u2019s Bipartisan Pandemic Prevention Program Becomes Law", "2022-12-29", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Last week, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee\u2019s Health Subcommittee and Co-Founder of the bipartisan Pandemic Preparedness Caucus, secured passage of a pilot program designed by her bipartisan Bolstering Infectious Outbreaks (BIO) Preparedness Workforce Act. Signed into law by President Joe Biden on Friday, the program will strengthen the bio-preparedness and infectious disease workforce that has proven critical during the COVID-19 pandemic.\n\n\u201cThere is simply no excuse for us to get caught flat-footed by another COVID-19 scale pandemic. We must apply the lessons learned over the past two and a half years now to ensure we\u2019re better prepared to prevent another infectious disease outbreak in the future,\u201d said Congresswoman Trahan. \u201cThat starts with investing in the experts who got us through the COVID: our bio-preparedness and infectious disease workers. Without critical investments to strengthen the pipeline of these experts, we risk leaving ourselves vulnerable to the next pandemic. The BIO Preparedness Workforce Pilot Program is a critical step in ensuring these critical positions are fully staffed and ready to respond to the next public health threat.\u201d\n\nThe program based off Trahan\u2019s BIO Preparedness Workforce Act will help strengthen the pipeline of bio-preparedness and infectious disease professionals by establishing a new loan repayment program for health care professionals who spend at least half of their time engaged in bio-preparedness and response activities or providing infectious diseases care. Further, the program aims to increase the number of underrepresented minority individuals serving as bio-preparedness or infectious diseases physicians.\n\n\u201cRep. Trahan\u2019s outstanding leadership makes an extraordinary difference to the frontline infectious diseases workforce,\u201d said Carlos del Rio, MD, President of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and Professor at Emory University School of Medicine. \u201cThe BIO Preparedness Workforce Pilot Program\u2014which she authored and successfully attached to the omnibus bill\u2014will enable us to recruit the workforce we need to be better prepared for future outbreaks and pandemics and to launch more equitable and effective responses to infectious diseases.\u201d\n\nAdditional supporting Organizations of the Bolstering Infectious Outbreaks (BIO) Preparedness Workforce Act include: the AIDS Institute, American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, American Dental Association, American Hospital Association, American Medical Association, American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, American Society for Microbiology, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, HIV Medicine Association, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, National Rural Health Association, Society for Health Care Epidemiology of America, Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists, University of Wisconsin Health System, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Vivent Health, Wisconsin Hospital Association, Wisconsin Medical Society.\n\nTrahan first introduced the BIO Preparedness Workforce Act with Congressman David B. McKinley (R-WV-01) in October 2021. The bipartisan program was included as part of the year-end omnibus package that was signed into law by President Biden late last week.\n\nMore information on the BIO Preparedness Workforce Act can be accessed HERE. A digital copy of the legislation can be accessed HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:45Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2720", "POTUS Signs Trahan\u2019s Bipartisan Youth Suicide Prevention Bill into Law", "2022-12-27", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Last week, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee\u2019s Health Subcommittee, secured passage of the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Reauthorization Act through the House and Senate. The legislation, which was signed into law by President Joe Biden on Friday, was included in the year-end omnibus package.\n\n\u201cAs a mom of two young girls, supporting our kids\u2019 mental health has been a top priority for me, particularly in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. That\u2019s why, alongside a bipartisan coalition of members, I introduced legislation to extend and strengthen key youth suicide prevention programs with a long track record of success,\u201d said Congresswoman Trahan. \u201cWith the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act reauthorized, we are ensuring science-backed suicide prevention programs can continue saving lives. I\u2019m grateful for the partnership of Congresswomen Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Cindy Axne, and Young Kim for their commitment to getting this done.\u201d\n\nThe Garrett Lee Smith (GLS) Memorial Reauthorization Act ensures the continuation and strengthening of community-based youth and young adult suicide prevention efforts that were set to expire on December 31st. Studies have found that GLS has been effective in lowering the rate of youth and young adult suicides:\n\nFrom 2006 to 2015, counties with GLS initiatives had lower rates of youth suicide for a longer period of time compared to counties without such programs.\n\nCounties implementing GLS programs had significantly lower suicide rates for youth and young adults following implementation, which averted an estimated 79,000 suicide attempts.\n\n\u201cThe Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Reauthorization Act included in the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus package will save lives. By making suicide prevention programming available for students and supporting families in securing means used in suicide, we are taking critical steps forward in protecting our young people,\u201d said Mark Barden, co-founder and CEO of the Sandy Hook Promise Action Fund and father of Daniel, who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. \u201cWe thank Representative Lori Trahan (D-MA), and Representatives Cindy Axne (D-IA), Young Kim (R-CA), and Ranking Member McMorris Rogers (R-WA) for their bipartisan leadership to ensure increased funding for youth suicide prevention.\u201d\n\nTrahan originally introduced this bipartisan legislation with Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-05) and Congresswomen Young Kim (R-CA-39), and Cindy Axne (D-IA-03) in March 2022. It was passed in the House in June as part of a larger bipartisan mental health and addiction package, but had stalled in the Senate until its passage last week.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:45Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2719", "Trahan\u2019s Bipartisan Addiction Legislation Signed into Law", "2022-12-26", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee\u2019s Health Subcommittee and a member of the Bipartisan Working Group on Addiction, announced that the Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act, her bipartisan addiction legislation, cleared the House and Senate last week and was signed into law by President Joe Biden.\n\n\u201cWhether it's an empty seat at the dinner table, a friend who was lost too soon, or a neighbor we didn\u2019t know was struggling until it was too late, the addiction crisis has impacted every single family here in Massachusetts and across our nation. We have to take serious steps to address the root causes of this epidemic, and that starts with removing the stigma,\u201d said Congresswoman Trahan. \u201cThe MATE Act will ensure that every physician with the ability to prescribe highly addictive medications has the training they need to spot, treat, and prevent addiction so no one fighting this disease is told their doctor can\u2019t help. This is a commonsense step in the right direction and getting this bipartisan legislation across the finish line is long overdue.\u201d\n\nFirst introduced by Trahan in 2019, the MATE Act will standardize substance use disorder training to ensure that all prescribers of addictive medications possess baseline knowledge in evidence-based addiction prevention and treatments. The legislation has broad bipartisan support, including key bipartisan co-leads Representatives David Trone (D-MD-06), Buddy Carter (R-GA-01), Annie Kuster (D-NH-02), and David P. McKinley (R-WV-01), and Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Susan Collins (R-ME). Once law, the MATE Act will:\n\nCreate a one-time, non-repetitive requirement for all DEA controlled substance prescribers (Schedule II, III, IV or V) to complete training on treating and managing patients with opioid and other substance use disorders, unless the prescriber is otherwise qualified.\n\nAllow accredited medical schools and residency programs, physician assistant schools, and schools of advanced practice nursing to fulfill the training requirement through a comprehensive curriculum that meets the standards laid out in statute, without having to coordinate the development of their education with an outside medical society or state licensing body.\n\nNormalize addiction medicine education across certain professional schools and phase out the need for these future practitioners to take a separate, federally mandated addiction course.\n\nThe idea for the MATE Act came from a 2019 meeting between Trahan and Dr. James Baker, a pain management expert in Massachusetts. During their conversation, Dr. Baker shared the tragic story of his 23-year-old son Max who died from an overdose. While seeking treatment for Max\u2019s addiction, Dr. Baker asked his primary care physician for a recommendation on addiction care but was told that they did not have the expertise necessary to assist.\n\n\u201cOn her first day in Congress, Rep. Lori Trahan started her tireless effort to reduce overdose deaths in America. She and her team worked with experts on addiction and families who lost a loved one to overdose, and with understanding and insight she then wrote the MATE Act,\u201d said Dr. Baker. \u201cWith diplomacy, grace, and courage Rep. Trahan overcame every obstacle and she has now achieved success that will change the course of addiction care in our country. Her unbreakable efforts will save many lives. I remain deeply honored to work with Congresswoman Trahan as she helps families find effective care for every form of substance use disorder.\u201d\n\nThe MATE Act is also endorsed by the American Society of Addiction Medicine, Shatterproof, Live4Lali, The Kennedy Forum, Well Being Trust, National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers, SMART Recovery, American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine, Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness, American College of Medical Toxicology, National Council for Behavioral Health, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, Faces & Voices of Recovery, Young People in Recovery, National Alliance for Medication Assisted Recovery, National Safety Council, and American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry.\n\n\u201cThe American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) praises the inclusion of the bipartisan Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act in the end-of-year omnibus,\u201d said William Haning, MD, President of ASAM. \u201cASAM has long stood for mainstreaming addiction medicine education throughout the medical community and medical professional schools. We see a future where addiction prevention, treatment, remission and recovery are accessible to all.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe addiction crisis and the corresponding increase in drug-related deaths is the most pressing public health crisis currently facing our country. All medical professionals must have a baseline knowledge of how to prevent addiction and how to identify, treat and manage patients who have substance use disorders,\u201d said Gary Mendell, Founder and CEO of Shatterproof. \u201cThe MATE Act normalizes and standardizes addiction care and empowers providers to better address the addiction crisis our nation is facing. Addiction medicine education will save lives, enabling evidence-based care for this chronic, treatable disease. We thank Congress and have immense gratitude for our legislative champions, Reps. Lori Trahan (D-MA), Buddy Carter (R-GA) and David Trone (D-MD) and Senators Bennet (D-CO) and Collins (R-ME).\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:45Z"], ["https://auchincloss.house.gov/media/press-releases/release-auchincloss-secures-district-wins-in-passage-of-federal-budget", "RELEASE: Auchincloss Secures District Wins in Passage of Federal Budget", "2022-12-23", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Jake Auchincloss", "A000148", "auchincloss.house.gov", "auchincloss", "https://auchincloss.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "\u201cOmnibus\u201d Funding Bill Includes Auchincloss Community Project Funding Requests\n\nWashington, DC \u2014 Today, Congress passed a government funding bill that will now be signed by President Biden and includes key wins for the Fourth District. Included in passage was funding for 15 Community Project Funding (CPF) requests sponsored by Congressman Auchincloss.\n\n\u201cThe Massachusetts Fourth, from Fall River to Brookline, is a powerhouse of talent and work ethic,\u201d said Auchincloss. \u201cThese critical funds will make our communities cleaner, stronger, and safer. Investing in infrastructure and getting localities the funds they need to reach their full economic potential will help our District and Commonwealth reach the next level.\u201d\n\nAuchincloss Projects Included in Passage:\n\nBeacon Street Historic Bridle Path Restoration Project, Brookline\n\nAmount Received: $2,000,000\n\nReplacement of the Pleasant Street Bridge over Muddy Cove Inlet, DIghton\n\nAmount Received: $2,750,000\n\nCentre Street / Central Avenue Bridge, Dover\n\nAmount Received: $2,000,000\n\nEdward M. Kennedy Community Health Center, Inc., Worcester, MA for facilities and equipment\n\nAmount Received: $1,000,000\n\nFall River Waterfront Stormwater Corridor, Fall River\n\nAmount Received: $3,452,972\n\nFeasibility Study to Dredge Hopedale Pond and Daylight the Mill River for Community Resilience and Water Quality Improvements\n\nAmount Received: $444,870\n\nFoxborough Sewer Design Route 1\n\nAmount Received: $400,000\n\nPFAS Treatment for Dustin/Prescott Wells, Mansfield\n\nAmount Received: $2,000,000\n\nReconstruction of the West Street / Route 27 Intersection, Medfield\n\nAmount Received: $1,300,000\n\nSouth Street East Bridge Replacement Project\n\nAmount Received: $5,000,000\n\nMillis Water Supply PFAS treatment planning, design, construction, Millis\n\nAmount Received: $3,452,972\n\nNewton Commuter Rail Stations Accessibility Improvements, Newton\n\nAmount Received: $7,000,000\n\nTen-Mile River Dredging, Town of North Attleborough\n\nAmount Received: 1,482,900\n\nTown of Sharon\u2019s PFAS Water Treatment Plant, Sharon\n\nAmount Received: $3,452,972\n\nHot & Cold Lane Tank THM Removal System, Somerset\n\nAmount Received: $3,200,000", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"], ["https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases?ID=04FA7427-F8E9-47DB-85D0-D012197A2641", "Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark Celebrates Historic Investments in Early Education, Maternal and Veterans' Health in the Annual Funding Package", "2022-12-23", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Katherine M. Clark", "C001101", "katherineclark.house.gov", "clark", "https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Budget bill expands annual child care and early education funding, provides critical health care to moms and toxic-exposed veterans, and includes legislation to fortify the peaceful transfer of power through the electoral vote counting process.\n\nIt also funds 15 Community Projects in MA-5 to directly invest in local child care, health care, and climate resiliency programs.\n\nWASHINGTON, DC - Today, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) celebrated the passage of the FY23 funding package that defends democracy, invests in early education and care, and expands maternal, veterans\u2019, and children\u2019s health care services. As a member of the House Appropriations Committee, Assistant Speaker Clark secured the largest annual investment in early education and care to support providers and families, totaling $8 billion for the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG) \u2014 a thirty percent boost above last year \u2014 and $12 billion for Head Start. The funding package also includes the Assistant Speaker\u2019s legislation to expand maternal mental health screenings and legislation to clarify and fortify the Electoral Count Act process to protect against future threats to our democracy following January 6, 2021.\n\n\u201cWith bold investments in environmental justice, health care, and early education, this comprehensive funding package responds to the pressing needs of Americans while creating a greener and more vibrant tomorrow. In particular, the expanded child care and Head Start resources will help more parents find the care they need to support their families and allow our economy to thrive,\u201d said Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark. \u201cWe are also shoring up democracy at home and abroad with reforms to the Electoral College certification process and support for Ukraine in its ongoing fight for peace and freedom.\u201d\n\nThe spending package also includes funding for fifteen community projects in Massachusetts Fifth District.\n\n\u201cOur local leaders know best where federal resources can make a difference, and I am proud to have partnered with them to bring home investments that will improve our climate resiliency and make life more affordable for Massachusetts families,\u201d continued Assistant Speaker Clark.\n\nAssistant Speaker Clark secured the following resources to support Americans:\n\nChildren and Families\n\n$8 billion for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), an increase of $1.9 billion over FY22.\n\n$12 billion for Head Start, an increase of $960 million over FY22 \u2014 includes $596 million for a cost of living adjustment for Head Start staff.\n\n12,000 new housing choice vouchers for individuals and families experiencing homelessness \u2014 in addition to the 25,000 new vouchers added in FY22.\n\n$52 million to rapidly rehouse survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.\n\n$700 million for Violence Against Women Act programs.\n\nEducation\n\n$540 million for IDEA Grants for Infants and Families to support early-intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities, an increase of $44 million over FY22.\n\n$420 million for IDEA Preschool Grants to ensure special education and related services are available for young children ages 3 through 5, an increase of $10 million over FY22.\n\n$5 million for programs that help former gang-involved youth pursue higher education, an increase of $3.5 million over FY22.\n\n$7,395 for the maximum Pell Grant, an increase of $500 over FY22.\n\n$75 million for child care on college campuses, an increase of $10 million over FY22.\n\nWomen\u2019s Health and Rights\n\n$10 million for the Screening and Treatment of Maternal Depression and Related Behavioral Disorders (MDRBD) Program, an increase of $3.5M over FY22.\n\n$6 million for the Maternal Mental Health Hotline, an increase of $3M over FY22.\n\nPassage of the Into the Light for Maternal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Act\n\nReauthorizes and expands a key grant program to screen and treat maternal mental health and substance use disorders, nearly quadrupling funding to broaden support from 7 to 30 state programs.\n\nEstablishes a national 24/7 maternal mental health hotline to support pregnant or postpartum women and family members affected by conditions or substance use disorders.\n\nGun Prevention\n\n$12.5 million for research into firearm safety and morbidity at the CDC.\n\nSubstance Use Disorders\n\n$40 million for the Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program (STAR LRP), a historic 67% increase of $16M over FY22.\n\nEnvironmental Protections\n\n$83.2 million for Climate Adaptation Science Centers.\n\n$140 million for research, development, and demonstration of carbon dioxide removal technologies.\n\n$6 million for a Center of Excellence on Offshore Wind Energy.\n\n$248.5 million for research, development, demonstration, and commercial activities on developing alternatives to, recycling of, and efficient production and use of critical minerals and materials.\n\nMassachusetts Fifth District Community Projects:\n\nAdvocates Incorporated: $500,000\n\nBoys & Girls Club of Stoneham Child Care Facility: $3,000,000\n\nCambridge Public Health Commission: $1,000,000\n\nCarr Park Resilience Community Solar: $1,500,000\n\nCharles River Community Health Center: $247,000\n\nCharles River Watershed Association, Tree Protection, and Planting Project: $115,000\n\nChris Walsh Memorial Trail: $3,000,000\n\nCity of Framingham, Lake Waushakum Clean Water Project: $1,700,000\n\nCity of Watertown, Stormwater Tree Trench Project: $ 240,000\n\nGrow in Revere Food Hub: $2,000,000\n\nHurld Park Construction: $2,916,370\n\nMalden River Works Project: $1,334,610\n\nMassachusetts Bay Community College: $400,000\n\nMystic River Path: $1,000,000\n\nRiverside Climate Resilience Project: $1,977,220\n\nYou can find more information on the House Democrat\u2019s FY23 Appropriations package here.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"], ["https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases/rep-moulton-secures-168-million-14-community-improvement-projects-across-sixth", "Rep. Moulton Secures $16.8 Million For 14 Community Improvement Projects Across the Sixth District", "2022-12-23", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Seth Moulton", "M001196", "moulton.house.gov", "moulton", "https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "Salem, Mass.\u2014 Congressman Seth Moulton has secured $16,863,400 in funding for fourteen Community Funding Projects across the Sixth District in FY2023. This funding is part of a massive government funding package, which the House of Representatives passed on Friday afternoon.\n\n\"Everyday across the Sixth District \u2013 and across Massachusetts \u2013 our dedicated communities work on ways to improve life for everybody. The funding included in this year\u2019s omnibus will further those efforts, supporting everything from better healthcare and senior services to economic mobility and environmental resilience,\u201d said Congressman Moulton. \u201cAlthough the vote was down to the wire, what matters is that this critical funding has been secured, and that over $16 million will be put to good use on the North Shore next year.\u201d\n\nThe Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, includes 12 bills that will provide $1.7 trillion in discretionary funding, including $800 billion in non-defense funding\u2014the highest level for non-defense funding ever\u2014plus $858 billion in defense funding. The package also includes emergency supplemental funding to respond to the devastation that recent natural disasters and extreme weather events have left behind and emergency resources to support the Ukrainian people and protect global democracy.\n\nProjects with secured funding in the Sixth District:\n\n$2,300,000 for the City of Salem for the Salem Skipper/North Shore Career Mobility Expansion\n\nThe Salem Skipper will expand affordable and inclusive public micro-transit throughout the City of Salem, City of Peabody, City of Beverly and the Town of Danvers. The project will provide key connections to the commuter rail, evening and Saturday service to Essex Tech and NSCC as well as service to Cherry Hill Industrial Park.\n\n$2,000,000 for Gloucester Water Pollution Control Facility Evaluation\n\nThe City of Gloucester Department of Public Works will conduct an evaluation of the recommended capital improvements and secondary treatment process upgrades to the City\u2019s existing Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF). The WPCF evaluation will lead to the design, permitting, and construction of the city\u2019s secondary wastewater treatment plant\n\n$2,000,000 for the Town of Reading for the Maillet, Sommes, Morgan Stormwater System\n\nThe Town of Reading will construct the Maillet, Sommes, and Morgan Stormwater System to restore wetlands on town conservation land, which will provide significant new stormwater storage capacity, protect habitat for native species, and create walking trails.\n\n$1,500,000 for the Town of North Reading for Wastewater Collection and Conveyance System Final Design\n\nThe Town of North Reading will design a wastewater collection and conveyance system to serve the Town's commercial corridors of Main and Concord Streets and connect, through Andover, North Andover, and Lawrence, to the Greater Lawrence Sanitary District. The project will reduce the Town's reliance on septic systems and create opportunities for jobs.\n\n$1,000,000 for the City of Beverly for the Beverly Public Library HVAC System Replacement\n\nAligning with the City of Beverly\u2019s sustainability commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions in municipal buildings, the City will replace the Beverly Public Library\u2019s aged HVAC system to a geothermal heat pump system, utilizing a Ground Heat Exchanger (GHE) to move heat energy from/to the ground to support heating and cooling. The project will lower both annual HVAC energy cost and energy use.\n\n$1,000,000 for the Town of Burlington for the Mill Pond PFAS Filter Facility\n\nThe Town of Burlington will install a new filter facility at the Mill Pond water treatment plant to remove chemical compounds known as PFAS6 from the water supply as required by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection). The project will improve water quality for all residents of the Town, along with the commercial properties that utilize Town water.\n\n$1,000,000 for the City of Lynn for the Lynn Senior Center\n\nThe City of Lynn recently established its own senior center to serve a population, which has a variety of needs that have been exacerbated over the past two years due to pandemic-induced isolation. This funding will allow for significant upgrades and renovations to the center in order to provide the services, activities, and opportunities for social interaction that are age and culturally appropriate.\n\n$1,000,000 for the Haven Project\u2019s Catalyst Housing Program\n\nThe Haven Project will establish Catalyst Housing, a new supportive housing program for extremely low-income young adults who lack access to secure housing. The project will consist of a total of 24 small studio apartments, and offer permanent supportive housing to eligible individuals.\n\n$1,000,000 for Lifebridge/Salem Mission Incorporated for its Salem and Beverly Campus Redevelopment\n\nSalem Mission Incorporated will increase capacity at homeless shelters in Salem and Beverly to serve the housing insecure across the North Shore. The project will renovate aging facilities that require renovations in order to meet the increased demand for services amidst the changing landscape of the pandemic.\n\n$1,000,000 for the Lynn Community Health Center Pharmacy\n\nThe Lynn Community Health Center will develop a pharmacy to serve its patients, employees, and visitors. The project will ensure access to low-cost and affordable prescription medications for residents of Lynn and surrounding communities, especially patients who are uninsured, underinsured, and low-income.\n\n$1,000,000 for the City of Peabody\u2019s Riverwalk\n\nThe City of Peabody will construct the Peabody Riverwalk in a two-block area centered around the North River Canal. The project will improve resilience against climate change, create a park that enhances public access and vitality in an Economically Distressed Area and Environmental Justice Neighborhood, and provide the public with a new pedestrian corridor for alternative transportation.\n\n$900,000 for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Stoneham and Wakefield for its Wakefield and Saugus Expansions\n\nThe Boys & Girls Clubs of Stoneham & Wakefield will convert a portion of the Wakefield Club into a career center where local teenagers will have access to job readiness programs, a science lab, and an expanded maker space. The project will also open a teen center in Saugus, where children will learn career-ready skills, receive wrap-around mental health services, and access programs focused on character and leadership development. This teen center will also include a science lab and maker space.\n\n$800,000 for the City of Lynn for the Central Avenue Roadway Safety improvements Project\n\nThe City of Lynn will reconstruct Central Avenue to extend the roadway and safety improvements recently completed in downtown Lynn. The street section will be designed to a Complete Street standard and will include an enhanced pedestrian environment and traffic calming elements to improve safety and access to all roadway users.\n\n$363,400 for Middlesex Community College\u2019s Bedford Biotech Labs\n\nMiddlesex Community College will develop a specialized Life Sciences Center in Bedford to offer biotechnology classes and expand offerings in new areas such as bioinformatics. The project aims to develop a high level genetics lab course and short-term industry training in quality assurance, microscopy, as well as providing research opportunities.\n\nUnder guidelines issued by the House Appropriations Committee, each Representative is allowed to request funding for community projects for obligation in FY 2023. Projects are restricted to specific accounts with differing eligibility. Additional information on the process governing CPF requests is available here.\n\nEarlier this year. Congressman Moulton secured $10 million in funding for ten projects in the Sixth District as part of the FY 2022 government funding package.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2718", "Trahan Supports Passage of Year-End Government Funding Package", "2022-12-23", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) voted in favor of a year-end funding package to keep the government open and deliver meaningful progress for the Third District.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m proud to announce that this year-end funding package delivers key wins for communities across the Commonwealth, including long-term priorities I\u2019ve been fighting for since my first day in office,\u201d said Congresswoman Lori Trahan. \u201cI voted today for critical investments to strengthen access to health and mental health care, bolster our infrastructure, expand veteran services, and help end the addiction crisis. With these much-needed investments, we are building a safer and healthier future for Massachusetts families.\u201d\n\nPriority provisions in year-end government funding package include:\n\nIMPROVING & EXPANDING HEALTH CARE\n\nEnsures permanent, mandatory, and continuous coverage for the 40 million children enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP.\n\nIncludes Trahan\u2019s bipartisan legislation to reauthorize important programs established under the Garrett Lee Smith (GLS) Memorial Act, which support community-based youth and young adult suicide prevention efforts.\n\nProvides historic funding for the critical Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting initiative, which improves health outcomes for pregnant people and young families who live in underserved communities.\n\nEstablishes strong guardrails to prevent disruption to families\u2019 health coverage, as states resume Medicaid recertifications next year.\n\nImproves diversity in FDA clinical trials and finally provides FDA regulation of cosmetics.\n\nTACKLING THE ADDICTION CRISIS\n\nIncludes Trahan\u2019s bipartisan Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act to standardize substance use disorder training to ensure that all prescribers of addictive medications possess baseline knowledge in evidence-based addiction prevention and treatments.\n\nInvests in mental health services to improve access to medication-assisted treatment, expand our mental health workforce and increase coverage of mental health services.\n\nINVESTING IN PUBLIC HEALTH\n\nExtends Medicare COVID-19 telehealth flexibilities, which Trahan has advocated for repeatedly. Telehealth flexibilities will now be available for another two years, through December 31, 2024.\n\nIncludes the Congresswoman\u2019s Bolstering Infectious Outbreaks (BIO) Preparedness Workforce Act, which would strengthen the bio-preparedness and infectious disease workforce that has proven critical during the COVID-19 pandemic.\n\nPasses the PREVENT Pandemics Act, which uses lessons learned from COVID-19 to improve preparedness for future public health emergencies.\n\nSUPPORTING VETERANS\n\nImproves veterans' medical care by investing in mental health services, suicide prevention outreach, women\u2019s health care, substance use disorder programs, opioid abuse prevention, and homeless assistance programs.\n\nStrengthens benefits administration by providing disability compensation and burial benefits to more than 6 million veterans and their survivors. These funds will help the VA handle the expected increase in the number and scope of claims associated with the Honoring our PACT Act while also addressing its claims backlog.\n\nSTRENGTHENING AMERICA\u2019S UNIONS\n\nIncreases funding for the National Labor Relations Board for the first time in over a decade. This funding is in response to the recent rise of organizing and will help workers defend the right to unionize.\n\nDELIVERING FOR THE THIRD DISTRICT\n\nDelivers $20,747,873 in federal funding Trahan secured for local community projects across the Third District to positively impact individual communities and strengthen the region as a whole. View the full list of projects HERE.\n\nBoth chambers of Congress have passed this government funding package, which will now head to President Biden\u2019s desk to become law.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:45Z"], ["https://auchincloss.house.gov/media/press-releases/memorandum-re-jake-auchincloss-second-year-in-congress", "Memorandum RE: Jake Auchincloss\u2019 Second Year in Congress", "2022-12-22", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Jake Auchincloss", "A000148", "auchincloss.house.gov", "auchincloss", "https://auchincloss.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Memorandum RE: Jake Auchincloss\u2019 Second Year in Congress\n\nTo: Interested Parties\n\nFrom: Matt Corridoni\n\nDate: December 22, 2022\n\nThis year, Congress made historic investments in our future and Congressman Jake Auchincloss was once again front and center in helping to secure key wins for working families. Congressman Auchincloss proved he has an ability to work left, right, and center to deliver results for his district and to advance common-sense priorities in Congress. The second year of his first term saw the biggest, boldest climate action and clean energy investment in history; successes in lowering healthcare costs; strong support for Ukraine on the front lines of the free world; and funding for science and technology advancements that will boost the U.S. and Massachusetts\u2019 economies. Congressman Auchincloss continued to apply his unique perspective as a millennial, dad, veteran, former business manager, and former city councilor to make an impact even during some of the most turbulent times in Washington.\n\nLegislative Victories and Representing Values\n\nSucceeded in hard-fought negotiation to remove language from the FY23 NDAA conference agreement to protect offshore wind development in Massachusetts and down the Eastern Seaboard. This came after Rep. Auchincloss led a letter with 30 House members urging the Senate to excise a provision included in the House-passed NDAA that would constrain available ships and mariners to construct and maintain offshore wind turbines.\n\nFollowing Rep. Auchincloss\u2019 bipartisan letter urging the Department of Treasury to swiftly set a G-7-endorsed price cap on Russian oil purchases and coordinated insurance sanctions, Secretary Yellen announced the United States would implement the cap to curtail Russia\u2019s primary source of revenue for its illegal war in Ukraine.\n\nCongressman Auchincloss secured the highest amount of funding for district earmarks in MA-04 compared to all other Massachusetts Congressional districts in FY23 spending bills approved by the House Appropriations Committee.\n\nPassed HR 4590, the Promoting New and Diverse Depository Institutions Act, through the House of Representatives to ensure access to diverse and affordable financial services that can help individuals save money and help small businesses raise capital.\n\nAuthored language passed in the CHIPS and Science Act to expand innovation in synthetic biology by directing the U.S. government to support research and development of tools and methodologies to measure the molecular components of the cell and engineered systems.\n\nThrough a directive in the FY23 spending bill, assured that President Biden would issue an annual proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe two minutes of silence on Veterans Day, beginning in 2022.\n\nIncluded language in the FY23 spending bill approved by the House Appropriations Committee to require the Department of Education to engage in safe firearm storage efforts.\n\nSecured additional funding for the WHO\u2019s global COVID-19 vaccination efforts in House-passed FY23 spending bill.\n\nDelivering Results at Home\n\nOutreach\n\nMet with municipal leaders (Mayors, Select Board Members, Town Managers) in all 34 cities and towns to discuss how federal programs can support local infrastructure priorities\n\nInvited and met with hundreds of constituents in person from all 34 municipalities at \u201cCoffee with the Congressman\u201d community events hosted at 18 different coffee shops and restaurants across the district\n\nVisited over 75 small businesses and nonprofit organizations in person across the district\n\nHosted 10 in-person or virtual town halls to share legislative updates and hear what\u2019s on constituents\u2019 minds. This included 5 telephone town halls and a special virtual town hall focused on financial literacy and tackling inflation\n\nHosted two large district-wide public summits on Affordable Housing and Climate Change\n\nConvened 10 multi-stakeholder roundtables to hear from the leaders on the issues most important to constituents including students\u2019 mental health, veterans services, councils on aging, transportation, offshore wind, and food insecurity\n\nVisited 20 schools and after-school programs to speak with students, teachers, and parents about ways Congress can support them\n\nEngaged 100+ students across the district via the Congressional App Challenge, Congressional Art Competition, and Military Academy nomination process\n\nCasework\n\nOver $2.2 million of tax refunds returned\n\n1,670 casework inquiries completed\n\nCasework completed for constituents in every city and town in the district\n\nOver 50 casework outreach visits to Councils on Aging, Veteran Service Offices, and mobile office hours at Government Center in Fall River\n\nOver 130 emergency passports secured\n\nAssisted over 160 constituents with obtaining Social Security benefits\n\nAssisted over 250 constituents with navigating the US immigration system\n\nEffectively Communicating and Making a Name for Himself in the Next Generation of Democratic Leaders\n\nCongressman Auchincloss continued his aggressive \u201cgo everywhere\u201d media strategy and this year has been hailed as an \u201can up and coming member\u201d...\u201cthoughtful and nuanced [and someone to] keep [on] your 'people to watch' list.\u2019\u201d... and someone \u201cwho has quickly become a leader in the House of Representatives, securing key committee appointments early in his legislative career\u2026[he has a ] future as a leader on the national stage.\u201d\n\nDuring his second year in office he has made over 115 local and national television appearances and penned national and local opeds appearing in Commonwealth Magazine, FOX, The Washington Post, Strong Towns, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, and The Boston Globe\n\nCongressman Auchincloss is committed to meeting audiences where they are, be it on social media, on public access television, or hyper-local blogs. This includes being a strong independent voice who can go places other Democrats can\u2019t - including pushing back on bad-faith attacks from the right on FOX and from the left on MSNBC\n\nCongressman Auchincloss has also proven he can work left, right, and center. Be it collaborating with AOC on EPA legislation; working with Liz Cheney on sound foreign policy in Ukraine; or partnering with Blue Dog Stephanie Murphy to present a forward looking vision for Democrats on trade policy\n\nAn effective surrogate for the Biden Administration, Congressman Auchincloss was at President Biden\u2019s side for a major offshore wind announcement in the Fourth District; the celebration of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and launch of the Cancer Moonshot Initiative in Boston, and he hosted Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona at Milford High School to highlight how ARPA funding has helped successfully return students to classrooms\n\nAs Republicans prepare to take the gavel, Congressman Auchincloss will continue to find ways to deliver for the Fourth District and will work with the GOP on good-faith proposals to lower costs and achieve clean energy independence. He will also continue to be an effective voice in the Democratic Party prepared to push back on any political theater the new GOP leadership has planned.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2717", "Trahan Statement on President Zelenskyy\u2019s Address to Congress", "2022-12-22", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u2019s joint address to Congress:\n\n\u201cThe United States has stood unequivocally with the Ukrainian people in their courageous fight for the future of their democracy and our shared values. Tonight, we heard from President Zelenskyy about how critical that support has been and how grateful Ukrainians are not just to Congress, but to each and every American.\u201d\n\n\u201cAlongside our allies, our strong response to Russia\u2019s unprovoked invasion has empowered Ukraine to do the impossible \u2013 to beat back Russian advances and liberate large swaths of their country. Our support has helped innocent civilians keep their families fed, even as Russia focuses strikes on civilian targets like hospitals and daycares. And our compassion has ensured that families who fled unspeakable violence have found safety in other nations, including here at home in Massachusetts.\u201d\n\n\u201cHowever, our work is far from finished. President Zelenskyy was clear that Ukraine is winning thanks to American military equipment and training, and they\u2019re going to continue needing that aid to be victorious. I\u2019m thankful that Ukraine will soon receive the Patriot air defense system so they can protect themselves from Russian missiles, and I look forward to casting my vote to stand with Ukraine once again in the coming days.\u201d\n\n\u201cTonight, our message to Vladimir Putin is simple: You will lose this war. Slava Ukraini.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:45Z"], ["https://lynch.house.gov/2022/12/president-biden-signs-lynch-bill-to-honor-american-heroes-of-benghazi-attack", "President Biden Signs Lynch Bill to Honor American Heroes of Benghazi Attack", "2022-12-21", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Stephen F. Lynch", "L000562", "lynch.house.gov", "lynch", "https://lynch.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Boston, MA \u2013 Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. signed into law H.R. 310, legislation sponsored by U.S. Representative Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08) to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal \u2013 the highest civilian honor bestowed by Congress - to the four heroic Americans killed in the September 11th, 2012 terrorist attack against the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. Specifically, the bill awards the Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens; U.S. Navy Seal and C.I.A. security contractor, Glen Doherty; U.S. Navy Seal and C.I.A. security contractor, Tyrone Woods; and U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant and State Department Officer, Sean Smith.\n\n\u201cAfter more than a decade of collective effort in support of this important legislation, I am proud that H.R. 310 has been signed into law by President Biden,\u201d said Rep. Lynch. \u201cThe enactment of this bill would not have been possible without the family members, pro bono counsel, and other stakeholders who relentlessly advocated on behalf of our four fallen heroes - in recognition of their bravery, service, and sacrifice.\n\n\u201cI would like to particularly thank Mrs. Barbara Doherty and Ms. Katie Quigley of Winchester, MA \u2013 the devoted mother and sister of U.S. Navy SEAL Glen Doherty - as well as Amy Carnevale and Dennis Potter of K&L Gates and Dan Rea of WBZ News Radio for their steadfast support of this legislation and for amplifying our effort over the past several years.\n\n\u201cThere is no legacy more lasting and profound than the bravery and sacrifice of those who have stood in defense of our nation,\u201d Rep. Lynch concluded. \u201cAfter more than a decade since the terrorist attack in Benghazi, it is more than fitting that we bestow the Congressional Gold Medal on the four fallen American heroes who bravely defended our compound and dedicated their lives to service on behalf of the United States of America.\u201d\n\nFor over twenty years, Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens served our nation in the Foreign Service. From his first assignment as a Consular/Economic Officer in Saudi Arabia to his last diplomatic mission in Libya, Ambassador Stevens reflected a genuine commitment to building bridges with our Middle Eastern and North African partners and advancing our most cherished democratic ideals.\n\nDuring their decades of service as elite U.S. Navy Seals with tours of duty in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other overseas conflict zones, Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods perpetually exemplified the Navy Seal motto: \u201cthe only easy day was yesterday.\u201d Their continued service as overseas security personnel responsible for the safety of American diplomatic officials will never be forgotten.\n\nAs a former ground radio maintenance specialist in the U.S. Air Force and a State Department officer, Sean Smith, served our nation with honor and distinction throughout multiple deployments that included Iraq, South Africa, Oman, and Libya.\n\nSince the American revolution, Congress has commissioned and bestowed the Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of distinguished acts of bravery, leadership, and achievement that leave an enduring impact on American history. Rep. Lynch is grateful to the nearly 300 bipartisan Members who co-sponsored the legislation and enabled its passage in the House. He is also thankful to Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) for introducing the Senate companion to H.R. 310 and ensuring the support of 70 bipartisan Senators.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2714", "Trahan Secures $20.7 Million for Local Projects Across Third District", "2022-12-21", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) announced $20,747,873 in federal funding for local community projects across the Third District is set to pass the House and Senate and be signed into law by President Joe Biden this week.\n\n\u201cI go to work every day looking for ways to deliver federal resources for local economic development and infrastructure projects that will improve the lives of folks across the Third District,\u201d said Congresswoman Trahan. \u201cThese investments set to become law later this week will undoubtedly make our district a better place to call home, and I couldn\u2019t be prouder of the work our partners and my team have done to get them across the finish line. I look forward to collaborating with community leaders to get these funds released as soon as possible so we can start putting them to work here at home.\u201d\n\nCritical projects in communities across our district are just a federal investment away from being completed and improving the city or town for years to come. I\u2019m proud to secure over $20 million in federal funding to get many of those projects from Haverhill to Lowell to Gardner done.\n\nEarlier this year, Trahan submitted proposals to fund 15 projects across the Third District that will positively impact individual communities and strengthen the region as a whole. The projects set to receive funding following passage this week include:\n\nCommunity Teamwork, Inc.: $3,000,000 to support CTI\u2019s efforts to provide emergency housing for Lowell families through the Commonwealth\u2019s Emergency Assistance Family Shelter Program.\n\nCawley Stadium: $3,000,000 to assist with the renovation of the stadium grandstands and locker rooms, which is Phase II in the rehabilitation of the 68-acre Martin Athletic Complex.\n\nCommunity Health Connections: $2,500,000 to support the establishment of a dedicated service line for Children\u2019s Mental Health, including outpatient individual, family, and group therapy services, psychiatry, in-school therapy, therapeutic case management, peer mentoring, and parenting classes.\n\nBoys & Girls Clubs, District-wide: $2,200,000 to support important workforce development projects at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill, MetroWest, and Gardner.\n\nLawrence CommunityWorks, Inc.: $2,116,000 to complete the transformational redevelopment of Lawrence\u2019s East Island neighborhood from neglected post-industrial wasteland to vibrant mixed-use community.\n\nFitchburg Theater Block: $2,000,000 to support the Fitchburg Theater Block development project, including constructing a performing arts theater that will be used by Fitchburg State University\u2019s performing arts students and the public.\n\nTown of Dracut: $1,500,000 to support the Town of Dracut\u2019s plan to cap its landfill, which will enable the site to be reutilized.\n\nLawrence General Hospital: $1,000,000 replace the hospital\u2019s imaging equipment in its Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory to better diagnose and treat heart conditions such as clogged arteries and irregular heartbeats.\n\nTown of Acton: $750,000 to restore the historic Asa Parlin House to provide event space to facilitate meetings, library programing, and culture events, to maintain the historic integrity and visual impact from Woodbury Lane, and to restore the appearance of the municipal complex that also houses the Town Hall and Memorial Library.\n\nCity of Haverhill: $700,000 to improve and restore portions of the Winnekenni Park Recreation Area, including trail renovation and increasing access to green space.\n\nCenter for Hope and Healing, Inc.: $505,813 to support the Lowell Ending Trafficking of Youth (LET YOUTH) project that provides comprehensive services to address the needs for safety, security, and healing to all minor survivors of human trafficking in the Greater Lowell area.\n\nTown of Winchendon: $494,000 to support efforts to replace approximately 900 feet of century-old sewers and expand water access for town residents.\n\nClinton Hospital, Leominster Campus: $450,000 to acquire and install a 3D Mammography System (digital breast tomosynthesis) to increase cancer screening rates for over 12,000 patients.\n\nMinute Man Arc for Human Services: $331,110 to support \u201cBridge to Bright Futures,\u201d a new project to address isolation, lack of congregate day services, and caregiver burden for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.\n\nGAAMHA, Inc.: $200,000 to support a new program that offers individuals in North Central Massachusetts struggling from substance use disorder and mental health challenges with alternative approaches to recovery.\n\nThe projects were included in the year-end government funding package set to pass the House and Senate and be signed into law by the President later this week.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:45Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2716", "Trahan & Colleagues Sound Alarm on Health Care Systems Surge, Capacity Concerns in Massachusetts and Across U.S.", "2022-12-21", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Representative Lori Trahan joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), Representatives James P. McGovern (MA-02), Jake Auchincloss (MA-04), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Seth Moulton (MA-06), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08), and Bill Keating (MA-09) in a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra to sound the alarm on barriers patients are facing in accessing health care as a result of closures, service reductions, mergers, and for-profit acquisitions of hospitals in Massachusetts and across the United States. Since 2020, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health recorded 20 service reductions or cuts \u2013 including inpatient pediatric, obstetric, and substance use disorder care \u2013 across 17 cities and towns.\n\n\u201cMassachusetts hospitals report that they are caring for patients in emergency department hallways because skilled nursing facilities lack beds and workforce capacity is limited,\u201d the lawmakers wrote in their letter to Secretary Becerra. \u201cNationwide, hospitals are struggling to manage surge capacity because of a bed shortage that predated the pandemic. Despite financial support and high caseloads, the health care system is exhibiting worrying signs of distress.\u201d\n\n\u201cChildren await placement at behavioral health care facilities in adult emergency rooms for weeks at a time. Patients\u2014both children and adults\u2014are waiting hours for a hospital bed or giving up before they can get care,\u201d the lawmakers continued. \u201cThey are travelling longer to deliver their babies, access reproductive care, or get treatment for a stroke or heart attack. Or they pay higher prices for the care they receive. Health care workers face unsafe working conditions in which they labor to exhaustion to meet demand or lose their jobs. Although this crisis may have multiple causes, the impact to our health care system and patients is a clarion call to guarantee affordable, high quality health care for everyone.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:45Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2709", "Congresswoman Trahan Releases End of Term Report", "2022-12-20", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) unveiled her End of Term Report: 2021-2022 to families across the Third District. The report summarizes progress made in the 117th Congress to lower health care and prescription drug costs, invest in infrastructure, create good-paying jobs, and more. Additionally, it explains how important legislation will directly affect and benefit families across the Third District.\n\n\u201cSince I was first sworn in as your representative nearly four years ago, I have viewed every vote I\u2019ve taken, every meeting I\u2019ve attended, and every conversation I\u2019ve had through the lens of how it will help our district,\u201d Congresswoman Trahan wrote in a note to residents of the Third District. \u201cThe needs of this community \u2013 the one I grew up in and the one I\u2019m raising my daughters in \u2013 guides my work each day.\u201d\n\nNotable statistics from the report include:\n\n940+ events, constituent and organization meetings, town halls, and visits in the district\n\n61,000+ constituent phone calls and emails answered\n\n2,900+ constituent requests for assistance closed\n\n$435,800,000+ in federal benefits and relief delivered to residents and small businesses\n\nThe full report can be accessed HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:45Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2710", "Trahan Introduces Legislation To Promote Gender Equity In Sports", "2022-12-20", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a former Division-I volleyball player, partnered with Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12), and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) to introduce legislation to promote gender equity in college and K-12 sports. The Fair Play for Women Act would promote fairness and equity in participation opportunities and institutional support for women's and girls' sports programs, ensure transparency and public reporting of data by college and K-12 athletic programs, hold athletic programs and athletic associations more accountable for Title IX violations and discriminatory treatment, and improve education and awareness of Title IX rights among college and K-12 athletes as well as athletics staff.\n\n\u201cGlaring loopholes in Title IX have been hurting women athletes for decades. As women\u2019s sports continue gaining in popularity, it\u2019s time to make sure that the system of college athletics finally works for the athletes who power it,\u201d said Congresswoman Trahan. \u201cI wish women athletes had protections like those in the Fair Play for Women Act when I was playing volleyball, and it\u2019s on all of us to make sure future generations never go without them again. I\u2019m proud to partner with Senator Murphy and Congresswomen Adams and Bonamici to introduce this long overdue legislation. For my daughters and every young girl who dreams of playing college sports one day, we must get this done.\u201d\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s no secret there\u2019s still a huge gap in resources and opportunities between women\u2019s sports and men\u2019s sports \u2013 it\u2019s a Title IX violation hiding in plain sight. Our bill would ensure sports programs for women and girls finally get the support they\u2019re entitled to, increase transparency and accountability of schools and athletic associations, and make sure athletes are aware of their Title IX rights and how to exercise them. I\u2019m proud to be working with Representatives Adams, Trahan, and Bonamici on this important piece of legislation to fulfill the promise of Title IX in college and K-12 athletics,\u201d said Senator Murphy.\n\n\u201cI am proud to introduce the Fair Play for Women Act, which would make updates to the Title IX to address gaps in the law and keep Title IX strong for generations of women to come,\u201d said Congresswoman Adams. \u201cAs a legislator for three decades, high school athlete, and a college professor at a women\u2019s college for more than 40 years, I have fought not only to support Title IX and its positive impact on college athletics and other collegiate programs, but also to make sure the law continues to give women the opportunities we deserve. As a mother and grandmother, I want to make sure that my granddaughters and their friends grow up in a world where they are empowered to succeed.\n\n\u201cThe students of today and tomorrow deserve a level playing field, an equitable collegiate experience, and freedom from discrimination and harassment. I am committed to working alongside my colleagues, like Senators Murphy and Feinstein and Representative Trahan to pass this meaningful legislation to update Title IX, and renew its promise to keep women at the table and on the field,\u201d concluded Congresswoman Adams.\n\n\u201cWe have made remarkable progress toward gender equity in sports since Title IX became law 50 years ago, but we still have more to do to end discrimination in athletic programs,\u201d said Congresswoman Bonamici. \u201cToo many girls and women lack opportunities to compete and many have subpar facilities, equipment, and support. The Fair Play for Women Act will increase oversight of athletic programs and hold them accountable for Title IX violations, as well as help educate athletes about their rights.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe FAIR PLAY FOR WOMEN ACT will fundamentally strengthen TITLE IX through better education, stronger enforcement and greater transparency in data and reporting. We are proud of the role that our young VIS Advocates have played in creating this important step towards equality in sport for all. With the VOICES of the girls at the center, this Bill will spark conversations which will positively impact girls and women in sport for generations to come,\u201d said Stef Strack, Founder & CEO of VOICEINSPORT & VOICEINSPORT FOUNDATION.\n\nSpecifically, the Fair Play for Women Act would:\n\nExpand reporting requirements of college and K-12 athletics data and make all information easily accessible to the public. The bill would establish a one-stop shop for key athletics data by expanding the scope and detail of reporting requirements among colleges, extending these requirements to include athletic programs at elementary and secondary schools, and requiring the Secretary of Education to house all data on the same public website. Further, the bill requires athletic programs to certify the data they submit and report how they are claiming Title IX compliance, and requires an annual public report by the Department of Education on gender equity and Title IX compliance. These provisions will help weed out reporting tricks by programs to skirt Title IX compliance and make it easier for athletes and stakeholders to evaluate persisting gaps in athletic programs.\n\nHold athletic programs and athletic associations like the NCAA more accountable for Title IX violations and discriminatory treatment. The bill would codify that intercollegiate athletic associations, including the NCAA and athletic conferences, shall not discriminate on the basis of sex. Further, it would provide a private right of action for all Title IX claims and lawsuits, making it easier for athletes to push for change at their schools. The bill would also authorize the Department of Education to levy fines on colleges that are found non-compliant with Title IX, along with requiring submission of publicly available plans to remedy violations, providing more tools to compel Title IX compliance.\n\nImprove education and awareness of Title IX rights among athletes, staff, and stakeholders. The bill would require Title IX trainings on an annual basis for all athletes, Title IX coordinators, and athletic department and athletic association staff. Further, the bill would establish a public database of all Title IX coordinators at colleges and K-12 schools, included in the one-stop shop for athletics data. These provisions will ensure all people involved with college and K-12 athletics understand what Title IX compliance means and what students\u2019 rights are under the law.\n\nA one-pager is available HERE.\n\nA section by section is available HERE.\n\nTrahan along with Senator Chris Murphy (CT), Senator Bernie Sanders (VT), and Jamaal Bowman (NY-16) introduced the College Athlete Right to Organize Act, legislation to provide collective bargaining rights for college athletes. Trahan and Murphy also wrote the College Athlete Economic Freedom Act, which grants unrestricted rights to college athletes over the use of their name, image, and likeness.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:45Z"], ["https://auchincloss.house.gov/media/press-releases/statement-auchincloss-trump-must-never-again-hold-public-office", "STATEMENT: Auchincloss: Trump Must Never Again Hold Public Office", "2022-12-19", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Jake Auchincloss", "A000148", "auchincloss.house.gov", "auchincloss", "https://auchincloss.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "STATEMENT: Auchincloss: Trump Must Never Again Hold Public Office\n\n\u201cThe bipartisan January 6th Committee has affirmed, via thorough and transparent fact-finding, that Donald Trump committed insurrection. The Department of Justice should prosecute him\u201d\n\nWashington, DC \u2014 Today, Congressman Jake Auchincloss (D, MA-04), released the following statement in response to The January 6th Committee making criminal referrals against former President Donald Trump:\n\n\u201cThe bipartisan January 6th Committee has affirmed, via thorough and transparent fact-finding, that Donald Trump committed insurrection. The Department of Justice should prosecute him. Congress should enact the Electoral Count Act Reform to prevent another constitutional crisis.\n\n\u201cAnd the American people, of all political persuasions, should heed Abraham Lincoln\u2019s warning: \u2018If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide.\u2019 Donald Trump tried to be the \u2018finisher\u2019 of our democracy. He must never again hold public office.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2699", "Trahan Statement on Bipartisan January 6th Committee Vote", "2022-12-19", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement after the bipartisan Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol voted to release its final report:\n\n\u201cJanuary 6th was one of the darkest days in our nation\u2019s history. Police officers were beaten and overrun, people lost their lives, and our democracy was forced to the brink of collapse \u2013 all because the former president refused to accept his defeat in the 2020 election.\u201d\n\n\u201cWhat\u2019s clear from the Committee\u2019s comprehensive and bipartisan investigation is that Donald Trump and his closest advisers knew what they were doing in the leadup to January 6th. They knew the potential for violence as they called for tens of thousands of supporters to descend on the U.S. Capitol, and they sat on their hands as a violent insurrection unfolded. In the nearly two years since then, Trump and his allies have attempted to downplay the severity of the attack, minimize their role in the plot, and undermine the ability of investigators to uncover the full truth of what happened on January 6th and hold the insurrectionists accountable.\u201d\n\n\u201cJust as he did on January 6th, Donald Trump lost. Today\u2019s vote is proof that the pillars of our democracy are strong. It\u2019s proof that there are still members of both parties who are willing to honor their oath to the Constitution, even if it costs them their career in public office. Like so many Americans, I am deeply grateful to the members of the Committee for their exhaustive and impartial work to see this bipartisan investigation through to its conclusion. Next, we must act on their recommendations to ensure nothing like January 6th ever happens again.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:45Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2698", "Trahan Leads Request to Top Gaming Companies on Proliferation of Harassment and Extremism in Online Games", "2022-12-16", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, led a group of Democratic members requesting information from top gaming companies about their efforts to combat rising hate, harassment, and extremism in their online games.\n\n\u201cWe know that online games, like the ones you create, are widely used spaces where millions of people overwhelmingly report experiencing positive social behaviors and find a sense of community and belonging with other players. However, they are also spaces where hate, harassment, and extremism can proliferate, and we are concerned about the total volume as well as the increase in player reports of these negative encounters,\u201d the lawmakers wrote. \u201cGiven the rise of extremism \u2013 especially white supremacist ideology \u2013 around the world, it is important that online video game developers work to stop the spread of harassment and extremist ideologies that proliferate on their platforms.\u201d\n\nAn Anti-Defamation League report released last week found that 77 percent of adults and 66 percent of teens have reported experiences of harassment while playing online games over the past year, marking a six percent jump since last year for both age groups. Three out of every five children between the ages of 10 and 12 years old reported experiencing the same kind of in-game harassment.\n\nAccording to the Anti-Defamation League, the proliferation of white supremacy and other forms of extremism has also increased dramatically, with 15 percent of gamers under 18 years old and 20 percent of adults reporting encounters with white supremacy while online. The level of adult exposure to white supremacist ideologies is more than double what gamers reported just a year ago. The dramatic increase is cause for concern since online games have become active tools for extremists looking to recruit young gamers to their causes, and extremists as recently as the Buffalo supermarket gunman have cited games as critical to their radicalization.\n\n\u201cOnline Multiplayer Games are more than media and entertainment outlets\u2013they are social spaces where people of all ages connect through concerts, protests, conversations, and more. Sadly though, ADL research has shown for the fourth year in a row that these spaces are being increasingly filled with hate and harassment,\u201d said Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League. \u201cTo date, online multiplayer game companies have not received the same level of scrutiny for these harms as traditional social media companies have. It\u2019s time for players, parents, lawmakers, civil society, and communities to require more from the companies who profit off players\u2019 interactions. We applaud the work of Rep. Trahan and others in Congress to bring this issue to light and call for accountability from online multiplayer game companies.\u201d\n\nThe letters sent today were addressed to the following companies:\n\nActivision Blizzard, Inc. (Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Overwatch)\n\nTake-Two Interactive (Grand Theft Auto Online)\n\nRiot Games (League of Legends, Valorant)\n\nEpic Games (Fortnite, Rocket League)\n\nPUBG Corp (PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds)\n\nValve (DOTA 2, Counter Strike: Global Offensive)\n\nMicrosoft (Minecraft)\n\nSony (Destiny 2)\n\nElectronic Arts (Apex Legends, Madden NFL)\n\nUbisoft (Tom Clancy\u2019s Rainbow Six: Siege)\n\nSquare Enix (Final Fantasy XIV Online)\n\nTencent (Clash Royale)\n\nInnersloth (Among Us)\n\nRoblox (Roblox)\n\nThe letters request answers to the following questions by January 9, 2023:\n\nHow are you assessing and mitigating the risks and harms of in-game harassment and extremism in your online games? What plans do you have to further address this issue?\n\nWhat mechanisms do you have in-game and externally (such as official websites, forums, and support pages) for players to report in-game harassment?\n\nHow are player reports of in-game harassment handled, how large is the team that reviews those reports, and what automated tools are used in-game and by your review team? What investments are you making in ensuring the development and improvement of these systems?\n\nHow do you integrate feedback from groups that represent communities most impacted by online hate and harassment into the process of improving reporting in your games?\n\nHow do you identify extremist content in your games? Can you specify which of your currently existing policies address extremist content?\n\nWhat data do you collect on in-game player reporting mechanisms and automatic bans for inappropriate behavior? Will you consider releasing those data in regular transparency reporting?\n\nAdditional cosigners of the letters include Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Representatives Katie Porter (CA-45), Stephen Lynch (MA-08), Susan Wild (PA-07), Mondaire Jones (NY-17), Kathy Castor (FL-14), Adam Schiff (CA-28), and Elissa Slotkin (MI-08).\n\nA digital copy of the letters can be accessed HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:45Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2695", "Trahan Statement on Governor Baker\u2019s Appointment as NCAA President", "2022-12-15", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a former Division I volleyball player and sponsor of the College Athlete Economic Freedom Act, issued the following statement after Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker was named the next President of the NCAA:\n\n\u201cGovernor Baker has been an extremely effective leader in Massachusetts, having steered our Commonwealth through some of the most difficult moments in recent history. From the Merrimack Valley gas explosions to the COVID-19 pandemic, I\u2019ve had the honor of seeing up close the way Governor Baker approaches leadership and the importance of bringing people together, especially in the hardest of times. We owe him a tremendous debt of gratitude for his service that has undoubtedly positioned Massachusetts to succeed in the years ahead.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe NCAA is at an inflection point where athletes and the millions of fans who root them on have largely lost faith in it as an organization. The Association desperately needs a proven leader who personally understands the unique needs of the nearly 500,000 college athletes it serves and who is prepared to do what\u2019s necessary to right the ship. I commend Governor Baker for taking on this new challenge, and I believe his experience as a college basketball player coupled with his extensive career spanning both the public and private sectors will serve him well in this position.\u201d\n\n\u201cI look forward to working with Governor Baker to help chart a path forward where the NCAA and college athletics as a whole work for the people who matter most \u2013 athletes.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:45Z"], ["https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases?ID=5C2C6475-7352-440C-9426-94601DFA5627", "Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark Celebrates New Law Protecting Marriage Equality", "2022-12-13", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Katherine M. Clark", "C001101", "katherineclark.house.gov", "clark", "https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement after President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law.\n\n\u201cThis is a historic day for the LGBTQ+ community, interracial couples, and every person who believes in equality,\u201d said Assistant Speaker Clark. \u201cWith this new law, America advances its journey of becoming a more perfect union, proudly declaring love is love. To everyone who fears for their future because of Republican attacks on freedom: Democrats stand with you. Our work isn\u2019t finished until every American has the same access to justice and opportunity.\u201d\n\n\"It was not that long ago that our rights and protections as a married couple dissolved at our state border. With great uncertainty concerning potential Supreme Court decisions, I am grateful to the US Congress for passing the Respect for Marriage Act, which codifies federal protections for marriages like mine and requires their recognition across state lines. The struggle for true equity for the LGBTQ+ community is far from over and requires sustained efforts to protect and celebrate our rights and our families.\u201d said Massachusetts State Representative Jack Patrick Lewis.\n\nAssistant Speaker Clark was an original cosponsor of the Respect for Marriage Act. The new will:\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"], ["https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases?ID=C0AE784D-C355-4726-AF8B-DFCF4744EAC2", "Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark Announces Winners of 2022 Congressional App Challenge", "2022-12-12", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Katherine M. Clark", "C001101", "katherineclark.house.gov", "clark", "https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "This year\u2019s first place winner is Natick\u2019s Simon Juknelis and his app, TrackMyRep.\n\nMalden, MA - Today, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-05) announced the annual Congressional App Challenge winners from Massachusetts\u2019 Fifth Congressional District.\n\nNatick\u2019s Simon Juknelis was awarded first place for his app, TrackMyRep, which features a browser extension focused on bolstering civic engagement and education. Zainab Khorakiwala from Lexington was awarded second place for P.O.V., an app that educates users on period poverty and its impact across the globe and encourages them to join the fight to end this public health crisis. Jasmine Traidman, Maryia Pauliuschchyk, Luca Mezzanotte, and Jack Shah, a team from Belmont, were awarded third place for Crows, a safety navigation app that alerts users to suspicious activities nearby and helps them avert danger.\n\n\u201cEvery year, the Congressional App Challenge offers students across the nation a space to develop their coding skills and explore their interests in the world of STEM. And every year, I am blown away by the wealth of talent and innovation in MA-5,\u201d said Clark. \u201cThe apps created by our students demonstrate their impressive skills and help connect and educate our community. Special congratulations to this year\u2019s winner, Simon, who is enabling the public to stay informed and stay involved \u2013 the cornerstones of a healthy democracy.\u201d\n\nOn the development of this app, Juknelis said, \u201cI was inspired to create TrackMyRep when I learned that 63% of Americans cannot name their House representative and 47% do not even know what party their representative is a member of. This is concerning because if people don\u2019t know who their representatives are, then they certainly don\u2019t know how their representatives are voting on matters of policy. At the heart of the American democratic system is the principle that lawmakers will\n\nrepresent the views of the people and are responsible to the people. However, this is undermined when most people do not know how exactly their House representatives are working to help them. As I designed TrackMyRep, I aimed to simplify obtaining this information as much as possible.\u201d\n\nJuknelis\u2019 app will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol Building and featured on the House of Representatives website.\n\nThe annual Congressional App Challenge was first launched in 2013 and is designed to inspire innovative efforts around STEM, coding, and computer science education for America\u2019s youth. Each spring, middle and high school students from around the country are invited to participate.\n\nFor more on these winning apps, visit Congresswoman Clark\u2019s website.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2694", "Trahan Hails Historic Fusion Energy Progress", "2022-12-12", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, praised reported news about the first-ever production of net energy from a fusion energy reaction, an historic breakthrough in fusion energy research and development.\n\n\u201cFusion energy is essential to solving the energy problems we face today. Unlocking this virtually unlimited source of clean energy will drive down costs for families struggling with fluctuating gas and oil prices, reduce our carbon footprint, and help ensure the future of our planet for generations to come,\u201d said Congresswoman Trahan, a Bipartisan Fusion Energy Caucus member. \u201cThis breakthrough is massive and speaks to the power of U.S. innovation. However, it also highlights the desperate need for historic levels of funding for fusion research and development. With every dollar we invest in fusion energy, we speed up the existence of fusion energy on the grid and help guarantee that our children and grandchildren inherit a livable planet.\u201d\n\nRepresenting the Third District, which is home to commercial fusion industry leader Commonwealth Fusion Systems and down the road from partners at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Trahan has emerged as a Congressional leader on fusion energy. In 2020, Trahan and fellow Fusion Caucus member Congressman Conor Lamb (PA-17) secured passage of an amendment to the Energy Act of 2020 to establish a milestone-based fusion development program that would expand fusion research and development across our nation\u2019s labs and universities and facilitate greater private investment in fusion technology. The amendment also maintained U.S. participation in ITER, ensuring that American scientists can continue collaborating and learning from other countries.\n\nFollowing passage of her amendment, Trahan partnered with Lamb to author an op-ed highlighting the importance of federal funding fusion for energy research and fusion\u2019s potential impact on U.S. energy and national security. Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $50 million to launch the milestone program established by Trahan\u2019s amendment. Trahan also supported passage of the CHIPS and Science Act, which includes a new $50 million authorization for fusion materials research, and the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes $1.55 billion for DOE\u2019s Office of Science that includes fusion energy.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:45Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2693", "House Votes to Authorize $100 Million in Federal Funds for Sewage Upgrades in the Third District Cities", "2022-12-09", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Yesterday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, secured House passage of a federal funding authorization for water development projects in communities across the nation, including $20 million each for Lowell, Lawrence, Methuen, Haverhill, and Fitchburg. The inclusion of this federal funding followed testimony from Congresswoman Trahan before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee where she laid out the need to address combined sewage overflows (CSOs).\n\n\u201cSubstantial federal investments are essential to complete long overdue sewage system upgrades across our district. That\u2019s why I went to bat for this funding authorization that gets us one step closer to bringing home $100 million in sewage funding for Lowell, Lawrence, Methuen, Haverhill, and Fitchburg,\u201d said Congresswoman Trahan. \u201cI look forward to seeing this legislation signed into law so we can get to work securing funds through the appropriations process in the months ahead.\u201d\n\nThis funding authorization was included in and passed yesterday as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022. Trahan secured authorization for $20 million each for Lowell, Lawrence, Methuen, Haverhill, and Fitchburg for water infrastructure projects targeting CSOs. The bipartisan legislation, including these investments in the Third District\u2019s water infrastructure, passed the House earlier in June 2022 and then again earlier this week as part of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. The funding now moves to the Senate. Once law, the community authorizations will be eligible for funding through the appropriations process.\n\nThe importance of these local investments cannot be underscored enough. In Lowell alone, the city has invested more than $150 million in combined sewage overflow control projects that have resulted in a 60% reduction in the annual volume of discharges from its combined sewer system. Yet, even with these upgrades, the sewage system has been forced to discharge an average of 300 to 450 million gallons of overflow in recent years.\n\nWorking with local officials and organizations, Trahan has advocated repeatedlyforthis kindof historicfederal investment since she first took office in 2019 when the federal allocation for the EPA\u2019s Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant Program sat at $0. Most recently, she supported passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which allocated $55 billion to upgrade community water systems and replace lead service lines across the nation. Of that funding, Massachusetts has begun receiving its portion of at least $1.1 billion headed to the state over the next half-decade to improve community water infrastructure.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:45Z"], ["https://auchincloss.house.gov/media/press-releases/release_auchincloss-only-democratic-veteran-to-vote-against-ndaa", "RELEASE:  Auchincloss Only Democratic Veteran to Vote Against NDAA", "2022-12-08", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Jake Auchincloss", "A000148", "auchincloss.house.gov", "auchincloss", "https://auchincloss.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "\u201cThe Pentagon is the biggest bureaucracy in the world, and I have never seen a bureaucracy in business or government that could not do 10 percent more with 10 percent less.\u201d\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014 Today, Congressman Jake Auchincloss (D-MA04) was once again the only Democratic veteran to vote against the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Congressman Auchincloss is a Major in the Marine reserves and a member of the Defense Spending Reduction Caucus. A statement from the congressman can be found below:\n\n\u201cThe Pentagon is the biggest bureaucracy in the world, and I have never seen a bureaucracy in business or government that could not do 10 percent more with 10 percent less.\n\n\u201cI loved my time in the Marines and deeply respect the imperative for a strong & growing U.S. military, but I have always believed that the Pentagon should be spending smarter, not bigger. I cannot support this NDAA because it does not make progress on that front.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"], ["https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases?ID=70354CF7-447C-49B5-983B-BC960C135A33", "Incoming Democratic Whip Katherine Clark Announces Chief Deputy Whips for 118th Congress", "2022-12-08", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Katherine M. Clark", "C001101", "katherineclark.house.gov", "clark", "https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Assistant Speaker and incoming Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) announced the Chief Deputy Whips for the 118th Congress.\n\n\u201cI am proud to announce the 118th Congress Chief Deputy Whip team that will work on behalf of the American people to secure opportunity and justice for all,\u201d said Clark. \u201cOur Chief Deputy Whips represent the incredible diversity of experience and perspectives that embody the House Democratic Caucus. Unified in our mission, we will harness the strength of House Democrats to advance the needs of working families and defeat the Republican extremist agenda.\u201d\n\nThe Chief Deputy Whips for the 118th Congress are:\n\nRep. Jan Schakowsky (IL-9)\n\nRep. Terri Sewell (AL-7)\n\nRep. Henry Cuellar (TX-28)\n\nRep. Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18)\n\nRep. Jimmy Panetta (CA-20)\n\nRep. Colin Allred (TX-32)\n\nRep. Sharice Davids (KS-3)\n\nRep. Deborah Ross (NC-2)\n\nRep. Linda S\u00e1nchez (CA-38)\n\nRep. Marilyn Strickland (WA-10)\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"], ["https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases/moulton-markey-and-warren-celebrate-45-million-grant-manchester-sea-flood", "Moulton, Markey, and Warren Celebrate $4.5 million grant for Manchester-by-the-Sea Flood Mitigation", "2022-12-08", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Seth Moulton", "M001196", "moulton.house.gov", "moulton", "https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "Salem, Mass.\u2014Congressman Seth Moulton and Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey announced that Manchester-by-the-Sea will receive a nearly $4.5 million grant to help mitigate flooding problems on Sawmill Brook by the Central Street Bridge.\n\nThe grant, which is part of FEMA\u2019s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities grant program, will pay for part of the cost of replacing and upgrading the existing Central Street bridge, as well as removal of an obsolete tide gate to further increase hydraulic capacity and promote fish passage.\n\nThis grant award is the culmination of a multi-year effort by Moulton, Markey, and Warren to secure this important funding.\n\n\u201cVirtually no community is immune to the worsening effects of climate change. On the North Shore, we are particularly vulnerable to catastrophic flooding that compromises essential infrastructure and costs our communities millions in lost property and livelihoods,\u201d said Congressman Moulton. \u201cThat\u2019s why, I\u2019ve been working with Manchester officials for the last two years to secure this important funding from FEMA. Building resilience is critical, and I will continue fighting for more resources for other North Shore communities.\u201d\n\n\u201cI applaud FEMA for heeding our call to award Manchester-by-the -Sea $4.5 million to address flooding and bolster resiliency in the face of increasing impacts to our shoreline from climate change,\u201d said Senator Markey. \u201cThis grant serves as a critical investment in mitigating climate-caused disasters that threaten our livelihood, our safety, and our environment. I will continue to fight for federal action to reduce the risk of future natural disasters and to help keep our communities safe.\u201d\n\n\"Investing in resilient infrastructure is key to mitigating future flooding in Massachusetts' coastal communities like Manchester-by-the-Sea. This federal investment is critical to help reduce flood risks and restore wetlands and habitats,\u201d said Senator Warren. \u201cI'll continue working with my Congressional and local partners to ensure that our cities and towns receive the federal aid they need for infrastructure resiliency and to tackle the climate crisis.\"\n\nManchester-by-the-Sea experiences frequent flooding downtown and throughout the Sawmill Brook watershed due to storm surge, sea level rise, and extreme precipitation. The Sawmill Brook watershed is particularly vulnerable to flooding and erosion due to a complex combination of hydraulic restrictions, increased stormwater runoff from developed areas, a highly channelized stream system, poor filtration conditions, and a tide gate at the mouth of the brook.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"], ["https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases/moulton-votes-pass-fy2023-national-defense-authorization-act", "Moulton Votes to Pass FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act", "2022-12-08", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Seth Moulton", "M001196", "moulton.house.gov", "moulton", "https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Congressman Seth Moulton has voted with the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act, which sets the funding levels, expenditures and authorizations for the Department of Defense.\n\nThe FY2023 NDAA includes a pay increase for all military personnel and civilians and makes historic military justice reforms.\n\nIt also extends the Pacific Deterrence Initiative\u2014a $6.1 billion fund to counter China\u2013 and authorizes the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act of 2022, which includes provisions that aim to increase U.S.-Taiwan security cooperation.\n\n\u201cI voted to pass the National Defense Authorization Act because it is the patriotic thing to do and the men and women of America\u2019s armed forces deserve nothing less. While I am disappointed that a number of important provisions did not make it into the final bill, I am glad to see pay raises and family support initiatives for our service members, heavier investments in science and technology, and a commitment to security in the Indo-Pacific.\u201d\n\nAs a member of the House Armed Services Committee, Congressman Moulton\u2019s priorities for the NDAA were focused on providing better mental health resources for our armed forces, environmental sustainability and resilience, increasing technology adoption like AI, and on improving information operations.\n\nThe final bill includes a number of initiatives he authored including:\n\nEstablishing a Joint Information Operations Course\n\nEstablishes a joint information operations course to standardize training in information operations across the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force, and to prepare service members to plan and conduct information operations in an integrated manner across the services.\n\nEnergy Resilience Testing on Military Installations:\n\nRequires the Secretaries of the military departments to designate installations as energy resilience testbeds for the purpose of demonstrating innovative energy resilience technologies.\n\nMental Health Initiatives, including:\n\nAdverse Childhood Events Screening Report Language: This amendment requires a report to better understand the prevalence of Adverse Childhood Events among servicemembers and the correlation with these events on both being a victim of trauma and perpetrating trauma onto others.\n\nCivilian Mental Health Providers Training:\n\nDirects the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans\u2019 Affairs, and the Department of Defense\u2019s Uniformed Services University to develop a certification program for students to gain the knowledge and the clinical expertise necessary to develop mental health treatment plans catered to the unique challenges faced by Veterans, service members, military retirees, and families.\n\nYesterday, Congressman Moulton released a statement in response to Special Immigrant Visa provisions being stripped out of the final NDAA.\n\n\u201cIt is beyond me why some of my colleagues would deliberately strip reauthorization for this program. This is deeply wrong. I will be working hard with many other colleagues who do support our allies to find a workable resolution\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2691", "Trahan Votes to Protect Same-Sex and Interracial Marriage", "2022-12-08", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, voted to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, bipartisan legislation that will protect marriage equality at the federal level and strengthen state protections for same-sex and interracial couples.\n\n\u201cMillions of same-sex and interracial couples across our nation are breathing a sigh of relief today. Passage of the Respect for Marriage Act guarantees that their marriages will be recognized and safeguarded no matter what federal courts rule or state legislatures try to pass,\u201d said Congresswoman Trahan. \u201cThis is an overdue step in the right direction, but we cannot declare victory yet. This compromise legislation contains loopholes that leave LGBTQ+ couples vulnerable to discrimination and, if the Supreme Court were to overturn same-sex marriage protections, it could leave many with no option to marry the person they love in the state they call home. We must keep pressing for passage of legislation like the Equality Act to guarantee full protections under the law for LGBTQ+ Americans.\u201d\n\nThe Respect for Marriage Act provides critical safeguards for same-sex and interracial couples. Specifically, the legislation repeals the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act, protects marriage equality at the federal level by ensuring that the federal government recognizes a marriage performed legally in any state, and strengthens state protections by prohibiting discrimination against same-sex or interracial couples that were married legally in another state.\n\nThe legislation passed today was crafted in direct response to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas\u2019s concurring opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization in which he questioned the high court\u2019s previous decisions on same-sex marriage, interracial marriage, and contraception. While the Respect for Marriage Act provides much needed protections for same-sex and interracial couples should the Supreme Court overturn those decisions, it would not prohibit GOP-controlled states from implementing new restrictions on marriage equality. Additionally, to garner the Republican support necessary to pass the Senate, the bill also contains language allowing religious organizations to deny goods and services to same-sex couples on the basis of religious objections.\n\nTo close those loopholes, Trahan has been a strong supporter of the Equality Act, which would ban discrimination against any person because of their sexual orientation or gender identity in public spaces and services, housing, education, credit, jury service, and federally funded programs. It would also bar any attempts by states to pass laws that infringe on LGBTQ+ Americans\u2019 ability to live openly and freely.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:45Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2692", "Trahan Votes to Increase Pay, Strengthen Care, Improve Benefits for American Servicemembers", "2022-12-08", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, supported the passage of H.R. 7776, the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. The legislation includes funding for issues Trahan has prioritized since first being elected to Congress, including increasing pay and financial support for servicemembers, investing in 21st-century technologies, addressing PFAS and other harmful contaminants, and reducing pollution that is harming the environment.\n\n\u201cServicemembers and their families sacrifice so much to defend the freedoms and values we hold dear as Americans. Ensuring they have the support, pay, and benefits they need continues to be one of my top priorities. That\u2019s why I voted for this package, which not only increases servicemember pay, but also improves child care, health care, and suicide prevention programs that will be transformational for so many serving in the Armed Forces,\u201d said Congresswoman Trahan. \u201cI\u2019m also proud this comprehensive legislation makes progress on many other fronts, including investing in breakthrough technologies, addressing PFAS contamination, transitioning to clean energy, and providing assistance to Ukraine.\u201d\n\nThe legislation passed the House 350-80 and now moves to the Senate for consideration.\n\nTrahan\u2019s priorities in the NDAA for FY2023 include:\n\nSUPPORTING MILITARY PERSONNEL\n\nAddresses the impact of inflation on servicemembers and their families by increasing military basic pay, adding funds for servicemember housing, increasing the Basic Needs Allowance, focusing on child care challenges, and supporting spouse employment.\n\nImproves quality of care and military treatment facility oversight, as well as strengthens suicide prevision efforts and access to behavioral health improvements.\n\nIMPROVING OUR CYBER, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES, AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS\n\nIncreases funding for basic research, applied research, and advanced technology development by $2.85 billion to enable DoD to invest in breakthrough technologies.\n\nAuthorizes $131.7 million, an increase of over $98.4 million from the President\u2019s budget request, for defense research activities at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs).\n\nStrengthens cyber capabilities and oversight while increasing support for cyber operators.\n\nADDRESSING PFAS AND OTHER CONTAMINATION\n\nImplements a phase-out of gear containing dangerous PFAS chemicals.\n\nIncentivizes private sector development of PFAS-free firefighting foam commonly used on military installations.\n\nRequires DoD to implement Comptroller General recommendations to set goals for the timely clean-up of formerly used defense sites that fall under the military munitions response program (MMRP).\n\nINVESTING IN CLEAN ENERGY AND PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT\n\nRequires all main operating bases in the U.S. European Command area of responsibility to adopt installation energy plans to increase energy resiliency and sustainability in order to reduce reliance on Russian energy.\n\nEstablishes a prototype and demonstration program that designates installations as Energy Resilience Testbeds to spur innovation in energy resilience technologies.\n\nEstablishes a pilot program for the use of sustainable aviation fuel and for the development of innovative electric vehicle charging infrastructure.\n\nRequires transition of DoD non-tactical vehicle fleets to electric or zero-emission vehicles by 2035.\n\nRequires DoD to develop a policy for the recycling of spent advanced batteries as well as a plan for minimizing the impacts of the heat island effect on military installations.\n\nRequiresDoD to amend its building codes to consider the use of solar roofing to promote energy resiliency and grid support during energy disruptions.\n\nSUPPORTING UKRAINE AND HOLDING RUSSIA ACCOUNTABLE\n\nIncludes $800 million for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), which provides support and assistance to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.\n\nEstablishes policy to collect, analyze, and preserve evidence and information related to war crimes and other atrocities committed during Russia\u2019s further invasion of Ukraine.\n\nExcludes Russian officials from the Group of 20, Bank for International Settlements, Basel Committee for Banking Standards, Financial Stability Board, International Association of Insurance Supervisors, and International Organization of Securities Commissions.\n\nImposes sanctions on persons who knowingly participate in a significant transaction of gold with Russia.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:45Z"], ["https://auchincloss.house.gov/media/press-releases/statement-auchincloss-defeat-crewing-amendment-ndaa", "STATEMENT: Auchincloss on Defeat of the Crewing Amendment in the NDAA", "2022-12-07", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Jake Auchincloss", "A000148", "auchincloss.house.gov", "auchincloss", "https://auchincloss.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "STATEMENT: Auchincloss on Defeat of the Crewing Amendment in the NDAA\n\n\u201cThe defeat of the crewing amendment in the defense bill is a win for offshore wind and for Massachusetts.\u201d\n\nWashington, DC \u2014 Today, Congressman Jake Auchincloss, (D, MA-04) released the following statement in response to release of the NDAA and defeat of the crewing amendment.\n\n\u201cThe defeat of the crewing amendment in the defense bill is a win for offshore wind and for Massachusetts. I\u2019m proud to have fought on behalf of clean energy and my district\u2019s economic development.\n\n\u201cHowever, we should not continue this saga every Congress. With Republicans taking the gavel, I am ready to work across the aisle and with dissenting voices in my own party to negotiate a permanent solution that advances offshore wind and creates American jobs.\u201d\n\nAuchincloss led a letter with thirty colleagues asking for removal of language from the Senate\u2019s Coast Guard Reauthorization that would damage the offshore wind industry. Background on the amendment and Auchincloss\u2019 efforts can be found here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"], ["https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases/moulton-statement-removal-special-immigrant-visa-provisions-ndaa", "Moulton Statement on Removal of Special Immigrant Visa Provisions from NDAA", "2022-12-07", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Seth Moulton", "M001196", "moulton.house.gov", "moulton", "https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "\u201cThe Senate-negotiated NDAA fails our Afghan allies on many levels. By removing a provision to extend the Special Immigrant Visa program, as well as my bipartisan provision that would offer better protection of our wounded Afghan allies, we are sending the message that we actually don\u2019t keep our promises. Other important provisions have also been removed that serve to further undermine this program. For decades to come, our young troops will be asked, \u201cWhy should we trust you?\u201d when they ask our allies for help, just as I had to ask Iraqis to risk their lives for my Marines. It is beyond me why some of my colleagues\u2014who have never even known what it is like to put their lives in the hands of these brave allies in combat-\u2013would deliberately strip reauthorization for this program. It represents the worst, most nativist undercurrents in our society and is not what America should strive to be. I will vote for the NDAA today because it is far too important for our country\u2019s national security not to pass\u2014and there are too many positive provisions to put at risk. But this is deeply wrong. I will be working hard with many other colleagues who do support our allies to find a workable resolution.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2689", "Trahan Elected to Democratic Steering and Policy Committee", "2022-12-06", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) was elected by acclamation to represent members of the New England Congressional Delegation on the powerful House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee.\n\n\u201cMembers of the New England Delegation have a strong history of legislative achievement and leadership within the Democratic Caucus. That\u2019s because we have always secured seats on key committees that have empowered us to advocate and deliver for the unique needs of our constituents,\u201d said Congresswoman Trahan. \u201cAs our delegation\u2019s representative to the Steering and Policy Committee, I look forward to the work ahead to ensure every member from our region is best positioned to leverage their experience and relationships to advance legislation that will improve the lives of every family we have the honor to represent. I\u2019m grateful to my colleagues for the trust they\u2019ve placed in me in this role, and I\u2019m eager to roll up my sleeves to build on the progress we\u2019ve made to make New England a better place to call home.\u201d\n\nThe Steering and Policy Committee is responsible for appointing members of the House Democratic Caucus to committee seats. Considered an extension of House Democratic Leadership, the Steering and Policy Committee also considers candidates for committee leadership and votes to provide recommendations to the full caucus. Trahan succeeds Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) as the New England Delegation\u2019s regional representative.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:45Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2690", "Trahan, Schiff Respond to Meta Oversight Board's Recommendation to Overhaul Cross-Check Program", "2022-12-06", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Congressman Adam Schiff (CA-28) issued the following statement after Meta's Oversight Board recommended sweeping reforms to the Cross-Check, or XCheck, program used on Facebook and Instagram:\n\n\u201cUnder Meta's Cross-Check program, millions of 'elite' users have been permitted to violate community standards with impunity, using their platforms to spread dangerous hate, conspiracies, and misinformation. In January, we delivered a letter to Meta calling for serious reforms to XCheck \u2013 and after months of pushing, Meta's Oversight Board is today advising both Facebook and Instagram to implement many of the protections we pushed for. We are glad to see the Oversight Board encourage increased transparency around XCheck and how it operates,\u201d the lawmakers wrote. \u201cStill, further action is needed to address the dangers of online incitement and radicalization. The 2022 election crystallized the pernicious threat online misinformation poses to civil society and democracy \u2013 it's incumbent upon Meta to act with the urgency this moment demands.\u201d\n\nIn January 2022, Congresswoman Trahan and Congressman Schiff led their colleagues on a letter to Meta's Oversight Board voicing their concern with the XCheck system and recommending it be significantly changed. The members urged Meta to enforce community standards for all users, regardless of status or political office.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:45Z"], ["https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases/moulton-statement-navy-suicides-norfolk-virginia", "Moulton Statement on Navy Suicides in Norfolk, Virginia", "2022-12-02", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Seth Moulton", "M001196", "moulton.house.gov", "moulton", "https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "First, the sailors\u2019 command must be investigated. This is a serious failure at many levels if leaders aren\u2019t able to identify and intervene when the mental health of their sailors is deteriorating.\n\nLast year, I passed the Brandon Act, which is meant to prevent situations like this from happening by improving mental health treatment and reporting for service members. I was assured many months ago that the law was well on its way to being implemented. It is beyond me why this policy has yet to be implemented.\n\nWhen young people sign up to serve, they and their families accept a certain level of risk. Dying by suicide while on active duty should under no circumstances be one of those risks.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"], ["https://lynch.house.gov/2022/12/rep-lynch-releases-statement-following-vote-to-pass-the-railway-labor-tentative-agreement", "Rep. Lynch Releases Statement Following Vote to Pass the Railway Labor Tentative Agreement", "2022-12-01", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Stephen F. Lynch", "L000562", "lynch.house.gov", "lynch", "https://lynch.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08) released the following statement about his vote to pass H.J.Res.100, the Imposing the Railway Labor Tentative Agreeement, to avert a disatrous national rail shutdown and increase pay for rail workers:\n\n\"Yesterday I voted in favor of H.J.Res.100, Imposing the Railway Labor Tentative Agreement, to avert a disastrous national rail shutdown that would result in massive economic losses and impact millions of hard-working American people and families. Both rail union leadership and rail carriers have agreed to the terms of this agreement, which provides a historic 24% pay increase for rail workers, additional health care coverage and time off for routine and emergency medical care. I also voted in favor of a separate bill, H.Con.Res.119, which would give rail workers seven additional days of paid sick leave. As a former union president, I understand the difficulties of the negotiation process and I commend all the parties involved for approving this tentative agreement. I am pleased to see both the Railway Labor Tentative Agreement and H.Con.Res.119 were passed in the House and will now go to the Senate for consideration. I thank all our rail workers for their hard work \u2013 that our economy largely depends on \u2013 and determination to make sure they receive the health care and compensation they deserve.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2688", "House Passes Bipartisan Bill to Protect Firefighters from PFAS Chemicals", "2022-12-01", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, supported passage of the Protecting Firefighters from Adverse Substances (PFAS) Act. The bipartisan legislation would provide guidance for federal, state, and local fire departments to prevent firefighters from being exposed to harmful PFAS chemicals that are frequently used in firefighting equipment.\n\n\u201cNo one knows just how dangerous PFAS chemicals are more than firefighters who have been dealing with the devastating health effects of exposure to these \u2018forever chemicals\u2019 for years,\u201d said Congresswoman Trahan. \u201cWe have an obligation to do everything we can to get our firefighters the guidance and resources necessary to remove PFAS chemicals from their equipment so they can do their jobs as safely as possible. I\u2019m proud to support the bipartisan PFAS Act, and I look forward to working with local departments and firefighters to ensure they see the full benefits of this legislation.\u201d\n\nExposure to PFAS \u201cforever chemicals\u201d has been linked to serious health complications, including cancer, heart disease, infertility, and developmental disorders. The continued use of equipment, including firefighting foam and protective clothing, has been linked to increased rates of cancer and heart disease among firefighters. In fact, between 2002 and 2019, cancer was the leading cause of death for firefighters, totaling 66 percent of line-of-duty deaths. During the same period, heart disease caused 18 percent of career firefighter line-of-duty deaths. According to the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety, firefighters are 14 percent more likely to die from cancer than the average American.\n\n\u201cThe health risks associated with PFAS exposure are very real for firefighters, their families, and their communities,\u201d said Massachusetts State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey. \u201cOccupational cancer is a deadly serious issue in the fire service, and we\u2019re grateful for the support of our local, state, and federal partners in helping to reduce and mitigate firefighters\u2019 contact with PFAS chemicals in the course of their work. The PFAS Act would work in concert with our ongoing prevention efforts and help local fire departments stay ready for any emergency without putting the public or their personnel at risk.\u201d\n\nThe bipartisan PFAS Act will require the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Fire Administrations, and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to provide information on training and best practices for fire departments to prevent exposure to PFAS chemicals. It would also require that guidance to include resources that identify alternate firefighting tools and equipment that do not contain PFAS chemicals. The legislation, which previously passed the Senate, cleared the House 400-22 and now heads to President Biden\u2019s desk to be signed into law.\n\nAddressing PFAS chemical exposure and contaminations has been a top priority for Trahan since joining the House Energy and Commerce Committee last year. Trahan co-authored a request with Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) to provide necessary federal funding for local fire departments to replace equipment containing PFAS chemicals. Additionally, she helped introduce and pass the PFAS Action Act, bipartisan legislation to clean up PFAS contaminations, help families who have been exposed to PFAS chemicals, and prevent future exposures. Following House passage of the legislation, Trahan testified on the comprehensive federal PFAS legislation before the Massachusetts PFAS Interagency Task Force co-chaired by State Representative Kate Hogan.\n\nLate last year, Trahan supported passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which contained $10 billion to address PFAS contaminations nationwide. Since then, she has partnered with local communities to highlight federal funding being used to support water system upgrades designed to prevent PFAS contamination, including in Hudson and Littleton.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:45Z"], ["https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases?ID=9B105BFB-88DA-44C5-AE60-2331F6AFD002", "Statement from Katherine Clark on Her Election to Democratic Whip", "2022-11-30", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Katherine M. Clark", "C001101", "katherineclark.house.gov", "clark", "https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congresswoman Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement on her election to House Democratic Whip for the 118th Congress:\n\n\u201cI am humbled and honored to be the next Democratic Whip, and I am proud to be a member of the team that will lead House Democrats through this moment of transition and renewal.\n\n\u201cHouse Democrats are united in our purpose: to bring people and solutions together. While the Republican agenda seeks to divide us \u2014 to secure power through chaos, to turn neighbor on neighbor \u2014 Democrats will meet the American people\u2019s most pressing challenges with demands for progress. We will fight for affordable child care and health care for every family. We will defend women\u2019s rights and reproductive justice for every person. We will demand clean air and clean water for every community. We will build coalitions and leave no one behind.\n\n\u201cToday is defined by hope and unity, and I stand ready to guide our Caucus as we continue America\u2019s march toward opportunity and equality for all.\u201d\n\n# # #\n\nBackground:\n\nKatherine Clark proudly serves the Fifth District of Massachusetts. Her career in public service is driven by her commitment to helping children and families succeed. She is a vocal advocate for protecting women\u2019s health care, access to affordable, high-quality child care, paid family leave, pay equity, and other reforms to address the challenges women and families face.\n\nDuring the pandemic, she led the fight to save the child care industry, securing $50 billion in federal relief funding to keep child care providers open and get parents back to work.\n\nShe is a member of the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations and three subcommittees within Appropriations: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies; Legislative Branch; and Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies. Additionally, she serves as a member of the Steering and Policy Committee within the Caucus and is a proud member of several caucuses in Congress, including the Congressional Progressive Caucus and the Democratic Women\u2019s Caucus.\n\nKatherine brings her experience as a state senator, state representative, general counsel for the Massachusetts Office of Child Care Services, and policy chief for the state attorney general. She represents a diverse district comprised of 24 cities and towns that stretch from the coastal communities of Revere and Winthrop through the economic engine of MetroWest. She was first elected to Congress in a special election in December 2013.\n\nKatherine and her husband Rodney live in Revere and have three children.\n\nLeadership experience:\n\nKatherine served as Vice Chair of Recruitment for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) in 2017 and the Co-Chair of the Red to Blue Committee in 2018. She played an instrumental role in helping Democrats gain control of the House in 2018. Following the election, she was elected Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus for the 116th Congress.\n\nAs Vice Chair, she worked in partnership with Chair Jeffries to usher the Caucus through the pandemic, ultimately helping to maintain the Majority in the 2020 election. In November 2020, she was elected Assistant Speaker, the fourth highest ranking position in House leadership and the second woman in Congressional history to be elected into the top four in House leadership.\n\nAs Assistant Speaker, her member services focus includes mentoring the new members of the Caucus and their offices, and assisting every Democratic district office across the country. She has equipped Member offices across the Caucus with tools to lead on abortion rights, respond to disasters, support diversity and inclusion efforts, and much more.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"], ["https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases/moulton-statement-house-vote-avert-national-rail-strike", "Moulton Statement on House Vote to Avert National Rail Strike", "2022-11-30", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Seth Moulton", "M001196", "moulton.house.gov", "moulton", "https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.\u2014 Congressman Moulton issued the following statement about voting in favor of two bills that would avoid a national rail strike.\n\n\"Today, I voted in support of two pieces of legislation designed to avert a national rail strike because, simply put, failure to do so would imperil our economy and cost the economy $2 billion a day.\n\nThe first bill ratifies the tentative agreement that was negotiated by the Labor Department, resulting in a 24% average pay raise for railway workers. However, I have said from the start that they deserve better treatment by their employers. That agreement did not adequately address the concerns of the rank and file members over their healthcare, and that is why I voted for a second bill that would ensure freight railroad workers have seven days of paid sick leave rather than the paltry one day in the original agreement.\n\nCompromise always includes some degree of concession. This legislation avoids a catastrophic outcome for the economy. It also avoids the approximately 750,000 jobs that could be lost in the wake of a shutdown.\"\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2685", "Trahan Statement on Vote to Secure Sick Days for Rail Workers, Avert Strike", "2022-11-30", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement after voting to secure seven days of paid sick leave for rail workers and prevent a strike that would cause a nationwide economic recession:\n\n\u201cRailroad barons have built their multi-billion-dollar fortunes on the backs of overworked, underpaid workers for nearly 150 years. Every time rail workers have asked for better pay, stronger benefits, or safer work conditions, these massive corporations have fought them tooth and nail. The situation they face today is no different \u2013 companies agreeing to long overdue raises and better health care while depriving workers of the paid sick leave they need in case of a health emergency.\u201d\n\n\u201cToday, I voted to back our railwaymen and women by including the paid sick leave that railroad workers have requested for years and that corporations have refused to consider. As the daughter of a union ironworker, I know firsthand how critical sick leave is for working families living an emergency room visit away from financial ruin. And I commend the workers who have remained consistent in their demand for a contract that meets their needs.\u201d\n\n\u201cAnyone who grew up in a labor family knows a strike is the absolute last resort. I steadfastly support the right of workers to exercise this right when all attempts to reach a fair agreement fail. And I\u2019m proud to stand with the rail workers today in voting for an updated agreement that guarantees them the paid sick leave they deserve as some of our nation\u2019s most essential employees. I hope there are enough members of the United States Senate who have the courage to do the same.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:43Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2686", "Trahan Statement on New House Democratic Leadership", "2022-11-30", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement after the election of Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) as Minority Leader, Congresswoman Katherine Clark (MA-05) as Minority Whip, and Congressman Pete Aguilar (CA-31) as Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus:\n\n\u201cToday\u2019s leadership election is proof that the Democratic Caucus is listening to the American people. Under the leadership of Leader-elect Jeffries, Whip-elect Clark, and Chairman-elect Aguilar, the next generation of Democrats are making our priorities clear. We must act with urgency to lower costs and expand opportunities for working families, to ensure that every person who calls our nation home can live with the dignity they deserve, and to rebuild our nation \u2013 both physically and economically.\u201d\n\n\u201cI have had the honor of working closely with Leader-elect Jeffries, Whip-elect Clark, and Chairman-elect Aguilar over the past four years, and no one is better suited to lead our caucus in the months and years ahead. With a narrow minority, I firmly believe this leadership team will do everything in their power to find compromise wherever possible to deliver for the families we represent and to protect the tremendous progress we\u2019ve made. Working families here in Massachusetts and across our nation expect nothing less.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs we turn our attention to the new Congress, I remain deeply grateful to Speaker Pelosi, Leader Hoyer, and Whip Clyburn who have stewarded many of the boldest and most transformative legislation passed into law in generations. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS and Science Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, the PACT Act, the American Rescue Plan, and so many other new laws are putting Americans in a position to build a better life for their families and win the 21st century. We owe them a tremendous debt of thanks as they pass the baton to our new leaders.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:43Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2687", "Congresswoman Trahan Announces Third District Winners for the 2022 Congressional App Challenge", "2022-11-30", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) announced Thais and Lucia Stanzione, sisters from Stow and students at Hale Middle School, as the winners of the Third District\u2019s annual Congressional App Challenge (CAC). The sisters\u2019 application, FreeCare MD, was selected by a panel of local judges from a pool of submissions from middle and high school students who participated in this year\u2019s competition.\n\n\u201cEvery year through the Congressional App Challenge, we recognize the incredible talent and innovation of students here in the Third District,\u201d said Congresswoman Trahan. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to award this year\u2019s winners, Thais and Lucia Stanzione, who created an app that helps address the health care needs of so many folks across Massachusetts. Through their app, they brilliantly designed a solution to connect uninsured and underinsured populations to quality health care. I\u2019m grateful to every student who participated in this year\u2019s extremely competitive challenge, making it a difficult decision for our judges.\u201d\n\nFreeCare MD is an easy-to-use centralized app that allows uninsured and underinsured people to search for specific free health care providers by specialty in Massachusetts. The app provides free care clinics\u2019 names, phone numbers, websites, email addresses, dates, times, and hours for walk-in appointments, and available doctor specialties. The students interviewed medical students who provide free care at clinics and researched hundreds of sites for free clinics and health care providers to create this app.\n\n\"Our amazing friend Julia, who is a medical student in New York, is the one who inspired us to create this app. She is one of many kind doctors that provide free care to those in need. We hope that our app connects the free care doctors/clinics with the uninsured/underinsured and help people in need stay healthy,\" said Thais and Lucia Stanzione.\n\nBackground:\n\nTrahan\u2019s office invited several STEM experts from the Penguin Coding School in Acton, MA to judge the challenge: Yumio Saneyoshi, Founder and Owner, Dong Mei Sarafan, Head Teacher, and Sarah Wharton, Instructor. The Congressional App Challenge began in 2013, and has inspired over 40,000 students across all 50 states to program an app.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:43Z"], ["https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases?ID=765BC9D4-A84E-4EFD-9D2C-6D4CBBDD592E", "Assistant Speaker Clark Announces Candidacy for Democratic Whip", "2022-11-18", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Katherine M. Clark", "C001101", "katherineclark.house.gov", "clark", "https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) announced her candidacy for the position of Democratic Whip. In a letter to colleagues, Assistant Speaker Clark outlined her goals: delivering results for the American people, empowering Members, and unifying the Democratic Caucus.\n\nLetter text:\n\nDear Colleague,\n\nAmericans have rejected Republican extremism and affirmed our commitment to working people. By standing with women, for democracy, and for everyone\u2019s economic security, we have defied expectations and secured a historically close margin in the House.\n\nNow, we must be tough, agile, and united to stop the Republican House Majority\u2019s dangerous agenda and take back the House.\n\nI am ready to guide this critical work as our next Democratic Whip, and I ask for your support.\n\nDelivering Results: We must be disciplined about our mission and message to beat back the GOP while advancing our shared values. I will fight for our agenda and your priorities while running a strategic defense. You can trust me to listen to all corners of the Caucus, be results-oriented, and be resolute in my commitment to our values.\n\nCommunication and innovation are going to be critical to our effectiveness. We must continue to modernize and increase efficiency and responsiveness to meet the needs of members and our constituents.\n\nEmpowering Members: Our collective strength comes from you. Your wealth of talent and experience are assets, and your ability to voice the needs of your constituents is our best compass as we chart a path forward.\n\nI will develop a strategy with you focused on the needs of your district. Members across the Caucus must be involved in the decision-making process and take a prominent role. I will help us deliver results while promoting and protecting you.\n\nUniting Together: Our success will require a unified front. We are a team, and we must leverage our strength to win.\n\nEffective leadership is not about individual ambition, but our collective good. It is about truly listening and understanding what each member needs to be successful. I will use my voice at the leadership table to bring people and solutions together.\n\nTime and time again, House Democrats have proven that when we stand together, we can overcome great obstacles and secure wins for the American people.\n\nIt is an incredible honor to serve with you, and I look forward to discussing my candidacy and earning your support.\n\nWarm Regards,\n\nKatherine M. Clark\n\nBackground:\n\nKatherine Clark proudly serves the Fifth District of Massachusetts. Her career in public service is driven by her commitment to helping children and families succeed. She is a vocal advocate for protecting women\u2019s health care, access to affordable, high-quality child care, paid family leave, pay equity, and other reforms to address the challenges women and families face.\n\nDuring the pandemic, she led the fight to save the child care industry, securing $50 billion in federal relief funding to keep child care providers open and get parents back to work.\n\nShe is a member of the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations and three subcommittees within Appropriations: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies; Legislative Branch; and Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies. Additionally, she serves as a member of the Steering and Policy Committee within the Caucus and is a proud member of several caucuses in Congress, including the Congressional Progressive Caucus and the Democratic Women\u2019s Caucus.\n\nKatherine brings her experience as a state senator, state representative, general counsel for the Massachusetts Office of Child Care Services, and policy chief for the state attorney general. She represents a diverse district comprised of 24 cities and towns that stretch from the coastal communities of Revere and Winthrop through the economic engine of MetroWest. She was first elected to Congress in a special election in December 2013.\n\nKatherine and her husband live in Revere and have three children.\n\nLeadership experience:\n\nKatherine served as Vice Chair of Recruitment for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) in 2017 and the Co-Chair of the Red to Blue Committee in 2018. She played an instrumental role in helping Democrats gain control of the House in 2018. Following the election, she was elected Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus for the 116th Congress.\n\nAs Vice Chair, she worked in partnership with Chair Jeffries to usher the Caucus through the pandemic, ultimately helping to maintain the Majority in the 2020 election. In November 2020, she was elected Assistant Speaker, the fourth highest ranking position in House leadership and the second woman in Congressional history to be elected into the top four in House leadership.\n\nAs Assistant Speaker, her member services focus includes mentoring the new members of the Caucus and their offices, and assisting every Democratic district office across the country. She has equipped Member offices across the Caucus with tools to lead on abortion rights, respond to disasters, support diversity and inclusion efforts, and much more.\n\nShe has also led the charge to make the House a better place for her colleagues to thrive: using her power as a senior Appropriator on the Legislative Branch Subcommittee, she's successfully increased the student loan repayment cap, advocated for coverage for fertility benefits and expanded child care, pushed for a higher MRA, increased funding to pay interns, led on creating new resources for caregivers, and spearheaded efforts for better bathroom access for everyone regardless of gender.\n\nDuring the 2022 election, she traveled to 19 states to support her House Members across the country and amplify the work of the Democrats to lower costs, create good jobs, and make communities safer.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"], ["https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases/moulton-statement-dojs-special-counsel-appointment-oversee-trump-investigation", "Moulton Statement on DOJ's Special Counsel Appointment to Oversee Trump Investigation", "2022-11-18", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Seth Moulton", "M001196", "moulton.house.gov", "moulton", "https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "While the former President may prefer to manage his own affairs outside the bounds of the law, we still live in a democracy where our judicial system is guided by integrity and unbiased processes.\n\nThe decision to appoint an independent Special Counsel \u2013 especially one with the breadth of knowledge that Jack Smith brings to the table \u2013is the right thing to do. I agree with the Attorney General that this work should be \u2018indisputably guided\u2018 only by the facts and the law.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2683", "Trahan, Casten Demand Answers from Musk on Future of Twitter Transparency Policies", "2022-11-18", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee\u2019s Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, and Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) requested answers from Twitter CEO Elon Musk on the future of the company\u2019s transparency policies and researcher access.\n\n\u201cYou have made public commitments to increase transparency and keep existing content moderation policies in place initially, but recent decisions, including those related to account verification and personnel, run contrary to these promises,\u201d the lawmakers wrote. \u201cSpecifically, employees dedicated to transparent algorithms, accessibility, child safety workflows, and human rights have been laid off, as have engineers tasked with maintaining core infrastructure.\u201d\n\nSince completing his acquisition of Twitter in October, Musk has moved to slash the company\u2019s workforce in half, firing as many as 3,700 employees. At the same time, the company has rolled out new products, including paid verification subscriptions that enabled anonymous accounts to impersonate verified brands and individuals before the feature was paused, and pledged to shutter a large number of microservices. Given the rapid and extreme changes happening on a daily basis, advertisers, policymakers, researchers, and individual users have expressed concern that the ability to conduct research and analysis on the platform could be threatened.\n\n\u201cTwitter currently has several tools for sharing data with researchers including the Decahose API and Academic Research product track. These tools, along with Twitter\u2019s unique privacy context, have made Twitter one of the most studied social media platforms globally and have led to a better understanding of content labels, bot detection, and news literacy,\u201d the letter continues. \u201cAdditionally, Twitter is a signatory to the European Commission\u2019s Code of Practice on Disinformation, which includes measures for empowering researchers and increasing transparency.\u201d\n\nTrahan has been a leader in the push for independent researcher access to platforms to study the impacts of services and their content moderation practices, product design decisions, and algorithms. Earlier this year, she introduced the Digital Services Oversight and Safety Act (DSOSA), comprehensive transparency legislation cosponsored by Casten that would create a Bureau of Digital Services Oversight and Safety within the U.S. Federal Trade Commission tasked with investigating systemic risks on online platforms and issuing transparency requirements and guidance on content neutral safety processes and design features. Under the legislation, the Bureau would include an Office of Independent Research Facilitation tasked with standing up and overseeing a system through which certified researchers can study the impacts of covered platforms.\n\nTo better understand Musk\u2019s plans for Twitter\u2019s transparency policies and researcher access, Trahan and Casten requested answers to the following questions by December 2, 2022:\n\nDo you plan to keep the APIs and product tracks that enable researcher access to data available for the foreseeable future? If yes, do you expect pricing changes and how will you ensure that prices do not make access prohibitive?\n\nPrior to October 27, 2022, how many employees were working on maintaining the Decahose API and Academic Research product track? How many employees remain in these positions?\n\nDue to an intentional decision or unintentional technical failure, have the features of the Decahose API or Academic Research product track changed since October 27, 2022? If yes, what led to those changes?\n\nAs Twitter continues to make structural changes, how will you ensure that both the terms and conditions associated with these tools are enforced and that user data rights are considered and protected?\n\nIf the research community begins publishing studies about the impact of Twitter\u2019s recent policy changes under your leadership, will you commit to not retaliating with tactics such as limiting access?\n\nIn September of this year, Twitter opened membership to the Twitter Moderation Research Consortium to a broad set of researchers studying content moderation. Is this program still operational? What plans are in place to ensure such a program delivers on its goals?\n\nA copy of the letter sent today can be accessed HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:43Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2684", "Trahan, Lowenthal, Chabot Call for Transparency from the Met on Cambodian Art Collection", "2022-11-18", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), joined by Congressional Cambodia Caucus Co-Chairs and Co-Founders Representatives Alan Lowenthal (D-CA-47) and Steve Chabot (R-OH-01) sent a letter to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) requesting further information on the museum\u2019s internal investigation into its Cambodian collection. The Met launched its investigation following complaints from Cambodian officials that Met artifacts were smuggled out of the country illegally.\n\n\u201cThe Met\u2019s stated policy is that it \u2018is committed to researching and publishing the provenance or ownership history of its collection. Research accomplished to date is made available online and updated as completed.\u2019 We are encouraged by this policy of transparency and hope that the Met will follow through on this commitment as it investigates the true provenance of its Cambodian artifacts,\u201d the lawmakers wrote.\n\nThe Met acquired multiple Cambodian artifacts from Douglas A.J. Latchford, who was charged in November 2019 with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, substantive wire fraud, and the smuggling of numerous artifacts. The charges were dropped after Latchford passed away a year later, but the accusations clearly highlight the possibility that the artifacts Latchford provided were stolen from Cambodia.\n\n\u201cIn fact, there is reason to believe that the list of stolen artifacts includes far more than the 13 which Latchford provided the Met,\u201d the lawmakers continued.\n\nThe bipartisan letter sent today requests that the Met provide an update on its investigation, set a deadline to make a determination on these artifacts, work with the U.S. Department of Justice to determine where the artifacts belong, and in the event the artifacts were stolen, return the pieces to the people of Cambodia.\n\nThe questions posed to the Met are:\n\nCan the Met update us on its investigation?\n\nHas the Met set a deadline by which it intends to make determinations about the pieces in question?\n\ni. If so, what is that deadline and how was it reached?\n\nCan the Met commit to working with the Department of Justice to determine where these priceless artifacts belong?\n\nIf the Met determines that these treasures were originally stolen, will it commit to returning them to the people of Cambodia.\n\nA digital copy of the letter sent today can be accessed HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:43Z"], ["https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases?ID=0CD341C5-908B-4801-8728-9EC6EAF56480", "Statement from Assistant Speaker Clark on Speaker Pelosi's Announcement to Leave House Leadership", "2022-11-17", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Katherine M. Clark", "C001101", "katherineclark.house.gov", "clark", "https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement in response to Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s announcement that she will step down from House Leadership.\n\n\u201cSpeaker Nancy Pelosi is an icon who has guided our nation to become a more perfect union \u2013 moving us toward \u2018the glorious horizon our founders once promised.\u2019 She has led with purpose, strength, and patriotism, and her dedication to our country and Constitution is unsurpassed.\n\n\u201cSpeaker Pelosi expanded health care as a right, not a privilege, with the passage of the Affordable Care Act. She has been steadfast in her commitment to equality for all and is a champion for the LGBTQ+ community. Her leadership is global; she has been a voice for democracy, diplomacy, and peace around the world, standing up to tyrants, speaking out for the voiceless, and defending the planet. Above all else, she has fought for the children. Speaker Pelosi always reminds us that our greatest responsibility is building a better tomorrow for the next generation.\n\n\u201cAs the first woman Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, she demonstrated to the world that women could be leaders at the highest levels. Speaker Pelosi has proven that when women are at the table, the work of Congress is more effective and responsive to the American people.\n\n\u201cI, like so many in Congress, am lucky to call Speaker Pelosi a friend and mentor. Her legacy will continue to guide us, and her achievements will continue to inspire women and girls around the world. I am profoundly grateful for her unparalleled service to progress and our country.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"], ["https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases?ID=73D86CAF-E64D-400E-9D0E-BFCD4B89CCCD", "Statement from Assistant Speaker Clark on Leader Hoyer\u2019s Decision to Step Down from Leadership", "2022-11-17", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Katherine M. Clark", "C001101", "katherineclark.house.gov", "clark", "https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement in response to Majority Leader Steny Hoyer\u2019s announcement that he will step down from House Leadership.\n\n\u201cThere are no better words to describe Leader Hoyer than a true public servant. He has been instrumental to the success of the House Democratic Caucus as a leader, mentor, and master legislator.\n\n\u201cEffective, thoughtful, and driven by his devotion to our country, Leader Hoyer has fought to make the House a better and more inclusive place. He has counseled and championed decades of members of Congress, helping them to deliver for the American people and, in turn, improving millions of lives. As a legislative expert and coalition builder, he paved the way for some of our most groundbreaking policies, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).\n\n\u201cLeader Hoyer has steadfastly advocated for American workers, leading the call to \u2018Make it in America\u2019 by revitalizing our manufacturing industry. His leadership has made the American economy and people stronger and more secure. He has been a staunch defender of democracy here and around the world and a true champion of civil rights.\n\n\u201cIt has been an honor to serve in leadership alongside Leader Hoyer and learn from him.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"], ["https://neal.house.gov/2022/11/17/news-documentsingle-aspx-documentid-2645/", "Neal Statement on Speaker Pelosi", "2022-11-17", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Richard E. Neal", "N000015", "neal.house.gov", "neal", "https://neal.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "Washington\n\nWays and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on Speaker Nancy Pelosi:\n\n\u201cSpeaker Nancy Pelosi earned the adage, \u2018you never bet against Speaker Pelosi,\u2019 and that\u2019s what makes this announcement so bittersweet. No Speaker of the House has ever achieved more. From her historic rise to the first female Speaker to her long list of accomplishments, she has never wavered from her commitment and service to the American people. Her legacy is unmatched, and she truly is irreplaceable.\n\n\u201cI am so grateful for the Speaker\u2019s vision, tenacity, and most of all, friendship. We will never be able to properly thank her for all that she has given the caucus, the party, the children, and the people, but we will do our very best as she continues her service to the people of San Francisco.\u201d\n\n##", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2681", "Trahan Statement on Speaker Pelosi\u2019s Announcement", "2022-11-17", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement after Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s announcement that she will not seek re-election as Leader of the House Democratic Caucus:\n\n\u201cOur nation is stronger today because of the service of Speaker Pelosi. Over the past 35 years, no one has done more for workers, for women, for children, for LGTBQ+ individuals, or for our democracy than the Speaker. She has proven to be the most effective Speaker in the history of the House, spearheading passage of the landmark Affordable Care Act and leading a single-digit majority to pass the most significant climate action legislation, infrastructure investments, and gun violence prevention proposal ever signed into law.\u201d\n\n\u201cMore than anything, Speaker Pelosi is a trailblazer. She has shattered glass ceilings so young women like my two daughters know they can do the same. She is the Lioness of the House, and thanks to her steadfast leadership and unwavering commitment to the prosperity of our nation, she will not be the last woman to lead this chamber.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe owe Speaker Pelosi and her entire family a tremendous debt of gratitude.\u201d\n\n###\n\nTrahan Statement on Speaker Pelosi\u2019s Announcement\n\nWASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement after Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s announcement that she will not seek re-election as Leader of the House Democratic Caucus:\n\n\u201cOur nation is stronger today because of the service of Speaker Pelosi. Over the past 35 years, no one has done more for workers, for women, for children, for LGTBQ+ individuals, or for our democracy than the Speaker. She has proven to be the most effective Speaker in the history of the House, spearheading passage of the landmark Affordable Care Act and leading a single-digit majority to pass the most significant climate action legislation, infrastructure investments, and gun violence prevention proposal ever signed into law.\u201d\n\n\u201cMore than anything, Speaker Pelosi is a trailblazer. She has shattered glass ceilings so young women like my two daughters know they can do the same. She is the Lioness of the House, and thanks to her steadfast leadership and unwavering commitment to the prosperity of our nation, she will not be the last woman to lead this chamber.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe owe Speaker Pelosi and her entire family a tremendous debt of gratitude.\u201d\n\n###\n\nTrahan Statement on Speaker Pelosi\u2019s Announcement\n\nWASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) issued the following statement after Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s announcement that she will not seek re-election as Leader of the House Democratic Caucus:\n\n\u201cOur nation is stronger today because of the service of Speaker Pelosi. Over the past 35 years, no one has done more for workers, for women, for children, for LGTBQ+ individuals, or for our democracy than the Speaker. She has proven to be the most effective Speaker in the history of the House, spearheading passage of the landmark Affordable Care Act and leading a single-digit majority to pass the most significant climate action legislation, infrastructure investments, and gun violence prevention proposal ever signed into law.\u201d\n\n\u201cMore than anything, Speaker Pelosi is a trailblazer. She has shattered glass ceilings so young women like my two daughters know they can do the same. She is the Lioness of the House, and thanks to her steadfast leadership and unwavering commitment to the prosperity of our nation, she will not be the last woman to lead this chamber.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe owe Speaker Pelosi and her entire family a tremendous debt of gratitude.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:43Z"], ["https://lynch.house.gov/2022/11/rep-lynch-releases-statement-on-ftx-bankruptcy", "Rep. Lynch Releases Statement on FTX Bankruptcy", "2022-11-16", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Stephen F. Lynch", "L000562", "lynch.house.gov", "lynch", "https://lynch.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Stephen F. Lynch, Chairman of the Task Force on Financial Technology, released the following statement in response to cryptocurrency exchange FTX filing for bankruptcy:\n\n\u201cLast week we witnessed the sudden and extraordinary collapse of FTX - one of the world\u2019s largest cryptocurrency exchanges. Despite its $32 billion valuation, FTX failed to maintain adequate cash reserves and ultimately, the company\u2019s inability to honor an estimated $8 billion in emergency customer withdrawal requests precipitated a \u201cbank run\u201d on its assets and rapidly led to its bankruptcy filing. In the wake of FTX\u2019s sharp downfall, Blockfi and SALT, both cryptocurrency lenders, have suspended customer withdrawals and BlockFi is reportedly \u201cmulling\u201d a bankruptcy filing, according to the Wall Street Journal. Destabilizing contagion effects on other cryptocurrency firms are feared to be imminent in a market that has already endured more than $2 trillion in losses over the past year.\n\n\"It has also been reported that between $1 billion to $2 billion in client funds are currently missing after FTX reportedly transferred $10 billion in customer deposits to its digital trading arm, Alameda Research, to engage in risky, highly-leveraged bets. These \u201cvanished\u201d funds presumably include the assets of unbanked consumers and consumers of color who have increasingly adopted cryptocurrency as a means of financial inclusion. Amid the serious questions raised by its business practices, FTX was also recently hacked for at least $400 million \u2013 with the company reporting that it was investigating irregular crypto wallet activity and shifting funds to offline storage.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"], ["https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases?ID=C5F58489-2FE2-44DF-91FE-E17A0E65494C", "Clark Celebrates the One Year Anniversary of the Infrastructure Law", "2022-11-15", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Katherine M. Clark", "C001101", "katherineclark.house.gov", "clark", "https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) celebrated the one year anniversary of Democrats\u2019 landmark Infrastructure Law and the transformative impact it has had on communities across Massachusetts.\n\n\u201cOne year ago, Democrats sent the historic Infrastructure law to President Biden\u2019s desk to make good on our promise to create a brighter, cleaner future for American families -- and it\u2019s delivering,\u201d said Assistant Speaker Clark. \u201cThe law is creating millions of union jobs, restoring our roads and bridges, upgrading our public transit systems, and ensuring communities have clean drinking water and reliable internet. We are rebuilding America while building an economy centered on working families.\u201d\n\nThe Infrastructure Law has delivered funding for a range of projects across Massachusetts, including:\n\n$2.1 billion to repair roads, highways, and bridges\n\n$535 million to improve public transportation options\n\n$187 million to replace lead pipes and provide safe drinking water\n\n$22.9 million to build out a network of electric vehicle charging stations\n\n$94 million to facilitate a transition to clean energy\n\nA full summary of the Infrastructure Law\u2019s investments in Massachusetts can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"], ["https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases?ID=3B5F21AC-2D02-45ED-BFE3-7467FA9C3EAF", "Clark Celebrates $2.1 Million for Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Massachusetts Communities", "2022-11-04", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Katherine M. Clark", "C001101", "katherineclark.house.gov", "clark", "https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "BOSTON, MA \u2013 This week, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) celebrated the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\u2019s selection of five Massachusetts organizations to receive $2,157,520 in grants to conduct community air quality monitoring in multiple communities in the Commonwealth. The grants are among 132 air monitoring projects in 37 states which will receive $53.4 million from President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act and American Rescue Plan to enhance air quality monitoring in communities across the United States. The projects are focused on communities that are underserved, historically marginalized, and overburdened by pollution, supporting President Biden's Justice40 Initiative.\n\n\"I've traveled across the country and visited communities who've suffered from unhealthy, polluted air for far too long. I pledged to change that by prioritizing underserved communities and ensuring they have the resources they need to confront longstanding pollution challenges,\" said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. \"The air monitoring projects we are announcing today, which include the first EPA grants funded by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, will ensure dozens of overburdened communities have the tools they need to better understand air quality challenges in their neighborhoods and will help protect people from the dangers posed by air pollution.\"\n\n\"With these new air quality monitoring grants, EPA is delivering significant funding in Massachusetts to improve air quality monitoring in and near underserved communities, support community efforts to monitor their own air quality, and promote air quality partnerships between communities and tribal, state, and local governments,\" said EPA New England Regional Administrator David W. Cash. \"Thanks to the Biden Administration, this work will make a real difference leading to cleaner and healthier air for people in many of Massachusetts' most vulnerable and overburdened communities.\"\n\nThe EPA funding in Massachusetts consists of five grants. Under the first grant, Health Resources in Action will receive $500,000 to develop and advance a Massachusetts Healthy Air Network (MHAN) which will monitoring and build capacity for resilient communities, and will focus primarily on Boston, Brockton, Chelsea, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, New Bedford, and/or Worcester. The MHAN will work at the community\u2010level to improve environmental health conditions in multiple Mass. communities by expanding air quality monitoring, supporting a learning community, building a statewide universal platform, and disseminating results. MHAN will prioritize three EJ communities' where residents experience disproportionate challenges related to environmental exposures, racial and health disparities, socioeconomic factors, sources of pollution, and are most burdened by asthma, COVID\u201019, air toxic cancer risk, and other chronic health conditions related to high levels of PM2.5 (fine particle pollution) and ozone.\n\nUnder the second grant, the Berkshire Environmental Action Team, Inc. will receive $300,131. Using ten stationary continuous air monitors and five mobile monitors, BEAT will monitor for fine particle pollution (both PM2.5 and PM10), and nitrogen oxides throughout key locations in Pittsfield, Mass. including environmental justice neighborhoods, near point sources of pollution and in \"control\" locations away from these centers. Our air quality monitoring will be supplemented by a survey of community health conditions, conducted during the monitoring period, to look for correlating increases or decreases in severity.\n\nUnder the third grant, the Mystic River Watershed Association Inc. (MyRWA) will receive $499,979. The goal of this project is to improve air quality and health in communities in the watershed that are most burdened by transportation-related air pollution and disease (primarily Charlestown, East Boston, Everett, and Malden). By deploying dense networks of air pollution monitors at community-identified locations in each of four cities, MyRWA will provide actionable data and information to increase community awareness, inform decision-making around transportation infrastructure, and reduce exposures to harmful transportation-related particulate air pollutants including PM10, PM2.5, and ultrafine particles. Through a 12-member Community Advisory Board and extensive surveying and outreach, the team will build capacity among residents that have been disproportionately impacted by poor air quality.\n\nUnder the fourth grant, the City of New Bedford will receive $391,821.97 to monitor air quality using monitors at 20 locations throughout and within the City, where approximately 78% of its residents live in Environmental Justice block groups. This project will identify disparities relative to health and corresponding air quality among EJ communities to inform public policy and realize equitable health outcomes.\n\nUnder the fifth grant, the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (BRPC) will receive $465,589 to expand indoor and outdoor air monitoring opportunities for all Berkshire County residents, especially the County's most vulnerable populations in targeted areas of Adams, Cheshire, Dalton, Great Barrington, Hinsdale, Lee, Lenox, North Adams, Pittsfield, and Williamstown. BRPC, with its project partners, will engage all communities in Berkshire County containing EJ populations to obtain outdoor air sensors, equitably and collaboratively site them, build capacity for ongoing community air quality monitoring, and disseminate indoor air sensors to low-income households making energy efficiency upgrades. Indoor and outdoor sensor deployment will be accompanied by extensive community outreach and municipalities and local groups will utilize data to guide regional planning initiatives.\n\nThe air pollution monitoring projects are made possible by more than $30 million in Inflation Reduction Act funds, which supplemented $20 million from the American Rescue Plan and enabled EPA to support 77 additional projects, more than twice the number of projects initially proposed by community-based nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, and Tribal governments.\n\nThese grant selections further the goals of President Biden's Justice40 Initiative and Executive Order, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, which directed that 40 percent of the overall benefits of certain Federal investments flow to overburdened communities that face disproportionately high and adverse health and environmental impacts. By enhancing air monitoring and encouraging partnerships with communities, EPA is investing in efforts to better protect people's health, particularly those in underserved communities.\n\nEPA will start the process to award the funding by the end of 2022, once the grant applicants have met all legal and administrative requirements. Grantees will have three years to spend the funds from the time EPA awards the grants.\n\nSee the full list of applications selected for award.\n\nBackground\n\nIn spring 2021, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan, providing EPA with a one-time supplemental appropriation of $100 million to address health outcome disparities from pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic. Half of that $100 million, was dedicated to air quality monitoring. EPA Regions began awarding nearly $22.5 million from this appropriation in 2022 as direct awards to state, tribal, and local air agencies for continuous monitoring of fine particle and other common pollutants. In addition, EPA Regions are in the process of procuring monitoring equipment using $5 million in American Rescue Plan funding to advance the EPA Regional Offices' mobile air monitoring capacity and establish air sensor loan programs. These investments will improve EPA's ability to support communities that need short-term monitoring and air quality information.\n\nIn July 2021, EPA announced the $20 million American Rescue Plan Enhanced Air Quality Monitoring for Communities Grant Competition. The goal of this competition was to improve air quality monitoring in and near underserved communities across the United States, support community efforts to monitor their own air quality, and promote air quality monitoring partnerships between communities and tribal, state, and local governments. EPA received more than 200 applications in response to the competition.\n\nThe Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 provides funding to EPA to deploy, integrate, support, and maintain fenceline air monitoring, screening air monitoring, national air toxics trend stations, and other air toxics and community monitoring. Specifically, the Inflation Reduction Act provides funding for grants and other activities under section 103 and section 105 of the Clean Air Act. EPA is using approximately $32.3 million of this funding to select 77 high-scoring community monitoring applications.\n\nWhat They Are Saying\n\n\"The climate crisis was a top priority as we crafted the American Rescue Plan and Inflation Reduction Act, and now these new laws are making a real difference in the Fifth District,\" said Congresswoman and Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark. \"With this grant, the Mystic River Watershed Association will help our community mitigate pollution and equitably improve air quality. I'm proud to call them partners in the fight for environmental justice and eager to see our mutual goal for a stronger, more sustainable future advanced using these new federal resources.\"\n\n\"Historically marginalized and underserved communities have borne the brunt of environmental and health disparities for far too long,\" said Senator Edward J. Markey. \"We can't manage what we don't measure\u2014which is why I introduced the Environmental Justice Air Quality Monitoring Act. These air monitoring grants will ensure that folks across the state, from New Bedford to Great Barrington, will be able to breathe cleaner, healthier air. I look forward to seeing this critical funding go to work in our environmental justice communities to advance health equity across Massachusetts.\"\n\n\"This $2.1 million grant for Massachusetts is fantastic news,\" said Senator Elizabeth Warren. \"Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act and American Rescue Plan, community organizations, state and local governments, and Tribal governments across the Commonwealth will gain resources to improve air quality for our families and children.\"\n\n\"Thanks to the American Rescue Plan and the Inflation Reduction Act, multiple communities in Berkshire County will have the necessary funds to monitor indoor and outdoor air pollutants and build a plan utilizing the data to combat it,\" said Congressman Richard E. Neal, Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means. \"When the air we breathe is cleaner, our bodies are healthier, and so is the environment around us.\n\n\"I proudly voted for the Inflation Reduction Act and American Rescue Plan to invest in Third District communities like Lowell and Lawrence that have been disproportionately affected by the climate crisis,\" said Congresswoman Lori Trahan. \"Enhancing our air quality monitoring and providing real-time air quality data is a critical step in understanding environmental disparities here in Massachusetts. With this federal funding secured for the Massachusetts Healthy Air Network, we will have better data that will inform smarter climate solutions.\"\n\n\"Air quality affects every facet of life, from our health to our economy. Studies have shown that for every dollar we invest in clean air, we get about thirty in return,\" said Congressman Seth Moulton. \"That's why grants like this one from the EPA are so important. This funding will help Massachusetts to monitor air quality, which in turn will help everyone-- especially environmental justice communities that typically have health outcome disparities and higher prevalence of asthma.\"\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"], ["https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases/moulton-host-8th-annual-veterans-town-hall-friday-november-11th", "Moulton to Host 8th Annual Veterans Town Hall on Friday, November 11th", "2022-11-04", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Seth Moulton", "M001196", "moulton.house.gov", "moulton", "https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "Salem, Mass.\u2014 This Veterans Day (Friday, November 11th at noon), Congressman Seth Moulton will host his annual Veterans Town Hall in Marblehead.\n\nThe idea, conceived by author Sebastian Junger, is simple but powerful: to provide a forum for veterans to share the pride, grief, or quiet appreciation of life that war bestowed upon them and for non-veterans to listen and to learn. At a Vets Town Hall event, veterans of any era who served in any capacity can stand before their community and speak about what it was like to serve their country.\n\nJust as importantly, the event gives non-veterans an opportunity to listen and connect.\n\nThe first Vets Town Hall was held on Veterans Day in 2015 at Abbot Hall, where it will return next Friday. Since then, Congressman Moulton and Junger have built Vets Town Halls into a national movement that they hope will continue to grow.\n\nThis year\u2019s event will also feature a number of guest speakers who will share their stories and experiences of service with the audience.\n\nCongressman Moulotn is also available for interviews about the Vet Town Hall ahead of Friday\u2019s event.\n\nDETAILS:\n\nWHO: Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA)\n\nWHAT: Veterans Town Hall\n\nWHEN: Friday, November 11; Noon to 1:00 PM ET\n\nWHERE: Abbot Hall, 188 Washington St, Marblehead, MA 01945\n\nRSVP + MORE INFORMATION: Sydney Simon (sydney.simon@mail.house.gov, 770-712-8104)\n\nCameras can be accommodated at the venue.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"], ["https://neal.house.gov/2022/11/04/news-documentsingle-aspx-documentid-2630/", "Neal Statement on October 2022 Jobs Report", "2022-11-04", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Richard E. Neal", "N000015", "neal.house.gov", "neal", "https://neal.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "Springfield, MA\n\nWays and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) October 2022 jobs report:\n\n\u201cThis month\u2019s jobs report shows the continued strength of our labor market. Jobs have been added every single month of the Biden presidency, and this stable, growing jobs picture is essential in our fight against inflation. There\u2019s much to celebrate\u2014from workers finding better-paying opportunities to more manufacturing jobs spurred by the Infrastructure Law and the CHIPS and Science Act\u2014and this success wouldn\u2019t be possible without the leadership of President Biden and Congressional Democrats.\n\n\u201cThe contrast is stark: Republicans continue to root for a recession and widespread job loss, while Democrats are committed to rewriting the old playbook and building an economy that works for everyone. The Ways and Means Committee isn\u2019t going to settle for the argument that fewer working Americans makes a stronger economy. Rather, we will overcome Republican naysaying by unlocking the full potential of the American workforce. This means enacting universal paid family and medical leave and expanding access to child care so that all workers have the same opportunity to participate. Taking our already-strong economy to new heights is just Democrats\u2019 next step in putting People over Politics.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"], ["https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases?ID=C8A20DE7-D474-450C-B51A-07120AAAFF25", "Assistant Speaker Clark Tours Framingham State University Child Care Centers", "2022-11-03", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Katherine M. Clark", "C001101", "katherineclark.house.gov", "clark", "https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Framingham State University Received Over $75,000\n\nfrom the American Rescue Plan to Support Early Childhood Development Programs\n\nFRAMINGHAM, MA. \u2013 Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) visited Framingham State University\u2019s two child care centers: The Jeanne M. Canelli Child Development Lab (CDL) and the Early Childhood Center (ECC) on Tuesday. The CDL provides children with quality early education and serves as a teaching laboratory for FSU students interested in early learning and research.\n\n\u201cThe path to an economy that works for working families runs through affordable, accessible child care. FSU understands this, and they\u2019re supporting our youngest learners while preparing the early education workforce of tomorrow,\u201d said Assistant Speaker Clark. \u201cI was proud to lead the charge in Congress for child care relief funding, resources that kept this critical piece of our economic infrastructure afloat. I\u2019m eager to continue championing early education programs like Framingham State\u2019s to ensure every family has access to the care they need.\u201d\n\nAssistant Speaker Katherine Clark met with Framingham State University\u2019s President, Dr. Nancy Niemi, and staff members. She toured the facilities, discussing with them the importance of early childhood development programs and her work in Congress to support child care and the early education workforce.\n\nFramingham State University received $75,915 from the American Rescue Plan, pandemic relief funding that was used to maintain and expand early education options for local families and train the next generation of early educators. The ECC supports whole child development through its full-day child care programs, emphasizing free play, socialization, and creative expression in a literacy-rich environment that is open year-round.\n\nIn 2021, at the height of the pandemic, Assistant Speaker Clark secured $50 billion in relief for the child care sector and Head Start programs in the federal pandemic relief legislation, including the American Rescue Plan. As a House Appropriations Committee member, she leads the fight for increased funding for the Child Care Development Block Grants and Head Start funding every year and secured a significant increase for these programs in the FY22 spending package. In 2016, Assistant Speaker Clark co-founded the Pre-K Caucus to promote policies that expand access to high-quality early education and child care for families.\n\nEvent photos can be found HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"], ["https://neal.house.gov/2022/11/03/news-documentsingle-aspx-documentid-2631/", "Biden-Harris Administration Announces More than $2.1 Million for Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Massachusetts Communities", "2022-11-03", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Richard E. Neal", "N000015", "neal.house.gov", "neal", "https://neal.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "Boston | Largest investment for community air monitoring in EPA history funded by President Biden\u2019s Climate and Economic Plans\n\nThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected five Massachusetts organizations to receive $2,157,520 in grants to conduct community air quality monitoring in multiple communities in the Commonwealth. The grants are among 132 air monitoring projects in 37 states which will receive $53.4 million from President Biden\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act and American Rescue Plan to enhance air quality monitoring in communities across the United States. The projects are focused on communities that are underserved, historically marginalized, and overburdened by pollution, supporting President Biden\u2019s Justice40 Initiative.\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve traveled across the country and visited communities who\u2019ve suffered from unhealthy, polluted air for far too long. I pledged to change that by prioritizing underserved communities and ensuring they have the resources they need to confront longstanding pollution challenges,\u201d said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. \u201cThe air monitoring projects we are announcing today, which include the first EPA grants funded by President Biden\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act, will ensure dozens of overburdened communities have the tools they need to better understand air quality challenges in their neighborhoods and will help protect people from the dangers posed by air pollution.\u201d\n\n\u201cWith these new air quality monitoring grants, EPA is delivering significant funding in Massachusetts to improve air quality monitoring in and near underserved communities, support community efforts to monitor their own air quality, and promote air quality partnerships between communities and tribal, state, and local governments,\u201d said EPA New England Regional Administrator David W. Cash. \u201cThanks to the Biden Administration, this work will make a real difference leading to cleaner and healthier air for people in many of Massachusetts\u2019 most vulnerable and overburdened communities.\u201d\n\nThe EPA funding in Massachusetts consists of five grants. Under the first grant, Health Resources in Action will receive $500,000 to develop and advance a Massachusetts Healthy Air Network (MHAN) which will monitoring and build capacity for resilient communities, and will focus primarily on Boston, Brockton, Chelsea, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, New Bedford, and/or Worcester. The MHAN will work at the community\u2010level to improve environmental health conditions in multiple Mass. communities by expanding air quality monitoring, supporting a learning community, building a statewide universal platform, and disseminating results. MHAN will prioritize three EJ communities\u2019 where residents experience disproportionate challenges related to environmental exposures, racial and health disparities, socioeconomic factors, sources of pollution, and are most burdened by asthma, COVID\u201019, air toxic cancer risk, and other chronic health conditions related to high levels of PM2.5 (fine particle pollution) and ozone.\n\nUnder the second grant, the Berkshire Environmental Action Team, Inc. will receive $300,131. Using ten stationary continuous air monitors and five mobile monitors, BEAT will monitor for fine particle pollution (both PM2.5 and PM10), and nitrogen oxides throughout key locations in Pittsfield, Mass. including environmental justice neighborhoods, near point sources of pollution and in \u201ccontrol\u201d locations away from these centers. Our air quality monitoring will be supplemented by a survey of community health conditions, conducted during the monitoring period, to look for correlating increases or decreases in severity.\n\nUnder the third grant, the Mystic River Watershed Association Inc. (MyRWA) will receive $499,979. The goal of this project is to improve air quality and health in communities in the watershed that are most burdened by transportation-related air pollution and disease (primarily Charlestown, East Boston, Everett, and Malden). By deploying dense networks of air pollution monitors at community-identified locations in each of four cities, MyRWA will provide actionable data and information to increase community awareness, inform decision-making around transportation infrastructure, and reduce exposures to harmful transportation-related particulate air pollutants including PM10, PM2.5, and ultrafine particles. Through a 12-member Community Advisory Board and extensive surveying and outreach, the team will build capacity among residents that have been disproportionately impacted by poor air quality.\n\nUnder the fourth grant, the City of New Bedford will receive $391,821.97 to monitor air quality using monitors at 20 locations throughout and within the City, where approximately 78% of its residents live in Environmental Justice block groups. This project will identify disparities relative to health and corresponding air quality among EJ communities to inform public policy and realize equitable health outcomes.\n\nUnder the fifth grant, the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (BRPC) will receive $465,589 to expand indoor and outdoor air monitoring opportunities for all Berkshire County residents, especially the County\u2019s most vulnerable populations in targeted areas of Adams, Cheshire, Dalton, Great Barrington, Hinsdale, Lee, Lenox, North Adams, Pittsfield, and Williamstown. BRPC, with its project partners, will engage all communities in Berkshire County containing EJ populations to obtain outdoor air sensors, equitably and collaboratively site them, build capacity for ongoing community air quality monitoring, and disseminate indoor air sensors to low-income households making energy efficiency upgrades. Indoor and outdoor sensor deployment will be accompanied by extensive community outreach and municipalities and local groups will utilize data to guide regional planning initiatives.\n\nThe air pollution monitoring projects are made possible by more than $30 million in Inflation Reduction Act funds, which supplemented $20 million from the American Rescue Plan and enabled EPA to support 77 additional projects, more than twice the number of projects initially proposed by community-based nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, and Tribal governments.\n\nThese grant selections further the goals of President Biden\u2019s Justice40 Initiative and Executive Order, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, which directed that 40 percent of the overall benefits of certain Federal investments flow to overburdened communities that face disproportionately high and adverse health and environmental impacts. By enhancing air monitoring and encouraging partnerships with communities, EPA is investing in efforts to better protect people\u2019s health, particularly those in underserved communities.\n\nEPA will start the process to award the funding by the end of 2022, once the grant applicants have met all legal and administrative requirements. Grantees will have three years to spend the funds from the time EPA awards the grants.\n\nSee the full list of applications selected for award.\n\nBackground\n\nIn spring 2021, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan, providing EPA with a one-time supplemental appropriation of $100 million to address health outcome disparities from pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic. Half of that $100 million, was dedicated to air quality monitoring. EPA Regions began awarding nearly $22.5 million from this appropriation in 2022 as direct awards to state, tribal, and local air agencies for continuous monitoring of fine particle and other common pollutants. In addition, EPA Regions are in the process of procuring monitoring equipment using $5 million in American Rescue Plan funding to advance the EPA Regional Offices\u2019 mobile air monitoring capacity and establish air sensor loan programs. These investments will improve EPA\u2019s ability to support communities that need short-term monitoring and air quality information.\n\nIn July 2021, EPA announced the $20 million American Rescue Plan Enhanced Air Quality Monitoring for Communities Grant Competition. The goal of this competition was to improve air quality monitoring in and near underserved communities across the United States, support community efforts to monitor their own air quality, and promote air quality monitoring partnerships between communities and tribal, state, and local governments. EPA received more than 200 applications in response to the competition.\n\nThe Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 provides funding to EPA to deploy, integrate, support, and maintain fenceline air monitoring, screening air monitoring, national air toxics trend stations, and other air toxics and community monitoring. Specifically, the Inflation Reduction Act provides funding for grants and other activities under section 103 and section 105 of the Clean Air Act. EPA is using approximately $32.3 million of this funding to select 77 high-scoring community monitoring applications.\n\nWhat They Are Saying\n\n\u201cHistorically marginalized and underserved communities have borne the brunt of environmental and health disparities for far too long,\u201d said Senator Edward J. Markey. \u201cWe can\u2019t manage what we don\u2019t measure\u2014which is why I introduced the Environmental Justice Air Quality Monitoring Act. These air monitoring grants will ensure that folks across the state, from New Bedford to Great Barrington, will be able to breathe cleaner, healthier air. I look forward to seeing this critical funding go to work in our environmental justice communities to advance health equity across Massachusetts.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis $2.1 million grant for Massachusetts is fantastic news,\u201d said Senator Elizabeth Warren. \u201cThanks to the Inflation Reduction Act and American Rescue Plan, community organizations, state and local governments, and Tribal governments across the Commonwealth will gain resources to improve air quality for our families and children.\u201d\n\n\u201cThanks to the American Rescue Plan and the Inflation Reduction Act, multiple communities in Berkshire County will have the necessary funds to monitor indoor and outdoor air pollutants and build a plan utilizing the data to combat it,\u201d said Congressman Richard E. Neal, Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means. \u201cWhen the air we breathe is cleaner, our bodies are healthier, and so is the environment around us.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe climate crisis was a top priority as we crafted the American Rescue Plan and Inflation Reduction Act, and now these new laws are making a real difference in the Fifth District,\u201d said Congresswoman and Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark. \u201cWith this grant, the Mystic River Watershed Association will help our community mitigate pollution and equitably improve air quality. I\u2019m proud to call them partners in the fight for environmental justice and eager to see our mutual goal for a stronger, more sustainable future advanced using these new federal resources.\u201d\n\n\u201cI proudly voted for the Inflation Reduction Act and American Rescue Plan to invest in Third District communities like Lowell and Lawrence that have been disproportionately affected by the climate crisis,\u201d said Congresswoman Lori Trahan. \u201cEnhancing our air quality monitoring and providing real-time air quality data is a critical step in understanding environmental disparities here in Massachusetts. With this federal funding secured for the Massachusetts Healthy Air Network, we will have better data that will inform smarter climate solutions.\u201d\n\n\u201cAir quality affects every facet of life, from our health to our economy. Studies have shown that for every dollar we invest in clean air, we get about thirty in return,\u201d said Congressman Seth Moulton. \u201cThat\u2019s why grants like this one from the EPA are so important. This funding will help Massachusetts to monitor air quality, which in turn will help everyone\u2013 especially environmental justice communities that typically have health outcome disparities and higher prevalence of asthma.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2659", "Trahan Announces $4,875,000 in Federal Funding for Lowell Community Health Center", "2022-11-03", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined Lowell Community Health Center (CHC) CEO Susan West Levine, and other Lowell CHC executives to announce Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grants to provide direct patient services for new programs providing rapid HIV testing in community-based settings and support for refugee survivors of torture. The \u201cPassage to Healing\u201d program will be receiving $475,000/year and the \u201cPartners in Prevention\u201d program will be receiving $500,000; totaling $4,875,000 over the next five years.\n\n\u201cAn investment in Lowell Community Health Center is an investment in the health and well-being of our community. I\u2019m thrilled that this funding will go towards continuing the essential public health work being done here every day,\u201d said Congresswoman Trahan. \u201cThis federal funding is going to expand crucial resources and support for underserved members of our community who need this care most.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe are incredibly grateful to the Department of Health and Human Services and for the support of Congresswoman Trahan,\u201d said Susan West Levine, CEO of Lowell Community Health Center. \u201cThese grants will allow us to address direct patient needs in two critical areas: increasing access to care to address the longstanding physical and psychological effects of torture and increasing capacity to provide rapid HIV testing in community-based settings. We look forward to working with our partners over the next five years to truly impact health and well-being in Lowell in these areas.\u201d\n\nLowell CHC\u2019s \u201cPassage to Healing\u201d program provides primary and secondary survivors of torture with treatment and resources such as culturally tailored and evidence-based screenings, primary and behavioral health care, and workforce-related and legal support. The project is designed to serve as many as 325 survivors of torture annually. This includes newer refugees with severe trauma experiences and settled refugee communities such as Bhutanese, Burmese, Cambodian, Congolese, Iraqi, Laotian, Ugandan, Vietnamese, Haitian, Afghan, and other refugees that continue to need access to care.\n\nThe \u201cPartners in Prevention\u201d program aims to address significant HIV testing gaps throughout Greater Lowell. Through the implementation of 4th generation rapid HIV testing and partnerships with Life Connection Center and UMass Lowell, the initiative will increase testing capacity in community-based settings and increase general HIV status knowledge among the population. They aim to serve 1,000 individuals over the next 5 years.\n\nLowell CHC\u2019s \u201cPassage to Healing\u201d program is receiving HHS funding through the Administration for Children and Families\u2019 Office of Refugee Resettlement\u2019s Direct Services for Survivors of Torture (DS SOT) grant program. Lowell CHC\u2019s \u201cPartners in Prevention\u201d program is receiving HHS funding through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).\n\nCongresswoman Trahan has consistently supportedfunding forLowell CHC andother health centers throughout theThird District, especially throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:43Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2660", "Trahan Honors Long-Deserved Purple Heart Recipient", "2022-11-03", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) honored Mr. Frederick Thumith of Chelmsford by presenting and pinning him with his Purple Heart. It has been 53 years since his injuries in Vietnam and a decade since he started working on his Purple Heart request. With advocacy by Trahan\u2019s office, Thumith\u2019s long-deserved Purple Heart request was finally approved.\n\n\u201cToday, we are finally properly honoring Frederick Thumith\u2019s bravery and service with this Purple Heart. Most of us can only imagine the heroic sacrifice that our men and women in uniform make every day, but Frederick made those sacrifices and his service cannot go unnoticed,\u201d said Congresswoman Lori Trahan. \u201cWhen my team received his Purple Heart request and heard his story, there was no question that we would do all we could to get this request approved and honor the sacrifices he made for our country.\u201d\n\nTrahan\u2019s office has worked with Thumith since 2019 to obtain his Purple Heart Medal based on injuries sustained in combat over 50 years ago. Fred served in the Vietnam War with the 19th Engineering Battalion. On April 22nd, 1969, Thumith\u2019s vehicle was struck by a command-detonated mine. The explosion rolled the truck on its side, ejecting him from the vehicle. Following the blast and rollover, enemy combatants ambushed Thumith and his fellow soldiers.\n\nThumith was hospitalized for 48 days while he recovered from his injuries, and General Kenneth Wickham sent a telegram to his parents acknowledging their son's engagement with enemy fire and resulting combat injuries. Despite this, his commanders never submitted a Purple Heart Packet while Thumith was on active duty. He recovered from his injuries and continued to serve in the Army until his honorable discharge in 1974.\n\nFollowing attempts to secure his Purple Heart Medal from the Army after his service, Thumith reached out to Trahan\u2019s office for assistance. 53 years later, with advocacy by Trahan\u2019s office, the Awards and Decorations Branch of the Army Human Resources Command finally approved Thumith\u2019s long-deserved Purple Heart medal.\n\nDuring the pinning ceremony, Trahan and Thumith were joined by Town Manager Paul Cohen, the Command Team from the 19th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade, Fort Knox, KY, and the Command Team from the 101st Engineer Battalion of the Massachusetts Army National Guard, as well as Thumith\u2019s wife, three children, and four grandchildren.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:43Z"], ["https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases?ID=5D48969A-90AD-4211-B782-ECA17465E548", "ICYMI: Assistant Speaker Clark Pens Op-Ed About Rise of Political Violence and the Future of American Democracy", "2022-11-02", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Katherine M. Clark", "C001101", "katherineclark.house.gov", "clark", "https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "\u201cViolence begets violence. Hate begets hate. When brutality is campaign currency, it is legitimized. When Republicans spread lies about our democracy, they undermine the voices of voters and the very foundation of our government,\u201d wrote Clark.\n\nMALDEN, M.A. - In case you missed it, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) shared an op-ed today about what the attack on Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s husband says about the current Republican Party and the future of our democracy.\n\n\u201cViolence begets violence. Hate begets hate. When brutality is campaign currency, it is legitimized. When Republicans spread lies about our democracy, they undermine the voices of voters and the very foundation of our government,\u201d wrote Assistant Speaker Clark.\n\n\u201cThe tolerance of violence and bigotry in our political discourse must end. We are one nation and one community. America has big challenges ahead of us and big ideological differences about how to solve them, but we are well beyond sharp-elbowed policy debates. Robert F. Kennedy warned us that if we teach people to hate and fear their neighbors because of their race, their beliefs, or the policies they pursue, we are teaching people \u201cto confront others not as fellow citizens but as enemies.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe must stand together to put an end to extremism. We must call it out. The midterms are days away, and we must cast our ballots not as partisans but as patriots who understand no one has ever won freedom through the oppression of others. Our only path forward is together. We must reject any candidate seeking power by turning us against each other. Lives are at stake, and so too, is our democracy,\u201d she concluded.\n\nYou can read the entire op\u2013ed HERE or below:\n\nVoters must reject any candidate seeking power by turning us against each other\n\nBy Katherine Clark, Assistant Speaker for the U.S. House of Representatives\n\nThe violent attack last week on Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, should have been a moment of collective alarm, an opportunity for members of Congress to recommit to ending political violence and strengthening our democratic institutions. Instead, Republican officials are doubling down on their campaign of fear and misinformation. They have spent years normalizing violence as a form of popular dissent. Conspiracy theories have been used to fuel anger and create doubt in our institutions. Community is being destroyed in favor of division and chaos. The results are horrifying.\n\nAccording to US Capitol Police, threats to members of Congress have more than doubled since 2017. The threats target Republican and Democratic members, including a recent attempted stabbing of Republican Lee Zeldin in his campaign for New York governor.\n\nAttorney General Merrick Garland and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified before Congress that the greatest domestic threat facing the United States comes from racially and ethnically motivated violent extremists. Heavily promoted by the GOP, one third of adult Americans who responded to an AP/NORC poll now believe in some form of the racist Great Replacement Theory, an idea that nonwhite individuals are being brought to the United States to \u201creplace\u201d white voters.\n\nWe cannot pretend that these are one-off events. There is a connection between the rise of hate and violence and the actions of the Republican establishment.\n\nGOP leaders have endorsed the Big Lie, the baseless claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, and made it a centerpiece of their midterm campaigns. They speak in racist dog whistles and a member created a video depicting himself killing his colleague. The GOP has come to the defense of the Jan. 6 mob over our country and the rule of law. They defend the insurrectionists who brutalized our police officers, preached white supremacy and antisemitism, and erected gallows at the Capitol to hang their political adversaries. They stood by silently when Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia recently said at a a rally, \u201cDemocrats want Republicans dead, and they have already started the killings.\u201d There are Republican candidates for secretary of state who are declaring that the only valid elections are those that result in a Republican win.\n\nViolence begets violence. Hate begets hate. When brutality is campaign currency, it is legitimized. When Republicans spread lies about our democracy, they undermine the voices of voters and the very foundation of our government.\n\nThe tolerance of violence and bigotry in our political discourse must end. We are one nation and one community. America has big challenges ahead of us and big ideological differences about how to solve them, but we are well beyond sharp-elbowed policy debates. Robert F. Kennedy warned us that if we teach people to hate and fear their neighbors because of their race, their beliefs, or the policies they pursue, we are teaching people \u201cto confront others not as fellow citizens but as enemies.\u201d\n\nMy heart aches for the Speaker and the entire Pelosi family who must live through this horrific event and the recovery of a loved one. I worry for my colleagues and their families who face daily threats at home, in Washington, and online.\n\nBut my deepest fear is for the future of our country.\n\nWe must stand together to put an end to extremism. We must call it out. The midterms are days away, and we must cast our ballots not as partisans but as patriots who understand no one has ever won freedom through the oppression of others. Our only path forward is together. We must reject any candidate seeking power by turning us against each other. Lives are at stake, and so too, is our democracy.\n\nKatherine Clark is the Assistant Speaker of the US House of Representatives.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"], ["https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases?ID=E8F70FD5-BB44-4825-91B9-A0F790D88C54", "Assistant Speaker Clark Statement Condemning Recent Anti-Semitic Incidents in Massachusetts", "2022-11-02", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Katherine M. Clark", "C001101", "katherineclark.house.gov", "clark", "https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "MALDEN, MA \u2013 Today, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement in response to two anti-Semitic incidents in Massachusetts.\n\n\u201cI am horrified by the anti-Semitic attack against a family in Stoneham. This was just days after Bristol County Sheriff Hodgson released an anti-Semitic campaign ad. His shameful campaign promotes hate and is exactly how violence escalates. These incidents are a chilling reminder of the anti-Semitism proliferating in the Commonwealth and our nation. If we are going to heal the division in this country, we must stand together against hate in all forms and those who promote it,\u201d said Assistant Speaker Clark.\n\nWithin the last two days, the lawn of a home in Stoneham was covered with paper swastikas and hateful language, and Sheriff Thomas Hodgson released a campaign video blaming Jewish philanthropist George Soros \u201cand his followers\u201d for \u201cfunding anti-police politicians.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2657", "Trahan, Carey, Porter, Stewart Unveil Bipartisan Legislation to Stop Online Suicide Assistance Forums", "2022-11-02", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 On Monday, Representatives Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), Mike Carey (R-OH-15), Katie Porter (D-CA-45), and Chris Stewart (R-UT-02) introduced the Stop Online Suicide Assistance Forums Act, bipartisan legislation that will make it a felony offense for anyone who uses mail or interstate communications such as online forums to assist in another person\u2019s attempt to die by suicide. The new legislation would give the U.S. Department of Justice additional authority to pursue cases against suicide assistance forums, including a popular site recently covered by a New York Times investigation.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re facing a mental health crisis in our nation, and suicide \u2013 particularly among young people \u2013 is dangerously on the rise. The last thing we need right now is an online forum operating in the shadows of the internet that actively encourages and even assists people to die by suicide,\u201d said Congresswoman Trahan. \u201cSuicidal ideation must be met with mental health care and therapies focused on prevention \u2013 not real-time instructions and encouragement to die by suicide. This bipartisan legislation will finally ensure the Department of Justice has the authority necessary to target websites and users that push those in need of help toward self-harm instead.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs America\u2019s mental health crisis has escalated in recent years, so too has the rise of malicious actors seeking to take advantage of those who believe suicide is their only option,\u201d said Congressman Carey. \u201cOnline suicide assistance forums are making this crisis worse and it\u2019s time we take a stand by passing the Stop Online Suicide Assistance Forums Act to bring justice for the victims and hold these criminals accountable.\u201d\n\n\u201cIt is heartbreaking for families to lose a loved one to suicide and despicable that online forums would push people in crisis to attempt suicide,\u201d said Congresswoman Porter. \u201cCracking down on online suicide assistance forums will protect teens and young adults, who disproportionately make up the users for these sites and are most vulnerable to suicide.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis legislation has broad, bipartisan support for one simple reason: it\u2019s necessary,\u201d said Congressman Stewart. \u201cSuicide is an issue that hits home for everyone \u2013 it\u2019s a top ten cause of death nationwide, as well as in my home state. If we want to reverse this tragic trend, that means eliminating environments that work to keep us on the same path. Simply put, online suicide assistance forums have no place in our communities. It\u2019s time there be consequences for assisting another individual\u2019s suicide attempt. I\u2019m proud to introduce this legislation alongside my Democrat colleagues, and I\u2019m eager to continue our work toward a healthier nation.\u201d\n\nOnline suicide assistance forums, where people can find detailed instructions and real-time assistance on how to die by suicide, are attracting millions of viewers per month. Many of these sites have easily accessible pages championing highly lethal suicide methods and hundreds of threads pushing distressed users to attempt to die by suicide. A prominent feature of these sites are \u201cgoodbye threads\u201d, where a member actively declares their intention to die by suicide and often documents the process in real time, all while others provide advice and encouragement to advance the attempt.\n\nThe Stop Online Suicide Assistance Forums Act is simple. It establishes a felony offense for anyone who uses mail or interstate communication, including online forums, to intentionally assist in another individual\u2019s suicide attempt that results in death. The bipartisan legislation does not criminalize the act or attempt to die by suicide, and it does not impact state sanctioned physician-assisted end of life care.\n\nThe Stop Online Suicide Assistance Forums Act has been endorsed by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the American Psychological Association, Suicide Awareness Voices of Education, RI International, the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists, the Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance, and Inseparable.\n\n\u201cAFSP applauds Representative Trahan for taking bold action toward protecting those most at risk of dying by suicide,\u201d said Robert Gebbia, CEO of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. \u201cWe know that social media can be a powerful tool in uniting individuals and providing a sense of community, but it can also have dire consequences for those most vulnerable. Websites that encourage suicide and offer instructions are harmful, particularly to youth and young adults. This bill will enable DOJ to hold these website operators accountable for intentionally promoting dangerous content.\u201d\n\n\u201cAnyone who uses an online forum to promote, support, endorse, encourage and/or contribute to the attempted suicide or death by suicide of someone must be stopped or countless lives will be lost to malicious individuals,\u201d said Dr. Dan Reidenberg, CEO of Suicide Awareness Voices of Education. \u201cI fully support this legislation to try and prevent those with the intent on causing harm to others from doing so by imposing substantial penalties and hope others join this effort to SAVE more lives.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists (AAPP) is concerned that the national rate of suicide in the United States remains in an upward trajectory. AAPP applauds the introduction of the Stop Online Suicide Assistance Forums Act,\u201d said Brenda Schimenti, Executive Director of the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists. \u201cAs clinicians serving on mental health care teams, psychiatric pharmacists treat patients with severe mental illness screening for and potentially preventing suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Those experiencing suicidal ideation deserve safe, appropriate, and effective treatment.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe need to do everything we can to save lives and reduce the heartbreaking toll of suicide, including closing loopholes that allow online platforms to push people toward dying by suicide,\u201d said Bill Smith, President and Founder of Inseparable.\n\nA digital copy of the legislation as introduced can be accessed HERE.\n\nIf you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, feeling at risk of suicide, or experiencing a state of distress, it is crucial to find help immediately. There are many resources available, including the 988 Suicide & Crisis Hotline which provides free, confidential support 24/7, and the Crisis Text Line which offers free crisis counseling 24/7. Dial 988 or text HOME to 741741 to connect with these services.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:43Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2658", "Trahan Announces $158.9 Million in Home Heating Assistance for Massachusetts Families", "2022-11-02", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced that Massachusetts has been awarded $158.9 million in federal funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance program (LIHEAP). The total funding amount announced today includes the $37 million increase approved in the recent government funding bill, as well as an allocation from the $100 million for LIHEAP approved in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Trahan supported passage of last year.\n\n\u201cNo parent should have to choose between heating their home or putting food on the table for their family. This investment of federal home heating assistance will go a long way toward keeping the heat on in tens of thousands of homes across the Commonwealth,\u201d said Congresswoman Trahan. \u201cI\u2019m proud of the work we did to get this increased aid across the finish line and disbursed by the administration as soon as possible. I look forward to advocating for another increase as negotiations surrounding the next government funding package proceed in the coming weeks.\u201d\n\nAdministered through the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this LIHEAP funding will help low-income individuals and families pay for home heating costs this winter and cover unpaid utility bills. These funds will also help families make cost-effective home energy repairs to lower their heating and cooling bills. Eligibility for Massachusetts families is based on income, and a chart showing income thresholds can be accessed HERE.\n\nIn September, Trahan supported passage of a government funding package that included a $1 billion increase to the LIHEAP program, including an estimated $37 million increase for Massachusetts. Shortly after that legislation was signed into law, she led a request from members of the Massachusetts delegation to expedite the release of those funds as soon as possible.\n\nTrahan has also continued to push for increases to home heating oil supplies across the region. In October, Trahan and Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) led members of the New England delegation in calling on President Joe Biden to release stockpiles from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve (NEHHOR) to help lower home heating costs for families across the region. Trahan also threw her support behind Kuster\u2019s Home Heating Oil Price Reduction Act, which would increase NEHHOR\u2019s capacity from 1 million to 4 million barrels.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:43Z"], ["https://neal.house.gov/2022/10/31/news-documentsingle-aspx-documentid-2624/", "Neal Celebrates Nearly $1.5 Million to Support Cyber Range and Security Operation Center at Springfield Union Station", "2022-10-31", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Richard E. Neal", "N000015", "neal.house.gov", "neal", "https://neal.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "Springfield, MA\n\nCongressman Richard E. Neal, Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means celebrated the recent announcement by the Baker-Polito Administration and the MassCyberCenter at the MassTech Collaborative regarding a new initiative to promote the development of a diverse cybersecurity workforce and improve local cyber resiliency in the Commonwealth that will bring $1,462,995 to Springfield.\n\nThis funding will allow Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) to establish a security operation center, or SOC, at Springfield Union Station that will provide threat monitoring and other cybersecurity services for Commonwealth municipalities and small business/non-profit customers. The funds will also establish a cyber range, a new testing lab to mirror real-world IT environments to provide hands-on training opportunities available to local companies, universities, and other cyber-focused organizations.\n\nCongressman Neal was joined on Monday afternoon at Springfield Union Station by Springfield Mayor Domenic J. Sarno; Springfield Redevelopment Authority Executive Director Amanda Pham; STCC President Dr. John B. Cook; CEO of CyberTrust Massachusetts Pete Sherlock; Director of the MassCyberCenter Stephanie Helm; and local leaders to celebrate this tremendous award for the Greater Springfield region.\n\n\u201cSpringfield Union Station is a world-class transportation hub that will now be home to a world-class cybersecurity training and security management center,\u201d said Congressman Neal. \u201cThe Baker-Polito Administration has worked hand-in-hand with the City of Springfield, STCC team, and my office to make this a reality.\u201d\n\nMayor Sarno stated, \u201cI want to thank the Baker-Polito Administration for their continued support for our Springfield and Dr. John Cook, President of STCC, for his continued support, belief and investment in our Springfield community. This $1.5 million investment to STCC for this transformative and dynamic Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (CCE) at our historic Union Station will support the State\u2019s workforce development objectives around cybersecurity with promoting diversity and supporting that good four-letter word, JOBS! I want to also thank Congressman Neal who, once a mayor always the heart of a mayor, continues to advocate for our Commonwealth and city of Springfield on the federal level by securing funding and support for all kinds of good initiatives that promote economic development and job opportunities for our residents.\u201d\n\nThe facility will be overseen by a Steering Committee of public, private, and academic stakeholders, which will include the Springfield Redevelopment Authority (SRA), the owners of Union Station.\n\n\u201cUnion Station is uniquely positioned to accommodate the Cyber Center as it serves as the region\u2019s intermodal transportation center at the crossroads of New England providing rail and bus service to our area\u2019s diverse population,\u201d said Amanda Pham, Executive Director of the SRA. \u201cWe thank the Baker-Polito Administration and MassCyberCenter for the award and designation as a Cybersecurity Center of Excellence and congratulate STCC on this milestone. These funds coupled with the City of Springfield\u2019s commitment of $500K will allow for the advancement of design and construction of this transformative center.\u201d\n\nSTCC is the lead entity which will develop both a Cyber Range and SOC within the City of Springfield\u2019s Union Station complex, serving Western Massachusetts and beyond. STCC will staff and operate the facility in partnership with a consortia of area higher education institutions (Bay Path University, UMass Amherst, Western New England University, Elms College, and Springfield College), each of which bring a range of undergraduate certificate and degree programs in IT/Security, Cybersecurity, Computer Science and Programming, Digital Forensics, and Criminal Justice. Another facility will be based at Bridgewater State University.\n\nThe grant to STCC will cover renovation and construction of the Union Station space, which is estimated to open in Q1/Q2 2024, based on the initial timeline provided. The proposed facility will include a classroom and a conference room for up to 60 people, able to accommodate cyber-related events and to serve as a space for collaboration, in addition to separate classroom space, workstations for use by academic partners, offices for facility staff, tech support area, kitchen, and storage.\n\nAs part of a site-based service arrangement, STCC will provide administrative oversight for the facility, including all HR for employees and hiring of key personnel, plus the establishment of electronic systems management.\n\n\u201cWith the help of EOHED, the MassCyberCenter, and the City of Springfield, this cybersecurity award will be transformative for our region and higher education,\u201d said Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) President John B. Cook. \u201cAs one of the most pervasive liabilities for our businesses and communities, these funds ensure a regional center that will be a nexus for the cyber workforce with hands-on learning, in addition to establishing a resource for protecting our community partners against cybersecurity threats.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis first-of-its-kind collaboration among business, higher ed, and government through CyberTrust Massachusetts could transform our cyber education and training\u2013growing our workforce and creating new opportunities statewide\u2013while helping to make our communities more cyber resilient,\u201d said Pete Sherlock, CEO, CyberTrust Massachusetts.\n\nStephanie Helm, Director of the MassCyberCenter said, \u201cWe see these as the initial investments in a cyber secure future, important investments to build out our plan for a \u2018Cyber Resilient Massachusetts. The key word is \u2018resilient,\u2019 as no organization is successful 100% of the time when it comes to defending against cyber attacks. With the new monitoring capabilities, organizations can increase awareness, detect intrusions faster, and respond more quickly to an incident.\u201d\n\nSince its launch in September 2017, the Cyber Center\u2019s focus has been on enhancing opportunities for the Massachusetts cybersecurity ecosystem to compete as the national cybersecurity leader and to strengthen the resiliency of the Commonwealth\u2019s public and private communities. Today\u2019s grant is the first investment in infrastructure that addresses that dual mission.\n\nThe Center continues to be shaped by the Massachusetts Cybersecurity Strategy Council and working groups focused on cyber resiliency, cybersecurity training and education, and a monthly healthcare-focused series. In addition the annual Cybersecurity Forum, the Center has also managed the successful statewide mentorship program to boost diverse talent, workforce training grants, municipal cyber planning workshops to address municipal incident response planning, and the launch of the \u2018Minimum Baseline for Cybersecurity,\u2019 a series of interactive videos aimed at organizations starting their cyber resiliency planning.\n\nOctober 2022 was officially proclaimed \u2018Massachusetts Cybersecurity Month in the Commonwealth,\u2019 which coincides with Cybersecurity Awareness Month nationally.\n\n##", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"], ["https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases/moulton-markey-warren-announce-34-million-upgrade-salem-harbor-hub-offshore", "Moulton, Markey, Warren Announce $34 million to Upgrade Salem Harbor into Hub for Offshore Wind", "2022-10-28", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Seth Moulton", "M001196", "moulton.house.gov", "moulton", "https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "SALEM, Mass. \u2014 Congressman Moulton, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll today announced that the City of Salem will receive $34 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to redevelop a vacant industrial facility into a marshalling area for offshore wind energy projects. The federal DOT Port Infrastructure Development Grant awarded to Salem will position the city to be a national leader in offshore wind as it builds a new facility that will sport a 700-foot-long wharf and bulkhead for the assembly and transportation of offshore wind components.\n\n\"This project will not only help to diversify and decarbonize our electrical grid, which we need now more than ever\u2014it will also bring jobs to Salem. It is a great example of transforming old infrastructure into new to meet the needs of the moment. As we accelerate offshore wind development in the Atlantic, I am also committed to mitigating the impacts on fisheries and safeguarding our marine ecosystem,\u201d said Congressman Moulton. \"Wind is one piece of the energy puzzle, and it is imperative that we pursue a diversity of clean energy solutions.\u201d\n\n\u201cSalem is on the front lines of our clean energy revolution,\u201d said Senator Markey. \u201cI am proud to have supported Salem in its efforts to secure an historic $34 million in federal funding to begin its development of a major new hub for offshore wind right in the heart of Salem Harbor. This project will strengthen our grid by propelling clean energy infrastructure and helping to power thousands of homes across Massachusetts.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis $34 million federal grant will help transform Salem Harbor into a key port for offshore wind, which will create clean energy and green jobs for thousands of people in the Commonwealth,\u201d said Senator Warren. \u201cMassachusetts is a leader in sustainable offshore wind \u2013 and I will continue to fight to make sure communities across the Commonwealth get the federal funds they need to invest into clean energy and job-creating infrastructure.\u201d \u201cFor centuries, when Salem looked toward its future, it looked toward the sea,\u201d said Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll. \u201cThis site, in particular, has provided the electricity that has powered our community and our Commonwealth for generations. Today, with this announcement, that legacy takes another step toward its continuation, with new focus on a clean energy future based on renewable power and a shared commitment to positive action to mitigate climate change. The transformational project that this major grant award will make possible will provide a significant expansion to our commercial tax base and create hundreds of clean energy jobs, right here in Salem. I\u2019m incredibly grateful to Congressman Moulton, Senator Warren, and Senator Markey for their advocacy and support for this federal grant award, and to the City staff and community partners who made our application possible.\u201d\n\nIn May, the lawmakers wrote a letter to Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to express support for the funding of the Salem Offshore Wind Terminal project through the FY2022 Port Infrastructure Development grant program.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"], ["https://neal.house.gov/2022/10/27/news-documentsingle-aspx-documentid-2623/", "Neal Delivers $250,000 Earmark to Mount Holyoke College", "2022-10-27", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Richard E. Neal", "N000015", "neal.house.gov", "neal", "https://neal.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "South Hadley, MA\n\nCongressman Richard E. Neal, Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means joined Mount Holyoke College Interim President Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum for the announcement of a $250,000 earmark for Mount Holyoke College\u2019s Professional and Graduate Education (PaGE) department.\n\nThe allocation was made possible through Congressional Directed Spending (CDS) from the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. Congressman Neal included funding for this project in the Fiscal Year 2022 spending bill that was signed into law earlier this year.\n\n\u201cAs a former Trustee at Mount Holyoke College, I have seen first-hand the innovative and collaborative work that happens on campus,\u201d said Congressman Neal. Not only will this program assist teachers and school support staff here in western and central Massachusetts, but it will also be available to those nationwide. Mount Holyoke is once again leading the way.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe unending pressure on teachers needs to be addressed if we want to retain passionate, talented professionals in the field of education,\u201d said Interim President Tatum. \u201cThe Teaching for our Moment program is designed to ensure the highest levels of success for students and higher levels of job satisfaction for teachers. We appreciate Congressman Neal\u2019s support of education in Massachusetts.\u201d\n\nThe funding will support the Teaching for our Moment program, aimed at addressing the growing crisis of teacher burnout in our nation\u2019s public schools. The program kicks off on Saturday, October 29, with a free daylong conference followed by a six-month professional learning and mentorship program. The programming aims to support teacher wellness and student social-emotional learning while addressing challenges in education that are leading too many teachers to leave the profession.\n\nUnder guidelines issued by the Senate and House Appropriations Committees, members of Congress requested Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) funding for projects in their state for Fiscal Year 2022. CDS requests were restricted to a limited number of federal funding streams, and only state and local governments and eligible non-profit entities were permitted to receive CDS funding.\n\nThis project is one of ten CDS projects that were submitted by Congressman Neal, totaling over $9 million in investments throughout the First Congressional District of Massachusetts.\n\n##", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"], ["https://neal.house.gov/2022/10/27/news-documentsingle-aspx-documentid-2629/", "Neal Announces $450,000 for the Urban League of Springfield", "2022-10-27", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Richard E. Neal", "N000015", "neal.house.gov", "neal", "https://neal.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "Springfield, MA\n\nTogether with the Urban League of Springfield, Inc.\u2019s President and CEO Henry Thomas, III, Congressman Richard E. Neal, Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means announced a $450,000 earmark for the Urban League\u2019s Camp Atwater located on Lake Lashaway in North Brookfield, Massachusetts.\n\nThe allocation was made possible through Congressional Directed Spending (CDS) from the Departments of Housing and Urban Development. Congressman Neal included funding for this project in the Fiscal Year 2022 spending bill that was signed into law earlier this year.\n\n\u201cRight here in the First Congressional District of Massachusetts, we are so lucky to have Camp Atwater, the oldest African American camp in the country and the only camp listed on the National Register of Historic Places,\u201d said Congressman Neal. \u201cUnder the leadership of Henry Thomas, the camp continues to grow and fulfill its mission of providing a safe space for our youth to grow academically and socially. I look forward to seeing the transformation of Camp Atwater with these funds.\u201d\n\n\u201cThank you to our Congressman Richie Neal for bringing home these funds to support the development of our youth in Springfield and beyond,\u201d said Thomas. \u201cThis earmark will go a long way in ensuring that Camp Atwater can continue to provide programs for young men and women for generations to come. Since its founding in 1921, Camp Atwater has served nearly 60,000 youth. We look forward to continuing to serve many, many more.\u201d\n\nAs Camp Atwater looks toward its second century of service to the community, the Urban League of Springfield will put these funds toward their capital and endowment campaign that seeks to modernize and revitalize the Camp\u2019s physical facilities and grounds. Long term, the campaign will enable Camp Atwater to expand the number of youths served each year and be open year-round. Short term, the project will provide significant upgrades to key camp buildings \u2013 including the camper cabins, bathhouse, infirmary building, and staff accommodations.\n\nUnder guidelines issued by the Senate and House Appropriations Committees, members of Congress requested Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) funding for projects in their state for Fiscal Year 2022. CDS requests were restricted to a limited number of federal funding streams, and only state and local governments and eligible non-profit entities were permitted to receive CDS funding.\n\nThis project is one of ten CDS projects that were submitted by Congressman Neal, totaling over $9 million in investments throughout the First Congressional District of Massachusetts.\n\nMore information on Camp Atwater can be found HERE.\n\n##", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2655", "Trahan, Markey to Announce Nearly $2.5 Million in Federal Funding for UMass Lowell Clean Drinking Water Project", "2022-10-27", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined Senator Ed Markey, UMass Lowell Chancellor Julie Chen, UMass Lowell professors, and key community partners to announce $2,495,019 in National Science Foundation (NSF) Safe and Clean Communities Grant program funding for UMass Lowell\u2019s \u201cCommunity Based Approach to Address Contaminants in Drinking Water using Smart Cloud-Connected Electrochemical Sensors\u201d project.\n\n\u201cGrowing up in Lowell, I know firsthand how desperately families across the Merrimack Valley need access to safe, clean drinking water. Under the leadership of this talented research team, this UMass Lowell project will help us achieve that reality by getting us the local water contamination data we need to make smart investments in the years ahead,\u201d said Congresswoman Trahan, a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. \u201cI\u2019m incredibly proud of the work we did with Senator Markey, Chancellor Chen, President Meehan, and members of our community to secure this federal investment. I look forward to seeing the results of this project and working with these remarkable partners to deliver the funding we need \u2013 including through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law \u2013 to upgrade our water systems.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe brilliant scientists and engineers at UMass Lowell are working to deliver the clean water resources we need. And in return, we have to deliver the resources they need to undertake that critical task,\u201d said Senator Ed Markey, a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Technology. \u201cUMass Lowell is bringing innovative solutions right into our communities. This grant will enable new community-based water-quality monitoring systems, in partnership with community stakeholders. It will connect people with the information they need to fight for policy solutions and protect their health. You can\u2019t manage what you don\u2019t measure, and this grant will help us measure and manage dangerous pollution in our water.\u201d\n\nUMass Lowell\u2019s innovative and multidisciplinary clean drinking water project involves cooperation by researchers from engineering, social science, and computer science backgrounds. The project will give residents access to a simple, portable, user-friendly device to help monitor the health of their own home\u2019s tap water. These devices will be deployed to households in the Merrimack Valley and \u2013 utilizing technology developed to help soldiers test water when deployed \u2013 will rapidly and accurately report data on water quality and test for contaminants (ex. lead, arsenic, copper, and PFAS). If poor quality is detected, municipalities will be notified in order to intervene.\n\nCongresswoman Trahan and Senator Markey both submitted letters of support to NSF in support of the project, which will initially be implemented in Lowell, Lawrence, Dracut, and Andover. However, the tools and processes developed through this project can be replicated and serve as a model for communities beyond Massachusetts.\n\n\u201cWe all know how essential it is to have access to clean drinking water,\u201d said UMass Lowell Chancellor Julie Chen. \u201cYet far too often, as evidenced by multiple water crises across the nation, clean water is not a certainty. It simply cannot be guaranteed if communities don\u2019t make it a priority. I am inspired by Professor Kurup\u2019s ongoing research and his dedication to improving the lives of Lowell residents and those of the greater Merrimack Valley. With the much appreciated support of the National Science Foundation, UMass Lowell will continue to help its community stand out as an exceptional gateway city.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe believe that frequent community-engaged monitoring of drinking water quality and appropriate, timely actions will have a profound effect in protecting public health, the environment, and drinking water infrastructure in these communities,\u201d said Professor Pradeep Kurup, Lead Investigator and Chair of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept. \u201cPartnerships with our community stakeholders and elected leaders will ensure that our project is sustainable, scalable, and transferable to other communities in our country and the world.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis will give city residents access to a simple device to help monitor the health of their own home\u2019s tap water,\u201d said John Macone, Education and Policy Specialist for the Merrimack River Watershed Council. \u201cWith a network of hundreds of homes using this tool and reporting their results, the city will have a new and robust layer of watchdogs able to detect possible contaminants across the entire drinking water system.\"\n\n\u201cWe are excited about this project to engage community stakeholders in contributing to safe water quality,\u201d said Commissioner Martin Suuberg of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. \u201cThis project will develop tools and processes that can be replicated to involve community stakeholders and allow them to assist in monitoring water quality. MassDEP will continue to collaborate with UMass and other stakeholders on this important initiative.\u201d\n\n\u201cDr. Kurup\u2019s project will address complex challenges on one of the most basic human rights of our country: the right to clean water,\u201d said Margaret Martonosi, Assistant Director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering at NSF. \u201cWater pollution remains a top environmental concern in our country. With this new NSF funding, Dr. Kurup will engage citizen-scientists and local nonprofits to test water and educate their communities about drinking water quality in ways to effect necessary change.\u201d\n\nCongresswoman Trahan supported the FY22 Consolidated Appropriations Act which provided $8.8 billion for NSF. The NSFSCC Grant Program specifically funds pilot programs which integrate intelligent technologies to support research that addresses communities' social, economic and environmental challenges. Since 2019, UMass Lowell has received $19,501,479 in NSF grants.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:40Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2656", "Trahan, Schiff Request Briefing from TikTok Ahead of Midterms on Strategy to Combat Election Disinformation", "2022-10-27", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee\u2019s Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, and Congressman Adam Schiff (CA-28) requested a briefing from TikTok on its strategy to curb misinformation, disinformation, and the potential incitement of violence on the platform ahead of the 2022 and 2024 U.S. elections.\n\nIn a letter to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, Trahan and Schiff stressed their concerns about TikTok\u2019s ability to regulate disinformation as a video-only platform, its commitment to proactively removing disinformation content and users who repeatedly promote it, and its commitment to enforcing those policies before, during, and after election days.\n\n\u201cWith the perceived lack of strong enforcement, bad actors have already begun to use TikTok to spread distrust and doubt in our upcoming midterm elections, including preemptive claims of voter fraud. We believe that TikTok needs to be more transparent about how the platform\u2019s automated and human systems flag and remove content, and the effectiveness of their systems, especially regarding content related to the Midterm Elections,\u201d the lawmakers wrote in the letter.\n\nWhile TikTok\u2019s video-only medium makes certain content harder to detect, fact-check, and moderate, the platform was able to remove nearly 350,000 videos in 2020 that promoted election misinformation and disinformation. However, a study from NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights found TikTok\u2019s enforcement strategies to be \u201chaphazard,\u201d and presented election deniers with a number of simple ways to get around the platform\u2019s content bans \u2013 raising questions about how effective and consistent TikTok\u2019s enforcement strategy is.\n\nFurthermore, Trahan and Schiff are urging TikTok to take a year-round approach to combating election misinformation and disinformation, in order to protect the platform and its users against threats that arise outside of regular election cycles. The members wrote that in particular, the events of January 6th prove that social media platforms need continued infrastructure to combat threats, misinformation, and disinformation.\n\nSpecifically, the members are seeking answers to the following questions:\n\nAs a video-only social media platform, what is TikTok doing regarding detection and enforcement that is different from other mixed content platforms?\n\nHow will your company be more transparent on its enforcement of its community guidelines regarding election integrity, and transparent with the public about actions it has taken?\n\nWill your company commit to sharing data and metrics on the effectiveness of your enforcement systems in relation to US elections and political speech?\n\nHow will TikTok address mis-and-disinformation made by political actors or verified accounts, and how will they be treated differently, if at all, compared to ordinary users?\n\nWill TikTok commit to keeping these election integrity plans in place beyond election day and keeping Congress fully informed about potential changes?\n\nClick HERE to read the letter or read the full text below:\n\nDear Mr. Chew:\n\nWe write to TikTok as concerned Members of Congress, seeking further information about the social media platform\u2019s preparation for, and response to, the spread of misinformation and disinformation, or the potential incitement to violence on your platform in advance of the 2022 and 2024 United States Elections. We have already seen how videos with disinformation have spread on this platform in our country and other countries during election cycles and continue to be concerned with the company\u2019s ability to react efficiently and effectively to misinformation and disinformation, or to any potential incitement of violence.\n\nWe commend TikTok for taking down over 347,225 videos in 2020 in the United States for \u201celection misinformation, disinformation, or manipulated media.\u201d We understand that as a video-based platform TikTok has its own set of challenges for content moderation and monitoring, as well as enforcing community guidelines. The video medium makes certain content more difficult to detect, monitor, fact-check, and moderate.\n\nFollowing the 2020 election cycle, TikTok released a report on what the company believed it could improve for the next election. This included proactively detecting disinformation, preventing repeat offenders from circumventing the rules, educating creators and brands on political ads, and launching their in-app election guide sooner. Of these four goals, only two were mentioned in the recent \u201cOur Commitment to Election Integrity\u201d report: launching their in-app guide sooner and improved training for creators. While we appreciate the steps that TikTok has taken to outline their plan, we feel that a number of questions were left unanswered by the initial report and the subsequent report on misinformation.\n\nA study from NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights claims that although TikTok has enacted policies regarding election misinformation, TikTok\u2019s \u201chaphazard enforcement has failed to slow the spread\u201d of election deniers. The study found that the terms and hashtags that were banned were quite random \u2014 \u201celection fraud,\u201d for example, was not a searchable term, but \u201cballot trafficking\u201d was allowed. Users have taken advantage of this believed TikTok inconsistency and have found creative ways to circumvent TikTok\u2019s bans since the 2020 election. Some methods include simply changing hashtags from \u201c#StopTheSteal\u201d to \u201c#StopTheSteall\u201d which have allowed millions of users to view election misinformation videos this year, until TikTok was notified and took down the posts. With the perceived lack of strong enforcement, bad actors have already begun to use TikTok to spread distrust and doubt in our upcoming midterm elections, including preemptive claims of voter fraud. We believe that TikTok needs to be more transparent about how the platform\u2019s automated and human systems flag and remove content, and the effectiveness of their systems, especially regarding content related to the Midterm Elections.\n\nAlthough we appreciate the heightened focus on the 2022 and 2024 elections, we believe that TikTok needs to commit to taking action on election and political misinformation year-round. We do not think that major social media apps, including TikTok, should focus on disinformation only during the leadup to elections. As mentioned by the recent report from the Bipartisan Policy Center, in order to fully support our democracy, social media platforms need to incorporate their election efforts into their permanent plans and community guidelines. Over 120 civil rights and democracy groups have called on the major social media companies to \u201cconsistently enforce civic integrity policies during both election and non-election cycles.\u201d We now know from whistleblowers that it was an active decision for social media companies to remove disinformation security measures after the November 2020 election, even though there were continued threats to our democracy and to the legitimacy of our elections. The events of January 6th prove that social media platforms need continued infrastructure to combat threats, misinformation, and disinformation on their platforms.\n\nThank you for your time and attention on this matter. We request a briefing on election integrity and misinformation on your platform before the midterm elections. We would also appreciate answers to the following questions:\n\nAs a video-only social media platform, what is TikTok doing regarding detection and enforcement that is different from other mixed content platforms?\n\nHow will your company be more transparent on its enforcement of its community guidelines regarding election integrity, and transparent with the public about actions it has taken?\n\nWill your company commit to sharing data and metrics on the effectiveness of your enforcement systems in relation to US elections and political speech?\n\nHow will TikTok address mis-and-disinformation made by political actors or verified accounts, and how will they be treated differently, if at all, compared to ordinary users?\n\nWill TikTok commit to keeping these election integrity plans in place beyond election day and keeping Congress fully informed about potential changes?\n\nSincerely,\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:40Z"], ["https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases/moulton-massachusetts-congressional-delegation-ask-fema-assistance-program-food", "Moulton & Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Ask FEMA for Assistance with Program for Food and Shelter Grants", "2022-10-26", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Seth Moulton", "M001196", "moulton.house.gov", "moulton", "https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington D.C. \u2013 Congressman Moulton and the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation have sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell and Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) Chair Michael Lee requesting help for local organizations to find the resources they need to support newly arrived migrants in Massachusetts.\n\nThis request follows a letter sent last month by members of the Massachusetts delegation to FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) urging them to ensure that EFSP funds are awarded as quickly and efficiently as possible to organizations providing humanitarian aid to migrants in Massachusetts.\n\n\u201cWe have already asked FEMA and DHS to award EFSP funds as quickly and with as little bureaucratic delay as possible to Massachusetts organizations that are providing humanitarian aid to migrants,\u201d wrote the lawmakers. \u201cFEMA must now also ensure that these funds are accessible to organizations that are new to the program.\u201d\n\nEFSP is charged with distributing grant awards to local humanitarian agencies and other entities that provide shelter, food, transportation, and related aid to migrants. Dozens of Massachusetts organizations have used EFSP awards, but some service organizations are either unaware of EFSP or have not previously received awards. Without experience or knowledge of the application process, organizations face barriers in accessing the program.\n\n\u201cMassachusetts organizations have capably provided dignified humanitarian assistance to people in need,\u201d wrote the lawmakers. \u201cHowever, they have also told us that they need more resources to support the growth in the number of migrants arriving within this relatively short period of time.\u201d\n\nTo ensure that these worthy organizations are able to participate in the program, the lawmakers are asking that FEMA:\n\nConduct enhanced outreach to Massachusetts organizations to share updated guidance on how to apply for and access EFSP funds;\n\nUpdate the EFSP website and;\n\nProvide a briefing to the Massachusetts Congressional delegation regarding FEMA\u2019s current efforts to make EFSP funds more accessible.\n\nClick Here for the full letter text\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:34:28Z"], ["https://neal.house.gov/2022/10/26/news-documentsingle-aspx-documentid-2627/", "Neal Earmarks $350,000 for Berkshire Community College", "2022-10-26", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Richard E. Neal", "N000015", "neal.house.gov", "neal", "https://neal.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "Pittsfield, MA | Funds to provide upgrades to nursing program\u2019s simulation equipment\n\nCongressman Richard E. Neal, Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means, visited Berkshire Community College (BCC) today to announce a $350,000 earmark for upgrades to the nursing program\u2019s simulation (SIM) equipment.\n\nThe allocation was made possible through Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) from the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. Congressman Neal submitted funding for this project in the Fiscal Year 2022 spending bill that was signed into law earlier this year.\n\n\u201cI was proud to fight for this funding for BCC that will allow for the first substantive upgrade to this important nursing training equipment since 2009,\u201d said Congressman Neal. \u201cThis equipment will enhance the technical skill level of students and prepare them to adequately meet the workforce needs of the Berkshire County healthcare community.\u201d\n\n\u201cThere are so many studies that support the implementation of simulation experiences into nursing education,\u201d said BCC Dean of Nursing Lori Moon. Simulation enables students to practice clinical decision-making skills in a protected environment while enhancing students\u2019 confidence, promoting patient safety and making the connection between theory and nursing practice, she explained.\n\n\u201cWe are so excited to add to the state-of-the-art, high-fidelity simulation equipment we already have in place in our SIM lab,\u201d Moon said.\n\nNew equipment will include newborn, pediatric and adult models, patient monitors, wound care kits and accompanying software, an Electronic Medical Record program, an Omnicell Medication Dispenser and crash carts \u2014 all designed to prepare nursing students for what they will experience in a clinical setting.\n\nUnder guidelines issued by the Senate and House Appropriations Committees, members of Congress requested CDS funding for projects in their state for Fiscal Year 2022. CDS requests were restricted to a limited number of federal funding streams, and only state and local governments and eligible non-profit entities were permitted to receive CDS funding.\n\nThis project is one of 10 CDS projects submitted by Congressman Neal, totaling over $9 million in investments throughout the First Congressional District of Massachusetts.\n\nBCC has offered a thriving Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) program since 1969. The College also offers a one-year Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) certificate program and collaborates with UMass Amherst to offer a bachelor of science degree in nursing. A partnership with BCC, Berkshire Health Systems (BHS), BHS affiliates and others \u2014 including Berkshire Place, Mount Carmel Care Center and Lee HealthCare \u2014 provides clinical training and employment opportunities for graduates. BCC also works with BHS to offer a 90-hour Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) program several times annually.\n\n##", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:34:28Z"], ["https://neal.house.gov/2022/10/26/news-documentsingle-aspx-documentid-2628/", "Neal Announces $1 Million for Greylock Glen Outdoor Center", "2022-10-26", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Richard E. Neal", "N000015", "neal.house.gov", "neal", "https://neal.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "Adams, MA\n\nToday, Congressman Richard E. Neal, Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means joined Adams Town Administrator Jay R. Green, members of the Adams Selectboard, and local officials for the announcement of a $1,000,000 earmark for the town\u2019s Greylock Glen Outdoor Center project.\n\nThe allocation was made possible through Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Congressman Neal submitted funding for this project in the Fiscal Year 2022 spending bill that was signed into law earlier this year.\n\n\u201cMount Greylock is the highest point in Massachusetts and a true treasured asset here in Berkshire County,\u201d said Congressman Neal. \u201cWith countless visitors per year, especially during this peak foliage season, the Greylock Glen Outdoor Center will be a multi-faceted space to welcome visitors while supporting the strong and still-growing outdoor recreation economy.\u201d\n\n\u201cResponsibly developing the Greylock Glen to unlock its economic potential has been a team effort,\u201d said Administrator Green. \u201cWe\u2019re grateful for Congressman Neal\u2019s support and the investment of Federal resources to help bring this critical project to fruition for our Town and our region. Outdoor recreation is a central component to our revitalization and the Outdoor Center is the heart of that effort from which the private investment will flow.\u201d\n\nThe 10,000 square foot Outdoor Center will welcome visitors to Greylock Glen and serve as a \u201cbasecamp\u201d for exploration. The facility will include a central gathering area with a large stone fireplace, classrooms, exhibit space, a caf\u00e9 and a retail space for outdoor recreation gear. The Center will capture views of Mount Greylock, while taking advantage of passive solar and natural lighting opportunities. Designed by Maclay Architects of Vermont as a net-zero building, it will be sensitively integrated into the site and employ natural materials to appear almost seamless with the environment.\n\nUnder guidelines issued by the Senate and House Appropriations Committees, members of Congress requested CDS funding for projects in their state for Fiscal Year 2022. CDS requests were restricted to a limited number of federal funding streams, and only state and local governments and eligible non-profit entities were permitted to receive CDS funding.\n\nThis project is one of ten CDS projects submitted by Congressman Neal, totaling over $9 million in investments throughout the First Congressional District of Massachusetts.\n\nThe Outdoor Center is one of four building components of the Greylock Glen Master Plan. The other components are a hotel/conference center, four season campground with traditional and glamping options and an amphitheater. These other components are designed for private investment and compliment a substantial muti-use trail system. The Town of Adams is currently soliciting proposals (RFPs) for the Campground. More information can be found HERE.\n\nThis announcement comes on the heels of a $2.9 million U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant from the American Rescue Plan to go toward water infrastructure improvements at Greylock Glen that Congressman Neal advocated for.\n\n\u201cThe American Rescue Plan was instrumental in driving our nation\u2019s historic economic rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic,\u201d said Congressman Neal. \u201cThe funds that were allocated through Congress are part of our long-term plan for recovery. This EDA funding for the water infrastructure improvements at Greylock Glen project in Adams will immediately stimulate the economy with jobs, and provide lasting support through tourism, recreation, and educational opportunities for years to come.\u201d\n\nThis project will expand tourism and outdoor recreational activities in Berkshire County through the development of the Greylock Glen Resort. The EDA investment will be matched with $1.2 million in local funds and is expected to create 476 jobs and generate $42 million in private investment, according to grantee estimates.\n\nThis project was made possible by the regional planning efforts led by the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (BRPC). EDA funds BRPC to bring together the public and private sectors to create an economic development roadmap to strengthen the regional economy, support private capital investment and create jobs.\n\n##", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:34:28Z"], ["https://neal.house.gov/2022/10/26/news-documentsingle-aspx-documentid-2632/", "Senator Warren, Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Ask FEMA for Assistance with Program for Food and Shelter Grants", "2022-10-26", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Richard E. Neal", "N000015", "neal.house.gov", "neal", "https://neal.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "Washington | The delegation is requesting a briefing on the Emergency Food and Shelter Program used to aid migrants, as well as updated guidance to organizations and revisions to the program\u2019s website\n\nU.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led a letter with the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell and Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) Chair Michael Lee requesting help for local organizations to find the resources they need to support newly arrived migrants in Massachusetts.\n\nThis request follows a letter sent last month by members of the Massachusetts delegation to FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) urging them to ensure that EFSP funds are awarded as quickly and efficiently as possible to organizations providing humanitarian aid to migrants in Massachusetts.\n\n\u201cWe have already asked FEMA and DHS to award EFSP funds as quickly and with as little bureaucratic delay as possible to Massachusetts organizations that are providing humanitarian aid to migrants,\u201d wrote the lawmakers. \u201cFEMA must now also ensure that these funds are accessible to organizations that are new to the program.\u201d\n\nEFSP is charged with distributing grant awards to local humanitarian agencies and other entities that provide shelter, food, transportation, and related aid to migrants. Dozens of Massachusetts organizations have used EFSP awards, but some service organizations are either unaware of EFSP or have not previously received awards. Without experience or knowledge of the application process, organizations face barriers in accessing the program.\n\n\u201cMassachusetts organizations have capably provided dignified humanitarian assistance to people in need,\u201d wrote the lawmakers. \u201cHowever, they have also told us that they need more resources to support the growth in the number of migrants arriving within this relatively short period of time.\u201d\n\nTo ensure that these worthy organizations are able to participate in the program, the lawmakers are asking that FEMA:\n\nConduct enhanced outreach to Massachusetts organizations to share updated guidance on how to apply for and access EFSP funds;\n\nUpdate the EFSP website and;\n\nProvide a briefing to the Massachusetts Congressional delegation regarding FEMA\u2019s current efforts to make EFSP funds more accessible.\n\nSenator Warren was joined on this letter by her colleagues in the Massachusetts Congressional delegation: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representatives Richard Neal (D-Mass.), James P. McGovern (D-Mass.), Lori Trahan (D-Mass.), Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.), Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Stephen F. Lynch (D-Mass.), and Bill Keating (D-Mass.).\n\n##", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:34:28Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2652", "Trahan Joins Massachusetts Congressional Delegation in Asking FEMA for Assistance with Program for Food and Shelter Grants", "2022-10-26", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Washington D.C. \u2013 Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey and Representatives Richard Neal (MA-01), James P. McGovern (MA-02), Jake Auchincloss (MA-04), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Seth Moulton (MA-06), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08), and Bill Keating (MA-09) wrote to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell and Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) Chair Michael Lee requesting help for local organizations to find the resources they need to support newly arrived migrants in Massachusetts.\n\nThis request follows a letter sent last month by members of the Massachusetts delegation to FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) urging them to ensure that EFSP funds are awarded as quickly and efficiently as possible to organizations providing humanitarian aid to migrants in Massachusetts.\n\n\u201cWe have already asked FEMA and DHS to award EFSP funds as quickly and with as little bureaucratic delay as possible to Massachusetts organizations that are providing humanitarian aid to migrants,\u201d wrote the lawmakers. \u201cFEMA must now also ensure that these funds are accessible to organizations that are new to the program.\u201d\n\nEFSP is charged with distributing grant awards to local humanitarian agencies and other entities that provide shelter, food, transportation, and related aid to migrants. Dozens of Massachusetts organizations have used EFSP awards, but some service organizations are either unaware of EFSP or have not previously received awards. Without experience or knowledge of the application process, organizations face barriers in accessing the program.\n\n\u201cMassachusetts organizations have capably provided dignified humanitarian assistance to people in need,\u201d wrote the lawmakers. \u201cHowever, they have also told us that they need more resources to support the growth in the number of migrants arriving within this relatively short period of time.\u201d\n\nTo ensure that these worthy organizations are able to participate in the program, the lawmakers are asking that FEMA:\n\nConduct enhanced outreach to Massachusetts organizations to share updated guidance on how to apply for and access EFSP funds;\n\nUpdate the EFSP website and;\n\nProvide a briefing to the Massachusetts Congressional delegation regarding FEMA\u2019s current efforts to make EFSP funds more accessible.\n\nA copy of the letter can be accessed HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:40Z"], ["https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases?ID=7A838A8A-D195-4C1A-95E3-6FE630ECD440", "Clark Celebrates the American Rescue Plan's Critical Support of Child Care Providers, Families", "2022-10-25", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Katherine M. Clark", "C001101", "katherineclark.house.gov", "clark", "https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "The American Rescue Plan provided Massachusetts $314.4 million for child care relief, supporting 6,530 centers and 202,400 children and families\n\nMALDEN, MA \u2013 Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) celebrated the transformational impact of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) on child care providers and families in Massachusetts. New data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows that the American Rescue Plan\u2019s historic investments provided Massachusetts with $314.4 million for its Child Care Stabilization Program, funding 6,530 centers caring for 202,400 children in the Commonwealth.\n\n\u201cDemocrats know that child care is essential to families and the economy. We made a historic investment to keep care centers open, lower child care costs for families, and help parents return to work,\u201d said Assistant Speaker Clark. \u201cAdditionally, the American Rescue Plan allowed child care providers to invest in their staff and tackle the ongoing workforce shortage that we face across the care sector. This law was critical to our recovery and ensured that the early education sector we all rely on survived the pandemic.\u201d\n\nIn Massachusetts, the ARPA child care stabilization funding provided critical aid to programs in every county within the Commonwealth, supporting 6,530 child care centers and impacting 202,400 children:\n\nHelping child care workers remain employed: 2,440 of the child care centers that received funding used the aid to cover personnel costs.\n\nMaintaining access to quality child care for families: 4,090 child care family homes used the aid to pay for operating expenses.\n\nProviding overdue assistance to providers: On average, centers received $95,500, and family homes received $12,800.\n\nThe ARPA Child Care Stabilization Program has provided vital relief for child care centers and families across the nation:\n\nAllowing providers to remain open and reopen: The funding helped providers stay open and serve 9.5 million children and families.\n\nHelping working families afford child care: It provided the largest-ever increase in the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, making more families eligible for child care assistance. Additionally, 1 in 4 families in the United States used the ARPA\u2019s Child Tax Credit to pay for child care.\n\nGot parents back to work: The employment rate for mothers with children under six has fully returned to pre-pandemic levels.\n\nContributing to an equitable recovery: This program aided over 30,000 child care centers in rural areas and assisted those in persistently impoverished counties. It also provided funding to centers owned and operated by people of color in some of our country's most racially diverse communities. It also helped child care providers cover basic operational costs like wages, benefits, rent, and program materials.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:34:28Z"], ["https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases/congressman-moulton-remembers-ashton-carter", "Congressman Moulton Remembers Ashton Carter", "2022-10-25", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Seth Moulton", "M001196", "moulton.house.gov", "moulton", "https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "Congressman Moulton released the following reflection about his friend, Ashton Carter, who passed away this week at the age of 68:\n\n\"Losing Secretary Ash Carter means losing a mentor and a friend; losing someone we admired and enjoyed; losing someone who has done so much for America and yet had much left to give. Liz and I are deeply saddened. We are sending our love to his children, Ava and Will, and our friend, his wife Stephanie, at this terribly sad time.\n\nAsh was an exemplary public servant, but his values showed through most clearly in his teaching. A lifelong learner and lifelong professor, he has left students all over the world who credit him with much of their inspiration and success. The most important lesson he taught me is about the ethics of technology, impressing upon me how the fathers of nuclear physics he grew up with as a student have no equal among the cyber, tech, and social media entrepreneurs of today\u2014and that ethical hole in our tech-driven world is dangerous for humanity. It is wisdom like this that will serve us all well to remember and to heed.\n\nOnce when Ash and Stephanie came over for dinner on a cold winter\u2019s night in Massachusetts, I followed a well-choreographed plan to light the fire just before opening the door, so it would be roaring just in time for them to sit down for drinks. But rather than open the damper just before I lit my match, I managed to throw it shut, thoroughly smoking us all out by the time I took their coats. They took it in stride as we 'enjoyed' drinks in our dead and frozen yard, awaiting the smoke to clear. That was Ash: consummate professional, never fazed, best of friends, always in good cheer.\n\nSo many of us will miss those moments and many more. He set a tremendous example for us to follow, and our country and our planet our better for his life of service. We mourn him deeply, and carry his teaching with us into the world ahead.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:34:28Z"], ["https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases/congressman-moulton-senator-markey-announce-legislation-redesignate-salem-0", "Congressman Moulton & Senator Markey Announce Legislation to Redesignate Salem Maritime National Historic Site as a National Historical Park", "2022-10-25", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Seth Moulton", "M001196", "moulton.house.gov", "moulton", "https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "Salem, Mass.\u2013 Congressman Seth Moulton and Senator Edward J. Markey are introducing legislation that would redesignate the Salem Maritime National Historic Site as the Salem Maritime National Historical Park.\n\nSalem Maritime was established in 1938 as the first National Historic Site to be included in the National Park System. Redesignating the site as a National Historical Park will help to attract more visitors to Salem and allow the National Park Service to more easily obtain funding for exhibits and signage.\n\n\u201cSalem Maritime contains more than a single historical feature. In fact, the stories at Salem Maritime span more than four centuries of American History with recent scholarship uncovering significant connections related to slavery, emancipation, Black activism, and entrepreneurship,\u201d said Congressman Moulton. \u201cIncreasing visitation to Salem Maritime is important to supporting Salem's tourism economy, especially since the historical themes of Salem Maritime encourage people to visit beyond just the month of October.\u201d\n\n\u201cSalem Maritime is one of the Commonwealth\u2019s key historical landmarks\u2014it documents American slavery, maritime history, and the fight for freedom,\u201d said Senator Markey. \u201cRedesignating Salem Maritime as a National Historical Park will reflect its place in our nation\u2019s history, preserve its many resources, and help bring more visitors in the future to learn from Salem\u2019s past. This will improve our cultural and historical understanding and bolster Massachusetts\u2019s tourism economy. By re-designating and supporting this park, we can support Black voices and tell Salem\u2019s full story.\u201d\n\n\u201cHistorical parks are perceived by the public as more interesting and significant,\u201d said Annie Harris, CEO of Essex Heritage, the regional non-profit that partners with the National Park Service on programs and visitor services in Salem and Saugus. \u201cPaul DePrey, the former superintendent at Salem Maritime, frequently stated that national historic sites, which were redesignated as national historical parks, typically experienced a 20-25% increase in visitation.\u201d\n\n\u201cChanging the name of Salem Maritime fits with our goal to raise the profile of Salem\u2019s important maritime history \u2013 especially as the 400th anniversary of Salem\u2019s founding and the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution will both be occurring in 2026,\u201d said Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll. \u201cThe city has applied for funding to improve Fort Pickering and Fort Lee and provide new interpretive information of these very important historical sites.\u201d\n\nThe site currently encompasses nine acres of land and twelve historic structures on Salem harbor. Its downtown visitor center introduces thousands of visitors to Salem and to the Essex National Heritage Area. This bill would redraw the boundary of Salem Maritime to include this visitor center.\n\nThe legislation would also require that the Secretary of the Interior conduct a Special Resource Study of sites and resources associated with maritime history and coastal defense in Salem and vicinity. This may provide the city with additional federal grant funding in the future.\n\n\u201cSalem\u2019s role in the military history of our nation is fascinating,\u201d added Congressman Moulton. \u201cFrom the first muster in 1636 to the significant role Salem and adjacent communities played in the American Revolution, there is a great deal of history that is not well as known.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:34:28Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2649", "Trahan, Blunt Rochester Introduce Legislation to Help Abortion Providers Navigate the Post-Roe Legal Landscape", "2022-10-25", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 This past Friday, Congresswomen Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-AL), members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee\u2019s Health Subcommittee, introduced the Informing New Factors and Options (INFO) for Reproductive Care Act, legislation that will support the creation of a coordinated national public awareness campaign to inform health care professionals on the best ways to help patients navigate the legal landscape following the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.\n\n\u201cIn the three months since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, tens of millions of women and young girls have seen their reproductive rights stripped away and their health care jeopardized. And it\u2019s not just women who are paying the steep price for extreme Republican abortion bans. Health care providers simply trying to care for their patients are being forced to navigate a patchwork of new bans and limitations on abortion care, some of which could land them in jail just for doing their jobs,\u201d said Congresswoman Trahan.\u201d I\u2019m proud to partner with Congresswoman Blunt Rochester to introduce the INFO for Reproductive Care Act, which will ensure providers have the guidance and assurance necessary to provide reproductive care for their patients in a constantly changing legal landscape.\u201d\n\n\u201cEmboldened by the deeply misguided overturning of Roe v. Wade, multiple states across the country jumped at the chance to strip millions of women of their fundamental right to make their own reproductive healthcare decisions through extreme abortion bans and restrictions,\u201d said Congresswoman Blunt Rochester. \u201cSimultaneously, the healthcare professionals whose duty it is to provide reproductive services, support, and resources are now facing an uphill battle \u2013 and in some states, potential criminal charges \u2013 to provide that essential reproductive care. The INFO for Reproductive Care Act, which I introduced alongside Congresswoman Trahan, will help healthcare professionals navigate the evolving legal landscape as they work to provide critical and often life-saving reproductive services to their patients in post-Roe America.\u201d\n\nAfter the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Republican states moved swiftly to ban most abortion care options for women. At least 14 states have near total bans on abortion, and other states are moving to enact similar restrictions. The rapid shift in laws, along with the various ways those laws are being enforced, has left many health care professionals to wonder what procedures fall under the umbrella of lifesaving care.\n\nDuring an Energy and Commerce Committee hearing following the Supreme Court\u2019s decision, American Medical Association President Dr. Jack Resneck said, \u201cPhysicians have been placed in an impossible situation \u2014 trying to meet their ethical duties to place patient health and well-being first, while attempting to comply with vague, restrictive, complex, and conflicting state laws that interfere in the practice of medicine and jeopardize the health of patients.\u201d\n\nTo help inform health care professionals treating patients seeking abortion and greater reproductive care services in a post-Roe America, the INFO for Reproductive Care Act will authorize funding for the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services to coordinate a national public awareness campaign to:\n\nInform health care professionals of available resources on how to navigate the legal landscape following the overturning of Roe v. Wade;\n\nDisseminate information on the negative health impacts on communities when access to abortion and other reproductive health care services are restricted or banned.\n\nThe INFO for Reproductive Care Act is cosponsored by Representatives Stephen Lynch (MA-08), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-AL), Katie Porter (CA-45), Barbara Lee (CA-13), Nanette Diaz Barrag\u00e1n (CA-44), Lois Frankel (FL-21), Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), Norma Torres (CA-35), Dina Titus (NV-01), Judy Chu (CA-27), Mondaire Jones (NY-17), and Dwight Evans (PA-03).\n\nA copy of the legislation can be accessed HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:40Z"], ["https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases?ID=A5710B8A-8196-4FFB-9094-0638AABDA270", "Clark, CAPAC Members Celebrate Diwali", "2022-10-24", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Katherine M. Clark", "C001101", "katherineclark.house.gov", "clark", "https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Today, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement alongside Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) in celebration of Diwali, the \u201cFestival of Lights,\u201d celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and Buddhists across the world:\n\nRep. Katherine Clark (MA-05):\n\n\u201cHappy Diwali to all who celebrate! This holiday reminds us of light and love's infinite power and beauty. As we usher in new beginnings and recognize the triumph of good over evil and knowledge over darkness, I hope this year\u2019s Festival of Lights brings you peace, comfort, and prosperity.\u201d\n\nCAPAC Chair Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27):\n\n\u201cHappy Diwali to all who celebrate! Diwali honors the triumph of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and good over evil. This bright occasion is a reminder that in the face of despair, hope will always prevail. And may this festival of lights be an opportunity for everyone to reflect on our strength as a community, and to embrace the diversity that surrounds us. On behalf of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, I hope your Diwali is joyous, peaceful, and full of light and prosperity.\u201d\n\nCAPAC First Vice-Chair Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06):\n\n\u201cHappy Diwali to all those celebrating in New York City, across the country, and around the world! This holiday is a joyous occasion to rejoice in the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil. No matter the challenges we may face today and tomorrow, let us find hope in the ways we continue to overcome and persevere. As we reflect on the things that bring us goodness and light, we celebrate the strength that comes from the diversity and unity of our communities. I wish you all a prosperous and joyful Festival of Lights!\u201d\n\nCAPAC Whip Rep. Ted Lieu (CA-33):\n\n\u201cWishing everyone a Happy Diwali! At this year\u2019s Festival of Lights, I am sending well wishes to all those who celebrate this joyous time, reminding us that light will always triumph over darkness. Let us commemorate new beginnings and the great blessings of family, tradition, and prosperity. As we recognize the celebrations, may it inspire us all to strengthen the connections across our diverse communities. Have a safe and happy festival!\u201d\n\nRep. Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-07):\n\n\u201cHappy Diwali to all those celebrating in Sacramento, across the country, and around the world! I\u2019m proud to join my Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus colleagues in commemorating this holiday as we reflect on the past year and celebrate the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil. I wish everyone a safe, joyous, and prosperous Diwali celebration.\u201d\n\nRep. Al Green (TX-09):\n\n\u201cDuring times of great turmoil, it would be judicious to consider the spirit of Diwali. Diwali is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the triumph of dharma \u2013 goodness, duty, and righteousness \u2013 over the spirits of evil, darkness, and fear. At this time of societal unrest, may you be showered with all things harmonious and prosperous, as well as much success in all your endeavors. I am proud to join my CAPAC colleagues in wishing a safe and happy Diwali to everyone observing.\u201d\n\nRep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07):\n\n\u201cDiwali is a blessed time that reminds us that freedom, goodness, and duty must always triumph. As we celebrate the Festival of Lights, let us recommit to bringing hope, laughter, and light to our work, our communities, and the people around us. Now more than ever, we must stand up against xenophobia, hate, Islamophobia, and racism, and reiterate that they have no place in our country. I wish everyone who celebrates a joyful Diwali, and as the first Indian American woman ever elected to the House of Representatives, I promise to continue lifting up the voices and perspectives of my community in Congress.\u201d\n\nRep. Ro Khanna (CA-17):\n\n\u201cWishing everyone across CA-17 a happy Diwali! Even in difficult times, Diwali is such an important moment to step back and celebrate everything good in this life. Light will always triumph over darkness.\u201d\n\nRep. Andy Kim (NJ-03):\n\n\u201cHappy Diwali to everyone celebrating in New Jersey and across the nation. Diwali reminds us to shine a light in darkness and honors the triumph of good. As friends and family gather to celebrate, I wish you a happy and prosperous holiday.\u201d\n\nRep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08):\n\n\u201cI\u2019d like to wish a Happy Diwali to all the Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and others celebrating this joyous time of thanks and reflection on the triumph of light over darkness, and of good over evil. May this light shine within us as a source of healing and renewal, and remind us all of what we can be at our best as a people and a nation.\u201d\n\nRep. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01):\n\n\u201cHappy Diwali! This Festival of Lights commemorates the triumph of light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance. I join my CAPAC colleagues in wishing all who celebrate in NW Oregon and across our country a joyous time.\u201d\n\nRep. Debbie Dingell (MI-12):\n\n\u201cI wish a happy, prosperous, and safe Diwali to all those celebrating in Michigan and around the world. This festive holiday provides an opportunity for us to come together to celebrate the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance, and recognize that there is far more that unites us than divides us. May we always bring light wherever we go.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:34:28Z"], ["https://neal.house.gov/2022/10/21/news-documentsingle-aspx-documentid-2634/", "Springfield Water and Sewer Commission Hosts  Congressman Richard Neal at Cobble Mountain Reservoir", "2022-10-21", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Richard E. Neal", "N000015", "neal.house.gov", "neal", "https://neal.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "Granville, MA | Congressman Richard Neal Tours the 22-billion gallon Cobble Mountain Reservoir in Honor of Imagine A Day Without Water 2022\n\nThe Springfield Water and Sewer Commission (Commission) was pleased to host Congressman Richard Neal (MA-1) for a tour of Cobble Mountain Reservoir in honor of Imagine A Day Without Water, a national day of advocacy and education about the value of water.\n\nAs part of the tour, Congressman Neal visited the 22-billion gallon Cobble Mountain Reservoir, the Commission\u2019s primary water supply that provides drinking water to Springfield and nine other communities in the lower Pioneer Valley. The reservoir is located in Blandford and Granville, surrounded by more than 14,000 acres of protected watershed forest.\n\nImagine A Day Without Water asks the public to consider what it would be like to go a day without water, something essential to daily life and public health. Recently, residents in Puerto Rico, Jackson, Mississippi and areas impacted by Hurricane Ian have had just that experience for weeks on end, underscoring the increasing and all-too-real risks posed to the nation\u2019s aging water infrastructure, and the need for funding for and innovative solutions to modern water and wastewater challenges.\n\nDuring Congressman Neal\u2019s visit, the Commission highlighted the proactive efforts it is making to modernize its water and wastewater infrastructure, much of which was originally built approximately 100 years ago. In 2021 the Commission initiated the $550 million Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Renewal Program, financed by a highly competitive loan from EPA\u2019s Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA). The WWIRP is portfolio of more than 20 capital projects to reduce risk, enhance climate resiliency, and improve water and wastewater service reliability. The Commission was the first water utility in Massachusetts to receive a WIFIA loan.\n\nAmong the projects included in the WWIRP are recently completed upgrades to the Diversion Gate (built in 1930), which directs raw water flow to the water treatment plant, as well as planned upgrades to the Cobble Mountain Hydropower Station (also built in 1930), which generates enough renewable energy to power 25,000 households as water flows from the reservoir to the treatment plant. Both facilities were highlighted on the tour.\n\nCongressman Richard Neal remarked, \u201cToday\u2019s visit to Cobble Mountain Reservoir with the Commission not only highlights the tremendous importance of maintaining healthy water and wastewater infrastructure, but also the great work that has been done in the 50 years since the signing of the Clean Water Act. This week marked the enactment of the landmark legislation that has protected our streams, rivers, lakes, estuaries, and wetlands from pollution. Because of this law, we are able to preserve these treasured resources for current and future generations.\u201d\n\nExecutive Director Josh Schimmel stated, \u201cSpringfield and the region are beneficiaries of the immense ingenuity and foresight of previous generations that built Cobble Mountain Reservoir and the rest of the water and wastewater systems to such high and enduring standards. But the clean, safe water we enjoy today was never meant to be taken for granted. When we \u201cImagine a Day Without Water\u201d in Springfield, we are imagining what might happen if we do not renew our critical infrastructure to ensure it reliably serves future generations, particularly as the risks posed by age and climate change increase. We thank Congressman Neal for his ongoing support as the Commission addresses those risks head-on through our generational, $550 million re-investment in our region\u2019s water infrastructure.\u201d\n\nWater and Wastewater Infrastructure Renewal Program (WWIRP)\n\nThe WWIRP is a $550 million infrastructure renewal program that includes more than twenty water and wastewater capital improvement projects that span the Lower Pioneer Valley. The WWIRP is advancing on an accelerated schedule due to the Commission securing a $250 million highly competitive, low-interest loan from EPA\u2019s Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) program as well as through financing from the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust State Revolving Fund (SRF).\n\nProjects include upgrades to the raw water conveyance system (Diversion Gate) and Cobble Mountain Hydropower Station, which were highlighted on the tour, as well as construction of the new West Parish Drinking Water Treatment Plant. The new $238 million drinking water treatment plant will help address regulatory compliance, improve overall water quality, and service reliability. Design of the new plant is underway and on schedule. Construction is expected to begin in 2024 and be complete in 2027.\n\nMore information on the WWIRP and the portfolio of projects is available here: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5d6420cc44ed477eaaba63d8108f04d4.\n\nAbout Cobble Mountain Reservoir, the Diversion Gate House, and Cobble Mountain Hydropower Station\n\nCobble Mountain Reservoir was constructed in 1931 to serve the growing City of Springfield. Cobble Mountain Dam, which creates the reservoir, was the largest earthen dam in the world at the time of construction, at 243 feet high. The reservoir is fed by the Little River and Borden Brook Reservoir, which was constructed in 1909. Cobble Mountain Reservoir holds 22.5 billion gallons, which is roughly a two-year supply at today\u2019s consumption rates, and is surrounded by 14,000 acres of protected watershed forest that is actively managed by the Commission to protect water quality.\n\nThe Diversion Gate was constructed to \u201cdivert\u201d the Little River while Cobble Mountain Dam was under construction. Today it is used as a redundant path for raw water to flow from the reservoir to West Parish Filters Water Treatment Plant in Westfield. The Diversion Gate was recently modernized as part of the Commission\u2019s Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Renewal Program to prevent freezing in winter, increasing year-round system redundancy.\n\nCobble Mountain Hydropower Station was constructed in 1930 as a critical piece of the water system and to harness the renewable energy of flowing water from Cobble Mountain Reservoir to West Parish Filters Water Treatment Plant. Energy sold to ISO New England from the station is enough to power 25,000 homes in a year. Revenue from renewable power generation is applied to the Commission\u2019s capital improvement program. Plans are currently underway to replace and modernize equipment original to the power station.\n\nAbout the Commission\n\nEstablished in 1996, the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission is an independent, public regional utility. The Commission serves 250,000 customers in the lower Pioneer Valley with safe and reliable drinking water and wastewater service. The Commission provides retail drinking water service to Springfield and Ludlow; wholesale drinking water service to Agawam, Longmeadow, and East Longmeadow; and emergency/peak service to Westfield, Southwick, West Springfield, Chicopee, and Wilbraham. The Commission provides retail wastewater service to Springfield and wholesale wastewater service to West Springfield, Agawam, Longmeadow, East Longmeadow, Wilbraham, and Ludlow.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:34:28Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2647", "Trahan, Kuster Lead New England Delegation in Requesting Presidential Action to Lower Home Heating Prices", "2022-10-21", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 On Wednesday, Congresswomen Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Annie Kuster (NH-02), members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, led a coalition of New England Congressional Delegation members in requesting that President Joe Biden release stockpiles from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve (NEHHOR) to help lower home heating costs for families across the region.\n\n\u201cWith winter quickly approaching, we are writing to request swift action to lower heating costs for New England residents by releasing stockpiles from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve,\u201d the lawmakers wrote. \u201cBy law, the president is authorized to release oil from the NEHHOR in the event of a \u2018severe energy supply disruption,\u2019 or a \u2018regional supply shortage of significant scope and duration and that action taken under this section would assist directly and significantly in reducing the adverse impact of such shortage.\u2019\u201d\n\nAccording to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, diesel and home heating oil levels are 63 percent below the five-year average in the New England region, a direct result of Russia\u2019s unprovoked war in Ukraine and pandemic-caused global supply chain bottlenecks. At the same time, utility companies National Grid and Eversource have submitted proposals to increase home heating utility rates by well over 20 percent this winter.\n\n\u201cFamilies should not be forced to make hard choices about keeping loved ones warm and healthy and putting food on the table,\u201d the lawmakers continued. \u201cWe stand ready to work with you and your administration to take the steps necessary to shore up New England\u2019s supply of heating oil so that families throughout our states are not faced with this impossible choice.\u201d\n\nThe request sent follows a unanimous vote from members of the New England Delegation to allocate $1 billion in additional funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Shortly after passage of the additional LIHEAP funding, Trahan led members of the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation in calling on the Biden administration to expedite the release of the approximately $37 million in home heating assistance for families across the Commonwealth.\n\nMembers of the New England Delegation who signed Wednesday\u2019s letter include Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Richard E. Neal (MA-01), Katherine Clark (MA-05), David N. Cicilline (RI-01), Jared Golden (ME-02), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), James R. Langevin (RI-02), John B. Larson (CT-0), Peter Welch (VT-AL), Joe Courtney (CT-0), Jahana Hayes (CT-05), James P. McGovern (MA-02), Jake Auchincloss (MA-04), Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08), William R. Keating (MA-09), Seth Moulton (MA-06), and Chris Pappas (NH-01).\n\nA copy of the letter sent on Wednesday can be accessed HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:40Z"], ["https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases/sixth-district-battery-maker-6k-awarded-107-million-grant-strengthen-domestic", "Sixth District Battery-Maker 6K Awarded $107 Million Grant to Strengthen Domestic Supply Chains", "2022-10-20", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Seth Moulton", "M001196", "moulton.house.gov", "moulton", "https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "Salem, MA\u2014 Congressman Seth Moulton, Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren, and Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02) applaud the Department of Energy (DOE) announcement that two Massachusetts companies companies \u2013 6K Inc. and Ascend Elements \u2013 received grants totalling $530 million in federal dollars as part of a federal program to support innovation in battery manufacturing, recycling, and materials processing across the United States to meet demand in the expanding electric vehicle (EV) market and to strengthen domestic supply chains.\n\n6K, which is headquartered in North Andover, will receive a $107 million, of which $50 million will be funded through federal share from the Department of Energy, to accelerate domestic production of cathode battery material.\n\n\u201cMassachusetts ingenuity and innovation has and continues to inspire the next generation of climate solutions,\u201d said the members of the Massachusetts delegation. \u201cWe applaud today\u2019s announcement from the Department of Energy awarding two Massachusetts businesses, 6K Inc. and Ascend Elements, with historic federal support as they work to supercharge our nation\u2019s clean energy future, meet the growing demand for electric vehicles, and support good-paying jobs \u2013 not only for Massachusetts workers in North Andover and Westborough, but all across the nation.\u201d\n\nDOE\u2019s awards come from its Battery Materials Processing and Battery Component Manufacturing and Recycling program, which is funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Specifically, 6K Inc. of North Andover will receive $50 million for a demonstration project aimed at domestically producing multiple battery chemistries using microwave plasma processing technology. Ascend Elements of Westborough will receive awards totaling $480 million to construct a manufacturing plant which will use recycled batteries as raw material and to reduce dependence on foreign material suppliers.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:34:28Z"], ["https://neal.house.gov/2022/10/20/news-documentsingle-aspx-documentid-2626/", "Neal Announces $740,000 for the Town of Agawam", "2022-10-20", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Richard E. Neal", "N000015", "neal.house.gov", "neal", "https://neal.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "Agawam, MA\n\nAt a press conference outside Agawam Town Hall today, Congressman Richard E. Neal, Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means announced a $740,000 earmark to the Town\u2019s Main Street Sewer Main and Slope Stabilization project alongside Agawam Mayor William Sapelli.\n\nThe allocation was made possible through Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) from the Department of the Interior and the Environment. Congressman Neal submitted funding for this project in the Fiscal Year 2022 spending bill that was signed into law earlier this year.\n\n\u201cAcross our country and right here at home, our infrastructure is aging,\u201d said Congressman Neal. \u201cI fought to procure this funding for Agawam as it will have a significant impact on the environment, protect the Connecticut and Westfield Rivers, and upgrade the Town\u2019s sewer and stormwater management operations.\u201d\n\n\u201cAddressing infrastructure needs is a high priority in all districts. The major obstacle is funding due to the volume and age of these water and sewer systems. We greatly appreciate this earmark that Congressman Neal fought for to assist Agawam in its time of need. Due to the Chairman\u2019s involvement, we will be able to address more of these crucial problems.\u201d\n\nAgawam\u2019s plans for this funding are twofold:\n\nTo relocate the sanitary sewer interceptor main located at the top of the embankment of the Westfield River. This will ensure the sanitary sewer does not discharge into the river but flows to the nearby treatment plant instead.\n\nTo restore the embankment to an outfall adjacent to Main Street to prevent erosion from compromising Main Street/Route 159\n\nUnder guidelines issued by the Senate and House Appropriations Committees, members of Congress requested CDS funding for projects in their state for Fiscal Year 2022. CDS requests were restricted to a limited number of federal funding streams, and only state and local governments and eligible non-profit entities were permitted to receive CDS funding.\n\nThis project is one of ten CDS projects submitted by Congressman Neal, totaling over $9 million in investments throughout the First Congressional District of Massachusetts.\n\n##", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:34:28Z"], ["https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases?ID=C83DB950-FD44-4873-8DCF-C1D6AA9C1516", "Clark Celebrates Opening of New Head Start in Medford, Child Care Funding", "2022-10-19", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Katherine M. Clark", "C001101", "katherineclark.house.gov", "clark", "https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Assistant Speaker Clark joined Action for Boston Community Development to celebrate the new Head Start Center in Medford and highlight federal funding that\u2019s helping families access affordable child care\n\nMEDFORD, MA. \u2013 Yesterday, on October 18, 2022, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined representatives of Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) to celebrate Medford\u2019s new Head Start Center and the historic funding that Congressional Democrats secured for early education. Assistant Speaker Clark toured the state-of-the-art early learning center and met with parents and staff to discuss the importance of investing in child care and the ongoing challenges within the early education system and the impact on families.\n\n\u201cAn investment in child care is an investment in our economy. I\u2019m proud to have secured historic funding for child care and Head Start in the American Rescue Plan, and today, I was able to see this funding come to life,\u201d said Assistant Speaker Clark while speaking with parents and early educators in Medford. \u201cI ran for Congress to be a voice for families. There are plenty of people in Washington who speak for Special Interests and corporations. I want you to know that when I\u2019m at the table, you\u2019re at the table.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe are so grateful for Assistant Speaker Clark\u2019s visit to ABCD\u2019s Medford Head Start and Children\u2019s Services yesterday\u201d, said ABCD President and CEO, Sharon-Scott Chandler. \u201cShe has been an incredible champion in Washington for children, families and providers in the Head Start and Child Care community for so many years. During the pandemic, she helped programs continue to support children and families with $1 billion in emergency funding for Head Start through the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act, and she continues to be steadfast in her commitment to investing in and supporting access to high quality early childhood education that better meets the needs of children and families and values the professionals who serve them.\u201d\n\nKristina DiMaria, Center Director for Medford, Everett and Malden, said that Assistant Speaker Clark\u2019s visit was a morale booster. \u201cAssistant Speaker Clark taking the time to sit and listen to the needs and concerns of Head Start parents and staff made us feel seen and heard,\u201d she said. \u201cWe have confidence that increasing teacher salaries, and recruitment and retention will find a place on the national agenda.\u201d\n\nAssistant Speaker Clark has long been a champion for equitable access to early education and livable wages for early childhood educators. In 2016, she co-founded the Pre-K Caucus to promote policies that expand access to high-quality early education and child care for families. She secured $50 billion in relief for the child care sector and Head Start programs in the American Rescue Plan in 2021 and pandemic relief laws.\n\nAs a member of the House Appropriations Committee, Assistant Speaker Clark leads the fight for increased funding for the Child Care Development Block Grant and Head Start funding annually, and has secured a significant increase for these programs in the FY22 spending package.\n\nPhotos available HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:34:28Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2644", "Trahan Announces $150,000,000 in Federal Funding for Workers Credit Union", "2022-10-19", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined Workers Credit Union President & CEO Doug Petersen and Assistant Vice President Doug Reedy to announce $150,000,000 in federal funding for Workers Credit Union (WCU). This funding is allocated through the Treasury\u2019s Emergency Capital Investment Program (ECIP) and will allow WCU to increase loans to low- and moderate-income individuals, as well as traditionally underserved and minority-owned small businesses.\n\n\u201cWith this federal funding, Workers Credit Union can expand their effective and individualized efforts that have a proven track record of supporting families and small businesses in need of help,\u201d said Congresswoman Trahan. \u201cThe programs supported with this funding will strengthen our local economy and build on the progress we\u2019ve made combating economic inequality. Small businesses and the workers who drive them are the backbone of the Third District \u2013 and this federal investment is for them. This is the exact type of project I envisioned when voting to create and fund this program last year.\u201d\n\nThe federal funding announced today will allow WCU to offer financial services to those hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic. Low-income individuals and struggling small businesses will be able to access essential resources in order to stay afloat. Additionally, WCU offers community services like its \u201cWorkers Way\u201d program \u2013 a personalized, financial coaching program offered at no additional cost. Through this program, WCU\u2019s Certified Financial Coaches meet with members one-on-one, both in person and virtually, to provide judgment-free, step-by-step help to those with little or no prior financial management experience. Assistant Vice President Doug Reedy has himself led more than 150 such appointments.\n\nWCU serves over 110,000 members \u2013 including personal and business accounts \u2013 and handles $2 billion in assets. The majority of its 16 branches are located in the Third District.\n\n\u201cWe are excited to receive these funds. This program will allow Workers Credit Union to finance even more loans to both low-to-moderate income individuals and small businesses,\u201d said Doug Petersen, President and CEO of Workers Credit Union. \u201cSeventy percent of the loans we provide are to people and businesses in need, which is why we were chosen for this program. It\u2019s the perfect foundation for Workers Credit Union\u2019s commitment to improving the daily lives of our members through financial wellness and enhancing the economic health of the communities where they live.\u201d\n\nTrahan supported passage of the FY21 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which created the Emergency Capital Investment Program and set aside $9 billion in ECIP funding to provide direct investments into Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and Minority Depository Institution (MDI) banks, credit unions, and holding companies. Massachusetts will receive a total of $272 million from the program, with $150 million going to WCU.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:40Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2646", "Trahan, Kuster Call on Biden Administration to Support Audio-Only Telehealth Flexibility for Opioid Addiction Treatment", "2022-10-19", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Congresswomen Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Annie Kuster (NH-02), members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, wrote a letter to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) requesting the extension of temporary telehealth flexibilities for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD). Currently, buprenorphine treatment for OUD can be initiated via audio-only telehealth services under the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration.\n\nThroughout the pandemic, audio-only telehealth has increased access to recovery services in rural areas and other difficult-to-reach populations. Representatives Trahan and Kuster are asking the DEA and SAMHSA to develop a policy allowing this flexibility to continue under the public health emergency declared for the opioid epidemic, ensuring that people with OUD can continue to receive crucial treatment through audio-only telehealth services after the COVID-19 public health emergency ends.\n\nIn the letter, the Members wrote, \u201cAudio-only telehealth is an important tool for clinicians to respond to an addiction crisis that has worsened throughout the pandemic. A 2021 study found that audio-only telehealth as a \u2018low threshold approach\u2019 to medication assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder was associated with better retention in care. Previous studies also show that providers treating patients with OUD think that telemedicine, including audio-only options, should be offered in some form beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, regulations permitting.\u201d\n\n\u201cHarmonizing policy around the initiation of buprenorphine to treat OUD with the declaration of a public health emergency for the opioid crisis is a positive step to support providers who are on the front lines of the opioid crisis. The current unpredictable future of coverage for audio-only telehealth for buprenorphine creates additional barriers for patients and uncertainty for health care professionals in an already underserved workforce as the need for addiction specialists with clinical knowledge of MAT continues to grow,\u201d the Members continued.\n\nThis letter builds on previous outreach to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to encourage continued support for audio-only telehealth through adequate payment policies for physicians delivering necessary care.\n\nThe full letter is available HERE and below.\n\nDear Administrator Milgram and Assistant Secretary Delphin-Rittmon:\n\nWe write to request that you grant continued telehealth flexibilities for the initiation of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder (OUD) during the national public health emergency declared in response to the opioid crisis. We encourage both the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to support the development of long-term policy regarding telehealth flexibilities based on available research data.\n\nDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, many people with opioid use disorder faced increased barriers to accessing treatment, particularly with stringent regulations regarding medication assisted treatment. Current trends project that drug overdoses are increasing and disparities have been worsening over the last several years, with opioid-related overdose deaths reaching an all-time high in 2021. Federal flexibilities throughout the pandemic have allowed providers to respond to the increasing prevalence of opioid use disorder, including through the use of buprenorphine, a safe and effective medication for the treatment of OUD.\n\nIn a letter to Administrator Brooks-LaSure of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on September 6th, 2022, our offices thanked CMS for recognizing the importance of coverage for audio-only telecommunication services for the initiation of buprenorphine in opioid treatment programs as part of the Calendar Year (CY) 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). As we stated, coverage will increase access to life-saving medications for patients all over the country\u2014particularly in rural and underserved areas.\n\nHowever, the Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule regarding coverage of audio-only telehealth for buprenorphine initiation depends on if \u201cbuprenorphine is authorized by the DEA and SAMHSA at the time the service is furnished.\u201d Recognizing that payment for services is dependent on DEA and SAMHSA guidance, we encourage the agencies to release this public guidance as soon as possible, and urge that this guidance includes policies to increase access to treatment for OUD such as continued access to telehealth services for the initiation of buprenorphine.\n\nAudio-only telehealth is an important tool for clinicians to respond to an addiction crisis that has worsened throughout the pandemic. A 2021 study found that audio-only telehealth as a \u201clow-threshold approach\u201d to medication assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder was associated with better retention in care. Previous studies also show that providers treating patients with OUD think that telemedicine, including audio-only options, should be offered in some form beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, regulations permitting. The American Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM) recently released their policy statement on telehealth, highlighting that telehealth is a tool to increase access to buprenorphine as part of OUD treatment, and that there is ample opportunity moving forward to study the role that audio-only care can play in responding to the opioid crisis.\n\nHarmonizing policy around the initiation of buprenorphine to treat OUD with the declaration of a public health emergency for the opioid crisis is a positive step to support providers who are on the front lines of the opioid crisis. The current unpredictable future of coverage for audio-only telehealth for buprenorphine creates additional barriers for patients and uncertainty for health care professionals in an already underserved workforce as the need for addiction specialists with clinical knowledge of MAT continues to grow. As such, we are requesting that DEA and SAMHSA:\n\nConsider that telehealth flexibilities be granted in accordance with the declaration of a public health emergency for the opioid crisis;\n\nEvaluate long-term policy for flexibilities based on the utilization and effectiveness of audio-only telehealth in relation to medication assisted treatment;\n\nDetail a projected timeline regarding rulemaking for audio-only telecommunications for the initiation of buprenorphine for treatment of OUD.\n\nThank you for your consideration of this request.\n\nAnn McLane Kuster Lori Trahan\n\nMember of Congress Member of Congress\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:40Z"], ["https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases/congressman-moulton-delivers-remarks-new-england-council", "Congressman Moulton Delivers Remarks at the New England Council", "2022-10-18", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Seth Moulton", "M001196", "moulton.house.gov", "moulton", "https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "Congressman Moulton delivered the following remarks at the New England Council this morning:\n\nGood morning everyone! It\u2019s such a pleasure to be here with you all in person today. I\u2019m eager to get to your questions, because that\u2019s always the most fun part for me. But first I want to share a few thoughts on a topic that I know is top of mind for all of you, the business leaders of our community, and that is how we keep Massachusetts competitive, innovative, and leading\u2026both nationally and globally.\n\nJohn F. Kennedy once said that \u201cchange is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.\u201d\n\nOur world has changed a lot since I last joined you in person. We\u2019ve experienced a pandemic, an insurrection, and are still in the midst of the largest land war in Europe since World War II. Our realities have changed in many ways.\n\nThere\u2019s no question that the way you all do business is different\u2026 remote work makes attracting and retaining talent harder; supply chain challenges mean that simply maintaining inventory is a lot more complicated; and inflation makes everything more difficult, at work and at home.\n\nDuring the worst of the pandemic, Massachusetts wasn\u2019t perfect\u2026 but we often set the example. We followed the science, even as our understanding of COVID evolved. Our healthcare system was prepared and resourced. We built an impressive COVID-testing infrastructure by working with partners like MIT and Harvard. The Commonwealth\u2019s own Moderna developed one of the world\u2019s best COVID vaccines in record time. We\u2019ve had our missteps\u2026 but when it comes to how we move forward from the pandemic, how we live with and manage COVID\u2026 I am very optimistic.\n\nBut in our post-pandemic world, we\u2019re falling behind in many other important measures.\n\nMassachusetts\u2019 ability to attract the best in business, in tech, in talent has historically been because the Commonwealth is a great place to live and a welcoming environment for business and innovation. Yet last year, we lost more people to other states than anywhere but Illinois, California, and New York.\n\nWe also have the best universities in the entire world, yet at the Joseph G. Pyne Magnet School in Lowell, ceilings are literally falling down in classrooms due to rust and water damage. And there are stories like this from schools across the Commonwealth. Our schools need to be much better equipped for the future. But we also need to look back and have an honest, fact-based debate about whether or not we kept students out of school for too long during the pandemic. That\u2019s a debate many people around here want to avoid, but it\u2019s part of following, and learning, the science as well. Because this probably won\u2019t be the last pandemic we face, and we\u2019re going to be facing the consequences of this pandemic for years to come.\n\nTo re-use an over-used cliche, which happens to be true: Those who don\u2019t study history are doomed to repeat it. And miss the future in the process.\n\nSo a few thoughts on where we go from here:\n\nFirst: The number one issue holding back growth in Massachusetts for years, in study after survey after study, is transportation. And the access to housing that good transportation generates. Yet I don\u2019t know if our infrastructure has ever been worse. Our traffic is the worst in the nation. They closed the Orange Line for a month\u2013for the first time in its history\u2013and the trains are now slower than before.\n\nAnd as our trains careen off the tracks, so have our aspirations. We sure as hell are not going to entice top-tier companies to Massachusetts with a 125-year-old transit system that is FINALLY restored to operating like it did\u2026125 years ago.\n\nSo what is transformative? It\u2019s not adding lanes to highways\u2013which has been proven to increase congestion, especially in cities. And don\u2019t get me wrong, I love electric cars\u2026 But let\u2019s dispel the myth that they\u2019ll solve our problems. Subsidizing cars means more people drive. We\u2019ll just be in silent traffic jams.\n\nNo, transformative infrastructure means fixing the housing crisis by connecting Springfield to Boston with trains the rest of the world has that get you there in forty minutes, on time, ten times a day. Morocco is doing it. We can do it in Massachusetts.\n\nMany of you probably have houses on the Cape. Well, if we just expand the bridges over the canal, there will be more cars on Cape Cod jamming up our small towns. High-speed rail to Hyannis would get you there in 25 minutes, on summer Friday afternoons. And back in 25 minutes on Sunday evenings. That would be transformative. Now maybe there\u2019s some crazy reason I haven\u2019t thought of why you think these are bad ideas, but we\u2019re not even having that debate. The world is passing us by.\n\nLet me address another elephant in the room: Taxes. If we pass the Fair Share Tax this election day, our transportation system could finally get a transformative level of investment. But first we have to show people that their taxes will in fact be invested in transformative projects, with real return on investment because they make a difference in our lives, not just more of the same, more of the same that we should be doing in our sleep with the revenue we already have.\n\nSecond: We need to ensure that the industries that have traditionally kept us on top stay that way.\n\nAn example: We all know biotech and what competitiveness in biotech means, but Massachusetts also has one of the most talented defense and technology sectors in the entire world. Yet we\u2019ve taken that superiority for granted for too long. A few years ago I led the bipartisan Future of Defense Task Force, which warned that the U.S. wasn\u2019t modernizing quickly enough. Notably, we called out the critical role the private sector plays in research and development, in partnership with university-funded research.\n\nI just spent the week in the western Pacific visiting Taiwan, the Philippines, and Guam on the eve of Chairman Xi\u2019s big party speech.\n\nRight now, America has two very bad options if China were to invade Taiwan. We either ignore it, and the credibility of our deterrent is torn to shreds the world over\u2013achieving not \u201cpeace through strength\u201d but, inevitably, \u201cwar through weakness,\u201d costing American lives for decades to come. Or, we take on China as we\u2019ve implied we will, and a lot of young Americans die right away. Two terrible options, which is why it is so critical\u20131000 times more so than in Ukraine\u2013that we deter and prevent this war from ever starting. Showing China we will be them in defense technology is critical to achieving this. And while some progress has been made, we are still not even close to where we need to be.\n\nLeaders in defense in Massachusetts have a critical role to play, but we need much more innovation and productivity out of our defense industrial base. If our biggest defense contractors don\u2019t feel the urgency to \u201cmove fast and break things\u201d\u2013 to experiment and innovate\u2013it comes at a cost to our state, to our troops, and to our country.\n\nThird: We must be healthy enough to rise up to these challenges.\n\nMassachusetts leads the world in healthcare innovation. We led on COVID response. Now let\u2019s lead the world in mental health. It\u2019s the health care challenge of today, and we are already well-positioned to do this.\n\nI co-authored the bill to establish 9-8-8 as the national mental health hotline with a fellow veteran from across the aisle, and I\u2019m thrilled to say that the number went live nationally almost exactly three months ago.Massachusetts was one of the best-positioned states to launch 9-8-8. When call volume increased over 40% this summer, we were ready to answer the phones and get people help, already saving countless lives. But this is like the lowest-hanging fruit. The ROI on mental health care is so high because it\u2019s been ignored for so long. There\u2019s a lot more to do.\n\nThere\u2019s so much more I could say, but I\u2019ll end with this: To do all of this right \u2013 to confront the future head-on \u2013 we have to have a strong democracy under our feet. We need to be able to have tough debates about our future in an honest forum. Not one where shouting matches on cable TV for \u201cvicious\u201d fights on Twitter score the most points. I want you all to know that you may not always agree with everything I say\u2013I\u2019m sure there\u2019s nobody in the room today who agrees with everything I\u2019ve said\u2013but I\u2019m someone who believes in having that honest debate. It\u2019s why yesterday morning I was on MSNBC and 20 minutes later was on Fox News, alongside a Republican colleague, not afraid to debate but also not afraid to find common ground.\n\nIt\u2019s why I\u2019m proud to rank consistently as the most bipartisan member of the Massachusetts delegation. And why I will always work across the aisle to get things done, whether it\u2019s spending a week in the Indo-Pacific with a Republican from Florida or partnering with a Republican Air Force veteran from Utah to pass 9-8-8.\n\nThe craziness has got to stop. There is too much important work to do.\n\nThank you for listening, and I look forward to your questions.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"], ["https://neal.house.gov/2022/10/18/news-documentsingle-aspx-documentid-2625/", "Neal Celebrates $54 Million Federal Grant to PVTA", "2022-10-18", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Richard E. Neal", "N000015", "neal.house.gov", "neal", "https://neal.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "Springfield, MA\n\nToday, Congressman Richard E. Neal, Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means joined Springfield Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, and Pioneer Valley Transit Authority (PVTA) Administrator Sandra Sheehan to celebrate the awarding of a $54 million Federal Transit Authority (FTA) grant to the PVTA. The grant comes from the FTA\u2019s Low- and No-Emission and Bus/Bus Facilities Grant Programs.\n\n\u201cThanks to President Biden\u2019s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the PVTA will be able to continue their mission of providing high quality transportation services while ensuring it is done in an environmentally conscious manner,\u201d said Congressman Neal. \u201cCongratulations to Sandra Sheehan and her team for this tremendous award.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs PVTA focuses on reducing emissions and addressing the needs of the environment, we are overjoyed to receive this Low/No Grant to continue our path towards electrifying our fleet,\u201d said Sheehan. \u201cFunding will be used to purchase 4 battery-electric buses along with the infrastructure to maintain our electric vehicles and the associated workforce development training. We are extremely grateful for the support we received and the opportunity to expand upon projects that reduce energy consumption and increase access to clean, efficient mass transit.\n\n\u201cIn addition,\u201d Sheehan continued, \u201cBBF funds have been awarded to repair and upgrade the Bus Bays at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Bus Maintenance Facility which will improve the safety, service capacity and reliability of PVTA\u2019s buses to help meet demand.\u201d\n\nMayor Sarno stated, \u201cThanks to Congressman Richard Neal, who once a mayor always the heart of a mayor, the PVTA is being awarded this $54 million FTA grant funding to go green by reducing emissions by eliminating gasoline powered buses and replacing them with electric buses. With the PVTA servicing our Springfield community, I am pleased that this PVTA green initiative supports my administrations Climate Action and Resilience Plan by utilize green energy initiatives and programs to reduce our carbon footprint and enhance the infrastructure needed to maintain these new vehicles.\u201d\n\nMore information on the FTA\u2019s Bus and Low- and No-Emission Grant Awards can be found HERE.\n\n##", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"], ["https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases?ID=5F24C1DA-6849-456A-8C3E-2D65EAF7B3DA", "Assistant Speaker Clark Statement on LGBTQ+ History Month", "2022-10-12", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Katherine M. Clark", "C001101", "katherineclark.house.gov", "clark", "https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement in celebration of LGBTQ+ History Month 2022.\n\n\u201cDuring LGBTQ+ History Month, we reflect on our nation's progress toward true equality and recognize the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Americans who fought to create a more inclusive and just America. We affirm that LGBTQ+ history is American history and stand united against the MAGA Republican assault on freedom. We must urgently enact the Equality and Respect for Marriage Acts to protect the rights of all Americans and continue our work of building a nation where all are welcome.\u201d\n\nIn July, Clark proudly voted to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, which protects marriage equality by repealing the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and ensuring critical protections for same-sex and interracial marriages. That vote directly responded to Justice Clarence Thomas\u2019 concurring opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, stating that the courts \u201cshould reconsider\u201d same-sex marriage.\n\nIn June, she led a letter written with Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) to Representative Zoe Lofgren, Chair of the House Administration Committee, supporting the push for the installation of single-use occupancy bathrooms in the U.S. Capitol to give staff members, interns, and visitors a safe and comfortable experience. Clark also leads the Exposing Discrimination in Higher Education Act, legislation requiring universities that receive federal funds to apply for a waiver from the Department of Education before allowing them to claim religious exemption from Title IX protections for students. The bill also requires the Department of Education and the exempted higher education institutions to prominently display the waiver on their websites to inform students of their beliefs before arriving on campus.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"], ["https://lynch.house.gov/2022/10/rep-lynch-to-host-information-session-on-service-academies-october-30th", "Rep. Lynch to Host Service Academies Information Session on October 30th", "2022-10-12", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Stephen F. Lynch", "L000562", "lynch.house.gov", "lynch", "https://lynch.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Boston, MA \u2013 On Sunday, October 30th, 2022, Congressman Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08) will host an information session at East Middle School in Braintree for all high school students interested in applying to one of the United States Service Academies.\n\nRepresentatives from each of the following academies will make brief presentations and be available for questions:\n\nUnited States Military Academy at West Point, NY\n\nUnited States Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD\n\nUnited States Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, CO\n\nUnited States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, NY\n\nUnited States Coast Guard Academy at New London, CT\n\nMassachusetts Maritime Academy at Buzzards Bay, MA\n\nAll students and their families are welcome to attend.\n\nWHAT: Congressman Lynch\u2019s Academy Day\n\nWHEN: Sunday, October 30th, 2022, 10:00 AM \u2013 12:00 PM\n\nWHERE: East Middle School, 305 River St., Braintree, MA 02184\n\nCONTACT: Joseph Weydt, 617-428-2000", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2642", "Trahan, State Leaders Highlight $1 Million in Federal Funding for Hudson PFAS Plant Upgrade", "2022-10-12", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Yesterday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), State Senator Jamie Eldridge, and State Representative Kate Hogan toured Hudson\u2019s Chestnut Street PFAS Treatment System to highlight $1 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding that will be used to upgrade the plant\u2019s PFAS remediation capabilities.\n\n\u201cAlmost every community across the Third District has been impacted by PFAS contamination, and that\u2019s particularly true here in Hudson. I\u2019m grateful to the Town\u2019s leadership that recognized the dangers of these forever chemicals early and have emerged as leaders in responding to contaminations,\u201d said Congresswoman Trahan. \u201cThe use of federal American Rescue Plans for this critical project is exactly the kind of investment I had in mind when I cast my vote for this legislation last year, and I look forward to continuing our work alongside Senator Eldridge, Hudson leaders, and partners from across the region to address dangerous PFAS contaminations.\u201d\n\nIn 2019, PFAS levels in the Town\u2019s groundwater supply were first detected at levels above the federal Health Advisory Level. Since then, the town has been providing water with non-detectable levels of PFAS to consumers and deployed a temporary treatment facility while the current, permanent facility was designed and constructed.\n\n\u201cI am grateful to Congresswoman Lori Trahan for advocating that federal American Rescue Plan Act funds be dedicated to the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust, that provided critical funding to the Hudson Department of Public Works to build a new PFAS water treatment facility, to treat all of the water from Hudson's public wells,\" said State Senator Jamie Eldridge. \u201cCongresswoman Trahan has been a leader in advocating that federal infrastructure bills include billions of dollars for water infrastructure, given the need of communities across Massachusetts. I have been very impressed with the work that the Hudson Department of Public Works has accomplished in the past few years to address PFAS contamination in the Hudson's water supply. I look forward to continuing my work with Congresswoman Lori Trahan and Representative Kate Hogan, who co-chaired the PFAS Task Force this legislative session, in eliminating PFAS from all water supplies, and all products, in the immediate years to come.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Town of Hudson, led by the Hudson Select Board with implementation by DPW Director Eric Ryder, has acted impressively since discovering PFAS in its water supply in 2019. Over the past three years, the town has built comprehensive water filtration systems to ensure safe, quality water for Hudson residents,\u201d said State Representative Kate Hogan. \u201cI'm proud to work with my federal and state government delegates to bring needed funds to Hudson so that these efforts can continue.\u201d\n\n\u201cOn behalf of the Select Board, I\u2019d like to extend our gratitude to Congresswoman Trahan for her support of the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) that is making a significant impact in Hudson as we continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic,\u201d said Town of Hudson Executive Assistant Thomas Gregory. \u201cARPA funds are providing the opportunity for Hudson and other communities across the country to make once-in-a-generation investments to water, sewer, and stormwater infrastructure. The $1.2M ARPA subsidy to the reduce borrowing costs for the new PFAS water filtration plant will have a direct benefit to the rate payers in Hudson for many years to come.\u201d\n\nThe Town of Hudson\u2019s Chestnut Street Water Treatment Plant secured this ARPA funding through the Clean Water Trust\u2019s ARPA Water Infrastructure Grants. In 2021, the Baker-Polito Administration and the Massachusetts Legislature allocated $100 million in federal ARPA funding for the Clean Water Trust to be used as grants for water infrastructure projects. In February 2022, the Trust\u2019s Board of Trustees approved $66.8 million in grants to 52 projects beginning construction in 2022. The grants were delivered in the form of loan forgiveness for projects on the State Revolving Funds for Clean Water and Drinking.\n\nAs a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Trahan has consistently advocated for increased safeguards against PFAS chemicals. Last year, she helped introduce and pass the PFAS Action Act, bipartisan legislation to clean up PFAS contaminations, help families who have been exposed to PFAS chemicals, and prevent future exposures. She also testified on the comprehensive federal PFAS legislation before the Massachusetts PFAS Interagency Task Force co-chaired by State Representative Kate Hogan.\n\nLate last year, Trahan supported passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which contained $10 billion to address PFAS contaminations nationwide, and she continues to partner with Congressman Jim McGovern to remove PFAS chemicals from firefighting equipment.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:40Z"], ["https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases/moulton-statement-support-womens-rights-protests-iran", "Moulton Statement in Support of Women's Rights Protests in Iran", "2022-10-11", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Seth Moulton", "M001196", "moulton.house.gov", "moulton", "https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "Congressman Seth Moulton issued the following statement in support of the ongoing protests for women's rights across Iran:\n\n\"The women of Iran have shown more bravery, defiance, and resilience over the course of the last few weeks than most people will ever show in a lifetime.\n\nWomen have sacrificed enough in service of an Iranian regime that has for too long buoyed itself on oppression, where any form of dissent is met with harsh punishment; and where fear is used as a tool to quash dissent.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"], ["https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases/reps-moulton-cardenas-and-stewart-introduce-bipartisan-bill-safeguard-988", "Reps. Moulton, C\u00e1rdenas, and Stewart Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Safeguard 988 Mental Health Emergencies Lifeline", "2022-10-11", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Seth Moulton", "M001196", "moulton.house.gov", "moulton", "https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013Reps. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), Tony C\u00e1rdenas (D-Calif.), and Chris Stewart (R-Utah) have introduced the Create Accountability and Liability Against Lifeline Attacks (CALL) Act of 2022.\n\nSince it was launched in July, the 988 lifeline has seen a 45% increase in call and messaging volume. Response times have kept pace with the higher call volumes.\n\nAs part of a continued effort to improve the effectiveness of 988, the CALL Act would make it illegal to intentionally obstruct the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline and the Veterans Crisis Line.\n\n\u201cLess than three months after launching, the 988 Lifeline is already saving thousands of lives. It\u2019s imperative that we take proactive measures to stop any possible attempts to undermine this success.\u201d said Congressman Moulton. \u201cAttempting to or encouraging others to disrupt 988 means depriving someone in crisis of a much-needed reprieve. The CALL Act will ensure people who need help will continue to get it quickly. I appreciate the partnership of my colleagues Tony C\u00e1rdenas and Chris Stewart on this important issue.\u201d\n\n\u201cCongress created the 988 Lifeline for the simple purpose of getting people in crisis the help they need,\u201d said Congressman C\u00e1rdenas. \u201cSince its July launch, 988 has time and again proven to be a lifesaving resource for countless Americans, including the brave men and women who have served our nation. Anyone who intentionally gets in the way of someone receiving the care they deserve should be held accountable. I\u2019m proud to join Congressmen Moulton and Stewart in introducing the CALL Act to prevent individuals from purposefully obstructing calls to or services from 988.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe 988 Suicide Prevention Lifeline is an invaluable opportunity to ensure the growing number of people in a mental health crisis can get the help they need,\u201d said Congressman Stewart. \u201cAnd my colleagues and I are thrilled to see this bipartisan solution making a difference, as new data shows it may have saved more than 150,000 lives in its first month of implementation. But we\u2019re also deeply disappointed to learn that an extremist group targeted the veterans crisis line with prank calls. This is a critical resource for those heroes who served our country, and to disrupt that resource is not only deplorable, but un-American. I\u2019m proud to stand beside my Democrat colleagues in support of this swift, commonsense solution.\u201d\n\nAccording to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the month of August saw over 250,000 calls, 64,115 chats, and 40,627 texts to the 988 lifeline. The average speed of answer was 36 seconds for phone calls and 34 seconds for online chats. The average contact time for phone calls was 11 minutes, 22 minutes for chats, and an hour and fifteen minutes for texts.\n\nLast month, Reps. Moulton, C\u00e1rdenas, and Stewart were alarmed by reports of attempts to obstruct the veteran\u2019s crisis line by an extremist, pro-January 6th group. While the alleged attempts did not cause any disruption to the line, the CALL Act would address any similar attempts in the future.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2641", "Congresswoman Trahan Celebrates $300,000 in Federal Funding for Massachusetts Firefighting Academy in Stow", "2022-10-11", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) was joined by State Representative Kate Hogan, Massachusetts State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey, and Stow officials to celebrate National Fire Prevention Week by highlighting the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy\u2019s recent receipt of federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program funding. This funding totals $300,000 for firefighter training props to be used to educate firefighters from across the Commonwealth.\n\n\u201cThe remarkable bravery of firefighters across the Commonwealth is on display day in and day out as they work to keep our communities safe. This federal investment will ensure they have the training they need to do their jobs safely and effectively,\u201d said Congresswoman Trahan. \u201cAs a proud supporter of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program, I couldn\u2019t be happier to see this funding head to the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy, and I\u2019m grateful for the opportunity to celebrate this award during National Fire Prevention Week with the brave firemen and women at the facility here in Stow.\u201d\n\nThe AFG funding will pay for two trailer-based training props designed to simulate specific circumstances firefighters often encounter. The first will be a \u201cMobile Live Burn Prop\u201d that allows instructors and students to observe fire progression from a safe location. This enables training firefighters to recognize dangerous situations and how they develop, allowing them to make appropriate and safe decisions in the future. The second is a \u201cGas/Liquid Leak Training Prop\u201d that will allow students to practice patching and plugging leaks without endangering themselves.\n\nThe trailer-based nature of the props allows for them to be transported to other local departments as well as to campuses with proximity to interested firefighters.\n\n\u201cI'm proud of the firefighting expertise here at the academy in Stow, which benefits firefighters from communities across the Commonwealth, and for the collaboration between our local, state and federal representatives that will deliver these grant funds for firefighter training,\u201d said State Representative Kate Hogan.\n\n\u201cThe FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grants help the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy provide the highest levels of training to firefighters at every level of their careers, from recruits to chief officers,\u201d said State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey. \u201cThis funding represents a major investment in the Commonwealth\u2019s fire service and the safety of its communities.\u201d\n\nThe funding comes fromFEMA\u2019s FY21 AFG total allotment of $414 million distributed to fire departments nationally.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:40Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2639", "Trahan Tours Heywood Hospital\u2019s Renovations Made with American Rescue Plan Funds", "2022-10-07", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Yesterday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Mayor Mike Nicholson, State Senator Anne Gobi, and State Representatives Jon Zlotnik and Susannah Whipps visited Heywood Hospital\u2019s surgical pavilion expansion project. The American Rescue Plan (ARPA) provided state and local funding, $500,000 of which is being used to fund the project.\n\n\u201cThis project truly represents why we worked so hard to pass the American Rescue Plan in 2021. We imagined this whole-of-government approach to recovery from the pandemic that ensures our health care workers in community hospitals like Heywood have the resources they need to care for patients,\u201d said Congresswoman Trahan. \u201cI\u2019m grateful to Mayor Mike Nicholson, Senator Gobi, Representative Zlotnik and Representative Whipps for their partnership and advocacy on behalf of this critically important project.\u201d\n\n\u201cHeywood Hospital plays an integral role in our community- both as our main healthcare provider and our largest employer. I\u2019m happy to see officials on every level of government coming together to support this expansion project and increase what we are able to offer to the regions residents,\u201d said Mayor Nicholson. \u201cI want to thank Congresswoman Trahan for her efforts to bring federal funding to the region and for being a constant friend to us in Gardner.\u201d\n\n\u201cThese funds are a direct result of the advocacy and stewardship of our legislative delegation and city leadership,\u201d said Dawn Casavant, Vice President of External Affairs at Heywood Healthcare. \u201cWe are deeply grateful for their partnership and look forward to the completion of the new surgical pavilion designed to improve timely access to local, high quality surgical care.\u201d\n\nThe Heywood Hospital Surgical Pavilion Expansion Project was first proposed in 2016, and ARPA funding helped construction begin in May with the completion of the project scheduled for April 2024. The expansion to the hospital will include a new 22,000 square foot surgical pavilion with 6 new operating rooms, 2 minor procedure rooms, 2 endoscopy rooms, a post-anesthesia care unit, patient preparation and recovery area, and staff support space. This renovation provides the hospital with new operating rooms for the first time since 1960.\n\n\u201cWe recognize the importance of having these important medical services locally, and the importance of having appropriate and modern facilities for that care. We're happy to have been able to work with Congresswoman Trahan to make this meaningful investment in what is not only our primary healthcare facility, but also a major economic driver for the region,\u201d said Representative Zlotnik, speaking for the state delegation. \u201cSenator Gobi, Rep Whipps and I appreciate the Federal-State-Local collaboration that took place here to make this possible.\u201d\n\nThe City of Gardner under Mayor Nicholson\u2019s leadership is contributing $300,000 of its ARPA allocation for the project, and Representatives Zlotnik and Whipps secured an additional $200,000 for the Heywood project through the State Legislature\u2019s ARPA package.\n\nCongresswoman Trahan supported passage of the American Rescue Plan in March of 2021. The $500,000 headed to the Heywood Hospital is a small portion of the estimated $4.5 billion making its way to the Commonwealth and the estimated $3.4 billion to local governments in Massachusetts through the American Rescue Plan.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:40Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2640", "Trahan Calls for Passage of Legislation to Lower Massachusetts Home Heating Costs", "2022-10-07", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced her support for two key pieces of legislation to lower home heating costs and continue driving down gas prices. Together, the bills will save Massachusetts families money heading into the winter.\n\n\u201cFamilies are hurting right now, and the last thing they need is for their utility bills to go up forty, fifty, or even a hundred bucks a month this winter. I\u2019m laser-focused on doing everything possible to keep prices down and keep money in families\u2019 pockets,\u201d said Congresswoman Trahan. \u201cThat\u2019s why I support these commonsense pieces of legislation that will increase the supply of critical home heating oil and gas this winter. And it\u2019s why I\u2019m more committed than ever to ending our dependence on fossil fuels in the long run, so we\u2019re no longer dependent on the goodwill of Big Oil corporations, OPEC, or Russia.\u201d\n\nTrahan formally signed on as a cosponsor and urged passage of:\n\nThe Home Heating Oil Price Reduction Act: Congresswoman Annie Kuster\u2019s (NH-02) legislation to increase the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve (NEHHOR) from 1 million to 4 million barrels. The legislation would increase home heating oil supplies across New England at a time when heating and utility costs are expected to surge due to oil and natural gas shortages.\n\nThe Buy Low and Sell High Act: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.'s (NJ-06) legislation to create an Emergency Petroleum Reserve that would buy oil when prices are low and sell when prices are high, passing those savings onto Americans facing cost fluctuations at the pump. The bill would further insulate American families from OPEC and Russian price hikes.\n\nAs a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Trahan has been a leader on efforts to lower gas and home heating costs. When gas prices surged earlier this year, Trahan grilled Big Oil executives about price-gouging at the pump. She then supported passage of the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act to prohibit oil companies from taking advantage of crises like the war in Ukraine to artificially increase prices.\n\nFollowing news that National Grid and Eversource plan to hike home heating and utility prices, Trahan voted last week for a $1 billion increase to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which will deliver an estimated $37 million in home heating assistance for Massachusetts families. She followed that vote by leading the entire Massachusetts Congressional Delegation in requesting that the Biden administration release the new LIHEAP funds as soon as possible.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:40Z"], ["https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases?ID=44DF2D36-9FC0-4399-BBD4-08730089954C", "Clark Joins Massachusetts Congressional Delegation in Requesting Expedited Release of Home Heating Assistance Funds", "2022-10-06", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Katherine M. Clark", "C001101", "katherineclark.house.gov", "clark", "https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Today, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-05) joined Representatives Lori Trahan (MA-03), Richard E. Neal (MA-01), James P. McGovern (MA-02), Jake Auchincloss (MA-04), Seth Moulton (MA-06), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08), and William R. Keating (MA-09) and Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) in requesting that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services expedite the release of Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding for this winter.\n\n\u201cOver the last several months, world energy markets have experienced massive fluctuations on account of Russia\u2019s war of aggression against Ukraine. Unfortunately, these reverberations will soon be acutely felt at home throughout our communities as winter sets in. This is compounded by the COVID pandemic, which has stretched global supply chains thin and increased the cost of energy,\u201d the lawmakers wrote. \u201cTogether, these forces will likely increase power bills in Massachusetts by over 60 percent compared to last winter as prices continue to surge for natural gas, the energy source responsible for over half of New England\u2019s electricity.\u201d\n\nLast week, the House and Senate approved, and President Joe Biden signed into law, a short-term government funding package containing a $1 billion increase for the LIHEAP program. Of that funding, Massachusetts is set to receive an estimated $36,911,000. This increased funding comes as less than one in every five eligible families in Massachusetts accessed home heating assistance through LIHEAP last winter, and nearly 800,000 families across the Commonwealth were over 90 days behind on their electric and gas bills.\n\n\u201cThough LIHEAP funds in recent years have been released in early November, we know from past data that it is possible for funds to be released as soon as mid-October. The historic investment in LIHEAP in FY2022 and the additional $1 billion included in the continuing resolution for federal government funding highlights the importance of this program. We urge the Division of Energy Assistance to release these funds as soon as possible so that they may have the maximum impact possible,\u201d the lawmakers requested.\n\nA digital copy of the letter sent today can be accessed HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"], ["https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases/moulton-joins-massachusetts-delegation-announce-145-million-improve-broadband", "Moulton Joins Massachusetts Delegation to Announce $145 Million to Improve Broadband Access in the Commonwealth", "2022-10-06", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Seth Moulton", "M001196", "moulton.house.gov", "moulton", "https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.\u2014Today Congressman Moulton joined Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren, and Representatives Richard Neal (MA-01), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Jim McGovern (MA-02), Bill Keating (MA-09), and Lori Trahan (MA-03) in announcing that Massachusetts will receive $145 million in federal funding from the Capital Projects Fund (CPF) to improve broadband access in communities across Massachusetts.\n\n\u201cHigh-speed internet is the connective tissue of our commercial, social, and civic lives, allowing friends and families to communicate across continents and small businesses to reach new markets,\u201d the members of the Massachusetts delegation said in a joint statement. \u201cThis $145 million in funding for Massachusetts will help serve some 16,000 locations in our Commonwealth, bringing high-speed internet to thousands of Massachusetts households and especially benefiting low-income communities and communities of color, who disproportionately lack access to broadband internet. It is past time that all families in our great Commonwealth reap the benefits of high-speed internet, and it is past time we close the Digital Divide. With this funding, Massachusetts is closer than ever to achieving that elusive goal.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe pandemic exposed longstanding challenges that workers and families face when they don\u2019t have adequate access to the internet, especially those living in rural areas and other unconnected communities. That is why the Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s broadband investments across the country are so critical,\u201d said Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo. \u201cThis funding through the American Rescue Plan will help provide affordable, high-speed internet service to communities across Massachusetts, including the most rural parts of the state. We commend Massachusetts for targeting this funding to places where it is most urgently needed across the state.\u201d\n\nThe CPF was created in the American Rescue Plan and provides $10 billion to states, territories, freely associated states, and Tribal governments for critical capital projects including reliable, affordable broadband infrastructure and other digital connectivity technology projects.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"], ["https://neal.house.gov/2022/10/06/news-documentsingle-aspx-documentid-2633/", "Massachusetts Delegation Members Announce $145 Million from U.S. Treasury to Deploy High-Speed Internet Across Commonwealth", "2022-10-06", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Richard E. Neal", "N000015", "neal.house.gov", "neal", "https://neal.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "Washington\n\nSenators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representatives Seth Moulton (MA-06), Richard Neal (MA-01), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Jim McGovern (MA-02), Bill Keating (MA-09), and Lori Trahan (MA-03), members of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation, today joined leaders from the White House and the Department of the Treasury in announcing that Massachusetts will receive $145 million in federal funding from the Capital Projects Fund (CPF) to improve broadband access in communities across Massachusetts.\n\n\u201cHigh-speed internet is the connective tissue of our commercial, social, and civic lives, allowing friends and families to communicate across continents and small businesses to reach new markets,\u201d the members of the Massachusetts delegation said in a joint statement. \u201cThis $145 million in funding for Massachusetts will help serve some 16,000 locations in our Commonwealth, bringing high-speed internet to thousands of Massachusetts households and especially benefiting low-income communities and communities of color, who disproportionately lack access to broadband internet. It is past time that all families in our great Commonwealth reap the benefits of high-speed internet, and it is past time we close the Digital Divide. With this funding, Massachusetts is closer than ever to achieving that elusive goal.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe pandemic exposed longstanding challenges that workers and families face when they don\u2019t have adequate access to the internet, especially those living in rural areas and other unconnected communities. That is why the Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s broadband investments across the country are so critical,\u201d said Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo. \u201cThis funding through the American Rescue Plan will help provide affordable, high-speed internet service to communities across Massachusetts, including the most rural parts of the state. We commend Massachusetts for targeting this funding to places where it is most urgently needed across the state.\u201d\n\nThe CPF was created in the American Rescue Plan and provides $10 billion to states, territories, freely associated states, and Tribal governments for critical capital projects including reliable, affordable broadband infrastructure and other digital connectivity technology projects.\n\n##", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2637", "Massachusetts Delegation Members Announce $145 Million from U.S. Treasury to Deploy High-Speed Internet Across Commonwealth", "2022-10-06", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representatives Richard Neal (MA-01), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Jim McGovern (MA-02), Bill Keating (MA-09), and Seth Moulton (MA-06), members of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation, and leaders from the White House and the Department of the Treasury in announcing that Massachusetts will receive $145 million in federal funding from the Capital Projects Fund (CPF) to improve broadband access in communities across Massachusetts.\n\n\u201cHigh-speed internet is the connective tissue of our commercial, social, and civic lives, allowing friends and families to communicate across continents and small businesses to reach new markets,\u201d the members of the Massachusetts delegation said in a joint statement. \u201cThis $145 million in funding for Massachusetts will help serve some 16,000 locations in our Commonwealth, bringing high-speed internet to thousands of Massachusetts households and especially benefiting low-income communities and communities of color, who disproportionately lack access to broadband internet. It is past time that all families in our great Commonwealth reap the benefits of high-speed internet, and it is past time we close the Digital Divide. With this funding, Massachusetts is closer than ever to achieving that elusive goal.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe pandemic exposed longstanding challenges that workers and families face when they don\u2019t have adequate access to the internet, especially those living in rural areas and other unconnected communities. That is why the Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s broadband investments across the country are so critical,\u201d said Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo. \u201cThis funding through the American Rescue Plan will help provide affordable, high-speed internet service to communities across Massachusetts, including the most rural parts of the state. We commend Massachusetts for targeting this funding to places where it is most urgently needed across the state.\u201d\n\nThe CPF was created in the American Rescue Plan and provides $10 billion to states, territories, freely associated states, and Tribal governments for critical capital projects including reliable, affordable broadband infrastructure and other digital connectivity technology projects.", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:40Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2638", "Trahan Highlights $2 Million secured through Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to replace Westford\u2019s Beaver Brook Bridge", "2022-10-06", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) was joined by State Representative Jim Arciero, Westford Assistant Town Manager Eric Heideman, Westford Town Engineer Paul Starratt, and members of the Westford Select Board to highlight $2,006,439 secured by Trahan through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to replace and upgrade Westford\u2019s Beaver Brook Bridge.\n\n\u201cReplacing the Beaver Brook Bridge is long overdue. Once completed, parents in Forge Valley will be able to cross the bridge to get their kids to school and themselves to work without having to think twice about its safety,\u201d said Congresswoman Trahan. \u201cOutcomes like this \u2013 where people\u2019s lives are made better, even if it\u2019s just a few minutes less in the car each day \u2013 is exactly why I voted for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Town of Westford is greatly appreciative to Congresswoman Trahan and Representative Arciero for securing our community with 2 million dollars in grant funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act,\u201d said Westford Assistant Town Manager Eric Heideman. \u201cThese funds will be used to replace the town\u2019s Beaver Brook Bridge, which will benefit both Westford residents and neighboring communities.\u201d\n\nThe $2 million funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will go towards the complete replacement and subsequent upgrade of the Beaver Brook Bridge and conjoining roadway. This project will ensure the bridge \u2013 which currently has structural deficiencies that could result in unforeseen road closures \u2013 is dependable for decades to come. Upgrades will include a sidewalk over the bridge, two bicycle lanes, and updated traffic equipment. Given the essential role that the Beaver Brook Bridge plays to Westford citizens, parts of the construction, including precast concrete beams and abutments, will be completed prior to work on the bridge to limit the duration of the road closure.\n\nThe federal funding secured will cover 80% of the entire infrastructure project with the rest being secured through state contributions. The project is expected to be completed within the next two years.\n\n\u201cIt was great to join U.S. Congresswoman Lori Trahan and members of Westford municipal government for the presentation of a $2 million check of federal funds for the reconstruction of the Beaver Brook Bridge which culverts are compromised. This joint effort which required passage of special state legislation for the project to meet state environmental standards, will allow for both safe reliable transportation for the average 4,000 cars which utilize this route, as well as an upgrade for recreational use with proper boat ramps,\u201d said State Representative Jim Arciero (D-Westford). \u201cThe proposed project, which began construction this past summer after an initial municipality review began in 2017, includes replacing the existing, deteriorated twin culverts carrying Beaver Brook Road crossing over Beaver Brook with a concrete bridge structure and recast wingwalls adjacent to the bridge at both elevations.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Beaver Brook Bridge Project is scheduled to begin in April 2023 with substantial completion in late September 2023. A road closure and detour will be in place form June 17, 2023 - September 27, 2023. When the project is complete, approximately 4,000 residents a day will benefit from the improved safety, pedestrian access and a boat ramp to Forge Pond and Beaver Brook.\u201d said Westford Town Engineer Paul Starratt. \u201cSpecial thanks to Congresswoman Lori Trahan for her partnership in the project and for her assistance in securing the federal funds to make this infrastructure project a reality.\u201d\n\nCongresswoman Trahan voted for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in November 2021. This legislation is providing at least $4.2 billion to support the completion of essential road and bridge projects across the Commonwealth. A comprehensive list of all federal investments established by the bill can be found HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-06T14:24:52Z", "2026-04-06T15:54:40Z"], ["https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2625", "Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Requests Expedited Release of Home Heating Assistance Funds", "2022-10-04", "2022", "2022-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Lori Trahan", "T000482", "trahan.house.gov", "trahan", "https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "LOWELL, MA \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) led members of the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation, including Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Representatives Richard E. Neal (MA-01), James P. McGovern (MA-02), Jake Auchincloss (MA-04), Seth Moulton (MA-06), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08), William R. Keating (MA-09), and Katherine Clark (MA-05) in requesting that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services expedite the release of Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding for this winter.\n\n\u201cOver the last several months, world energy markets have experienced massive fluctuations on account of Russia\u2019s war of aggression against Ukraine. Unfortunately, these reverberations will soon be acutely felt at home throughout our communities as winter sets in. This is compounded by the COVID pandemic, which has stretched global supply chains thin and increased the cost of energy,\u201d the lawmakers wrote. \u201cTogether, these forces will likely increase power bills in Massachusetts by over 60 percent compared to last winter as prices continue to surge for natural gas, the energy source responsible for over half of New England\u2019s electricity.\u201d\n\nLast week, the House and Senate approved, and President Joe Biden signed into law, a short-term government funding package containing a $1 billion increase for the LIHEAP program. Of that funding, Massachusetts is set to receive an estimated $36,911,000. This increased funding comes as less than one in every five eligible families in Massachusetts accessed home heating assistance through LIHEAP last winter, and nearly 800,000 families across the Commonwealth were over 90 days behind on their electric and gas bills.\n\n\u201cThough LIHEAP funds in recent years have been released in early November, we know from past data that it is possible for funds to be released as soon as mid-October. The historic investment in LIHEAP in FY2022 and the additional $1 billion included in the continuing resolution for federal government funding highlights the importance of this program. 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