WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) celebrated the House passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The legislation lowers...
Framingham Source: Assistant Speaker Clark Votes To Protect Right To Contraception
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, July 21, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) voted to pass the Right to Contraception Act to codify the right to access birth...
The Washington Post: House passes protection for birth-control access; Senate support is unclear
The House passed legislation largely along party lines Thursday that would federally protect an individual's access to contraception and ensure health-care providers are not penalized for...
The Washington Post: Lawmakers, abortion rights protesters arrested outside Supreme Court
Seventeen members of Congress — including Democratic Reps. Cori Bush (Mo.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (Minn.) — were among dozens of abortion rights...
Framingham Source: Assistant Speaker Clark Votes To Protect Abortion Rights
Today, July 15, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) voted to pass two critical pieces of legislation to protect access to abortion and those who are forced...
Marijuana Moment: House Approves More Marijuana Amendments To Defense Bill, Including Banking And Veterans Medical Access
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved several marijuana reform amendments as part of a large-scale defense bill, including proposals to protect banks that work with state-legal...
Framingham Source: VIDEO: Congresswoman Clark’s Office Brings Holliston Woman, 90, Back From the Dead
The U.S. Social Security Office sent a letter to a Holliston woman saying she died in 2020, 2021, and 2022, but the 90-year old woman was alive.Mary E. Smith, 90, reached out to Congresswoman...
Marijuana Moment: Bipartisan Lawmakers File Even More Marijuana And Psychedelics Reform Amendments To Defense Bill
Bipartisan congressional lawmakers have filed a slew of drug policy reform amendments to a large-scale defense bill, including proposals to prohibit federal employment discrimination against...
People’s World: Money bill to set off annual abortion fight on Hyde Amendment
Just days after their big win in the U.S. Supreme Court, anti-abortionists and the radical right—who are often one and the same—are gearing up for their annual fight to ban federal Medicaid funding...
Daily Mail: Biden slams ‘senseless gun violence that has yet again brought grief to an American community’ after Highland Park mass shooting on July 4: Democrats say America ‘isn’t free’
President Joe Biden slammed the gunman who opened fire on an Independence Day parade in Illinois on Monday, leaving six dead and injuring at least two dozen others, and says...
Framingham Source: Senators Markey & Warren and Congresswoman Clark Urge Tenet To Not Close MetroWest Medical Center’s Oncology Department
Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Assistant Speaker of the House Katherine Clark (MA-05), wrote to Dr. Saum Sutaria, the CEO of Tenet Healthcare, expressing...
Washington Post: Democrats call on Biden to declare abortion national health emergency
Lawmakers and advocates are pushing President Biden to declare a national health emergency to increase financial resources and flexibility in states that continue to allow abortion access...
Framingham Source: Assistant Speaker Clark: ‘This Decision Will Set Women Back Decades’
Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's final ruling overturning the right to an...
Patch: ‘A Dystopian Nightmare’: Rep Katherine Clark On Overturning Roe V Wade
Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark spoke out Friday morning against the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.Although Massachusetts is one of 14 states,...
Out Front Magazine: Democrats Back Staff-Led Effort for Gender-Neutral Bathrooms in Capitol Hill
Democrats are working together to push for more inclusive gender-neutral bathrooms on Capitol Hill. This group effort began with a letter written by Representatives Hakeem Jeffries and Katherine...
Framingham Source: Congresswoman Clark’s Maternal Mental Health Bill Passes House of Representatives
Today, June 22, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (D-MA-5) announced that her bill, The Into the Light Act, has passed the House of...
The Hill: Top Democrats back more gender-neutral bathrooms on Capitol Hill
Two top Democratic lawmakers are getting behind a staff-led effort to add more gender-neutral bathrooms throughout Capitol Hill.The move, supported by Reps. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.)...
The Washington Post: The latest: Clark, Jeffries ask for gender-neutral bathrooms on Capitol Hill
Assistant House Speaker Katherine M. Clark (D-Mass.) and Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) are urging the Committee on House Administration to support efforts to install more single...
Boston Globe: Bernie Sanders, local legislators react to apparent gun control agreement
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders indicated he would likely vote for a new bipartisan framework for gun reform if it makes it to the floor of the Senate in a debate moderated by Fox News with...
Boston Globe: ‘Like moving deck chairs on the Titanic’: mixed local reactions to Senate gun control deal
A bipartisan agreement struck by Senate dealmakers on proposed gun safety measures was met with mixed reactions from local advocates and members of the state's congressional delegation Sunday.The...