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The U.S. loses $57 billion a year because parents are unable to find and afford care. It's time for a nationwide reckoning on behalf of women and families.Experts predict that approximately one...

The funding is part of the Weatherization Assistance Program, which provides energy-saving infrastructure to low-income families.Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine...

Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark voted to cap the out-of-pocket cost of insulin at $35 per month on Friday, lowering drug costs for working...

Lawmakers in Washington late last week passed a bill through the House that would see marijuana declassified at the federal level."The criminalization of marijuana is inherently racist in its...

Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (D-MA-5) joined fellow lawmakers in a letter to President Joseph Biden urging the Administration to extend the pause on...

Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) questions Sec. Xavier Becerra during a House Appropriations Hearing on Thursday about the proposed HHS budget for FY2023.---Original story HEREClick play to view the...

The gender wage gap that plagues women during their working years also follows them into retirement, according to new analysis released Wednesday.Government data show women earn an estimated 83...

U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey and Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark hosted a press conference March 25 to announce the $4 million in congressionally directed spending they helped secure for the...

Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark, who represents Waltham, Woburn, and the rest of Massachusetts' Fifth Congressional District, released a statement to mark the...

U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley on Tuesday knocked what she called a "broken health care system that puts profit over people" as members of Congress explored issues around single-payer health care and...

Leaders in Arlington and the surrounding communities are taking steps to prevent one major threat posed by a changing environment: flooding. Last week Congresswoman Katherine Clark joined local...

During a visit to Woburn on a beautiful late Wednesday morning, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5, including Woburn and Winchester) toured the site of the...

Katherine Clark has served as a U.S. representative (D-Mass.) since 2013 and as assistant speaker of the 117th Congress since 2021Let's talk about Jan. 6 and the days after.That night, Speaker...

Home heating oil prices have skyrocketed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, putting a squeeze on consumers in the final months of winter.The state Department of Energy Resources, which conducts...

Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark toured the Waltham Embassy Parking Lot on Wednesday, one of the ten community projects in the Fifth Congressional District that recently received federal...

Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark toured Woburn's Hurld Park Green Infrastructure Project on Wednesday, one of the ten community projects in the Fifth Congressional District that recently received...

As Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson endured a third day of confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Ed Markey set out to show...

The federal budget for Fiscal Year 2022 includes $750,000 to study flood resiliency along the Mystic and Charles Rivers.The funding, secured by Congresswoman Katherine Clark, will be used for...

Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined Medford Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn, Cambridge Vice Mayor Alanna Mallon, Patrick Herron of the Mystic River Watershed Association,...