The fourth-ranking Democrat in the House wants to put her most stubborn colleagues in a corner. Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) wrote a Tuesday letter to the House Sergeant-at-Arms William Walker...
Melrose Free Press: Rep. Clark: Recovery is a mission we’re on together
The coronavirus pandemic has brought heartache to our community, from unemployment to food insecurity to loss of life. It has pushed many into isolation and severed neighbors from their routines and...
Framingham Source: Framingham Holds Vigil For Democracy; Massachusetts Leaders Reflect On Capitol Attack One Year Later
FRAMINGHAM - On Thursday night, January 6, 2022, scores of individuals held signs and flags at the corner of Route 135 and 126 in downtown Framingham as part of a vigil for Democracy.Organized by...
Boston.com: What Charlie Baker and other Mass. lawmakers are saying about the Jan. 6 Capitol riot anniversary
"Every citizen, and most importantly every public official, must safeguard that system so that motto always rings true."In the hours after last year's Jan. 6 riot by Donald Trump supporters at the...
Huffington Post: Republicans MIA As Congress Marks Jan. 6 Anniversary
WASHINGTON ― Hardly any Republicans showed up Thursday to commemorate the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on Congress, one of the worst days for democracy in U.S. history.The only ones...
Newsweek: The Way to Combat the Horror of January 6 Is to Abolish the Filibuster
In 1787, upon exiting the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin was approached by a group of people who asked him what kind of government the delegates had created. His answer: "A republic,...
The Hill: Top House Democrat urges Senate to abolish filibuster to pass voting rights on Jan. 6 anniversary
A top House Democrat is calling on the Senate to abolish the filibuster in order to pass federal voting rights legislation, pointing to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol as reason why election...
MetroWest News: ‘Let’s get to work together.’ Charlie Sisitsky sworn in as Framingham mayor
FRAMINGHAM — He's long been referred to as simply "Charlie," but as of New Year's Day he now goes by another name: Mayor.Charlie Sisitsky was officially sworn in Saturday as the city's second mayor...
Boston Globe: Cleaning up America’s lead water pipes
In 2014, Flint, Mich. became a national headline. After the city began supplying residents with water from the Flint River, families and businesses began to notice that the water from their taps...
Framingham Source: Congresswoman Clark Urges Government To Protect Families With Projected 30% Increase in Heating Costs Forecasted
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (D-MA-5) and Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) led a bicameral letter urging the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to address the ongoing...
Public Now: Feinstein, Reed, Clark, Bicameral Group Urge HHS To Help Protect Families This Winter During Energy Crisis
Washington - Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) joined Senator Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Representative Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) and a bicameral group of their colleagues in urging the...
Tilamook Headlight Herald: Youth Mental Health: New federal effort for needed resources
Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark recently announced the introduction of the Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Act, legislation that would greatly...
Chestnut Post: Massachusetts congresswomen Katherine Clark, Ayanna Pressley advocate for Build Back Better Act
Democrats are furiously trying to get President Joe Biden's legislation that would expand the nation's social safety net after it was derailed by a member of their own party. --- Original story HERE...
Boston Herald: ‘We do not accept no’: Ayanna Pressley, Katherine Clark continue pushing Build Back Better after Joe Manchin says no
U.S. Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Katherine Clark say they're not backing down after West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin blew up the $2 trillion Build Back Better Act over the weekend.The Democratic...
Cambridge Patch: MA Delegation Tour Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee
CAMBRIDGE, MA - Today, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-05) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) toured the Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee (CEOC) to highlight the federal funding...
Framingham Patch: Clark on the Commonwealth’s Expansion of Child Care Grants
FRAMINGHAM, MA - Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark released the following statement on the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' announcement that it would be expanding and extending the Commonwealth...
Public Now: Clark, Pressley Tour Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee, Call For Build Back Better Act Passage And Extension Of The Child Tax Credit
Representatives toured the food pantry and met with staff, families supported by the Child Tax CreditCAMBRIDGE, MA- Today, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-05) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley...
Malden Patch: Clark on the Commonwealth’s Expansion of Child Care Grants
MALDEN, MA - Today, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark released the following statement on the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' announcement that it would be expanding and extending the...
Framingham Source: Assistant Speaker Clark Votes To Combat Global Islamophobia
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) voted to pass the Combating International Islamophobia Act,...
The Swellesley Report: Gulp! Wellesley water bills could rise 60% due to PFAS
Wellesley Special Town Meeting approved an article in October that paved the way for the Department of Public Works to set up a $1.5M interim solution to address PFAS chemicals in the town's...