Massachusetts lawmakers on Monday unveiled a plan to retool the state's nine congressional districts that reorganizes several of their boundaries but avoids the dramatic overhaul that defined the...
Boston Globe: A Q&A with Representative Katherine Clark on where negotiations stand on child care measures in the social spending bill
President Biden's proposed social spending bill contains billions of dollars to address child care in the United States, an issue top of mind to Massachusetts families, for whom the cost of care is...
ArmenPress: Armenian Ambassador to US meets with Congresswoman Katherine Clark
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS. On October 26th Lilit Makunts, Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the Unites States of America, met with Assistant to the Speaker of the House Representatives,...
Public Now: Clark Votes To Protect Survivors Of Family And Domestic Violence, Fund Expanded Services
WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) applauded the House passage of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act (FVPSA), legislation to support survivors...
CNN: New Day With John Berman and Brianna Keilar
Joining us to discuss this now is democratic Congresswoman Katherine Clark of Massachusetts. she is the assistant speaker of the House and she serves on the appropriations committee.---Original...
Green Queen: USDA Makes First Public Cultivated Protein Investment with $10M Tufts University Grant
The USDA has awarded $10 million to Tufts University for the creation of a new National Institute for Cellular Agriculture. It marks the first-ever government-funded protein research centre, as well...
The Independent: Jen Psaki defends ‘role model’ Pete Buttigieg for taking paternity leave
The White House defended Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for taking paternity leave amid a raft of criticism, with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki calling him a "role model."Ms Psaki...
WGBH: Rep. Katherine Clark On Hotly-Contested Infrastructure Bill: ‘Child Care Has To Be A Part Of This Package’
Assistant House Speaker Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) called in to Boston Public Radio on Friday, where she told hosts Jim Braude and Margery Eagan that she's doing everything in her power...
MetroWest Daily News: Stow man is raising funds to fight hunger by walking his dog across the state
FRAMINGHAM — Back in February, as Mark Roberts read headline after headline about the pandemic's effect on the economy, he couldn't help but think of the families who were affected."I saw articles...
New Food Magazine: USDA hands out funding for National Institute for Cellular Agriculture
The US Department of Agriculture will award Tufts University $10 million over five years to establish the National Institute for Cellular Agriculture: a flagship American cultivated protein research...
Home News Here: Food For Free Commemorates 40 Years of Food Rescue in Massachusetts
BOSTON, Oct. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the nation's first food rescue organizations, Food For Free, is commemorating 40 years by expanding to a new location in Somerville, MA, which will enable...
WCVB: Biden tells House progressives spending package needs to be between $1.9 trillion and $2.2 trillion
President Joe Biden said in a virtual meeting with a group of House progressives on Monday that the top line of the social safety net package needs to come down to somewhere between $1.9 trillion...
Framingham Source: Assistant Speaker Clark Announces $82,862 Grant To Framingham Fire For Defibrillators
Today, October 4, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark announced the Framingham Fire Department has been awarded $82,862 through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Assistance to...
Bloomberg News: Pelosi Pushes Infrastructure Vote Despite Liberals’ Threats
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pressed ahead with plans for a vote on a bipartisan infrastructure bill Thursday even though progressive Democrats said they have the numbers to stall it until the Senate...
Bloomberg Radio: Rep. Clark Says Infrastructure Talks ‘Not Over’ If Vote Slips
Assistant U.S. House Speaker Katherine Clark says Democratic leaders are working to find the necessary support ahead of a planned vote Thursday on a $550 billion infrastructure package,...
Bloomberg Surveillance: Top Democrat Says Infrastructure Talks ‘Not Over’ If Vote Slips
Assistant U.S. House Speaker Katherine Clark said Democratic leaders are continuing to work to lock down the necessary support ahead of a planned vote Thursday on a $550 billion infrastructure...
Boston Globe: Progressives are pushing for passage of a massive budget plan in Congress. Massachusetts’ astronomical child care costs help explain why
The situation faced by local families helps explain increasingly urgent arguments from progressives, who are threatening to vote against a bipartisan infrastructure bill if Biden's plan is not...
WBUR: Rep. Katherine Clark On A Possible Government Shutdown And The Fight Over Infrastructure
There's a lot going on in Washington, D.C. The federal government faces a possible partial shut down at midnight Thursday. Here in Massachusetts, a government shutdown could mean that thousands of...
New York Times: For Schumer and Pelosi, the Challenge of a Career With No Margin for Error
WASHINGTON — Last week, as all outward appearances suggested gridlock on Capitol Hill, Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi were in perpetual...
Cambridge Day: Businesses tell of the impacts of facing Amazon in hopes Congress will renew its antitrust efforts
While there are countless factors causing small businesses to close, local owners have identified a source of many of their problems: Amazon.As part of a nationwide effort to get antitrust...