Starting next week, households that qualify for the expanded Child Tax Credit will be able to start receiving payments. Meanwhile, Democrats grapple with the right approach to infrastructure...
Framingham Source: Rep. Clark Announces $433,133 For SMOC Head Start Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) announced today, June 30, that almost $3 million in grants for local Head Start programs are now being distributed. Clark helped...
NBC Boston: ‘We Should’ve Done This Decades Ago’: Rep. Clark Praises Child Tax Credit
It was 2014. Katherine Clark had just won her first election to Congress in Massachusetts."I can remember coming home from Washington and just sitting in the driveway not knowing who to help first,"...
Rep. Katherine Clark introduces Educational Equity Challenge Grant Act
Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark, MA-5, and Congresswoman Jahana Hayes, CT-5, recently introduced the Educational Equity Challenge Grant Act to form a $100 billion application-based grant program...
GBH News: Rep. Katherine Clark On Democrats’ Plans To Push Forward Infrastructure Agenda & More
Assistant House Speaker Rep. Katherine Clark joined Jim Braude to about the Democrat' push for universal pre-K & voting rights protections and whether those bills will get past Republicans — and...
NBC Boston: Memorial Day Events Held Across Mass. as COVID Restrictions Lift
Events commemorating Memorial Day are being held across Massachusetts on Monday, two days after the state lifted restrictions for in-person gatherings.Many cities and towns, including Billerica,...
Framingham Source: Assistant Speaker Clark Introduces Resolution Honoring Women Who Serviced in WWII, Massachusetts’ First Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Assistant Speaker Clark (D-MA-5) and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced a bipartisan resolution to honor the women who served in World War II and recognize the...
Ms. Magazine: Katherine Clark Introduces Reproductive Rights Are Human Rights Act: “We Owe It to the Global Community”
On Wednesday, Assistant House Speaker Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) and U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) introduced the Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act to direct the State Department to...
NBC Boston: ICE to Close Detention Center in Massachusetts Accused of Mistreatment
The Biden Administration directed the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday to discontinue use of a detention center in Bristol County, Massachusetts, saying it is no longer...
19th*: Sisters in Congress: Katherine Clark and Grace Meng talk about their bond and the importance of allyship
The representatives talk about elevating the voices of the least powerful and how women and mothers can rise in the political world. As Rep. Grace Meng, New York's first Asian-American member...
Framingham Source: Assistant Speaker Clark Votes For Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
WASHINGTON DC - Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) voted today, May 14, to pass the bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to establish pregnant workers' right to reasonable workplace...
Boston Globe: In bid to end COVID-19 unemployment boost, GOP misses the she-cession
All of the economy's 140,000 lost jobs in December were held by women.If you want to know why there is a so-called labor shortage, ask women.While Republicans and business groups blame...
MassLive: Rep. Katherine Clark leads bipartisan push to help kids with serious health conditions get quicker out-of-state care
Rep. Katherine Clark is leading a renewed bipartisan push to bolster health equity by improving timely access to critical pediatric care when families must rely on out-of-state...
Boston Globe: A blueprint to fix the nation’s failing care sector
When I was first elected to Congress, in 2013, my children were 17, 13, and 11. My mother was suffering from Alzheimer's, and my father was living with the effects of a debilitating stroke.My...
Boston Globe: Bankruptcy judges and Congress must close the Sackler loophole
No region of this nation has been spared the steep emotional, physical, and financial toll of the opioid addiction epidemic, a crisis fueled in part by drugmaker Purdue Pharma's aggressive...
Boston Globe: Congresswoman Katherine Clark meets with small business owners about relief funds
Just over a year ago, Henry Manice and Naveen Pawar of Mighty Squirrel brewery were feeling giddy. Having recently opened their massive taproom in Waltham, they were putting the finishing touches on...
WGBH: Members Of Mass. Congressional Delegation Request $100 Million For ‘Community Projects’
The nine Democratic members of the U.S. House from Massachusetts have requested a total of nearly $100 million in federal funding for local projects, ranging from education and human services to...
Framingham Source: Congresswoman Clark Includes Framingham In Her 10 Community Funded Submissions
RAMINGHAM - Congresswoman Kathryn Clark has submitted funding requests for 10 community projects in her 5th congressional district to the House Appropriations Committee, including funding for a...
Boston Globe: Biden’s universal preschool plan a ‘game-changer’ for Mass., but final version could look very different
President Biden's proposal for free, high-quality preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds would create powerful change in Massachusetts, one of the nation's most expensive child care markets,...
USA Today: For the first time, 2 women will share the dais with a president during a joint session of Congress. What female lawmakers told us about it
WASHINGTON - For the first time in history, two women will sit behind a president during an address to a joint session of Congress. The historic image during Joe Biden's...