Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts 5th, voted to pass the Equality Act, legislation that ensures all LGBTQIA Americans are granted the full protections guaranteed by federal civil...
Raw Story: ‘Ignorant and bigoted’ Marjorie Taylor Greene called out by Dem lawmaker in MSNBC interview
Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) didn't hold back during an interview on MSNBC's "The Sunday Show," telling host Jonathan Capehart that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is every bit as "ignorant and...
Framingham Source: Assistant Speaker Clark Votes to Pass American Rescue Plan
WASHINGTON DC - Early this morning, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) voted to pass H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act, landmark, life-saving legislation that will provide urgently...
Raw Story: Dems explode after GOP congressman says transgender people are an insult to God
During a House debate ahead of a vote on the passage of the Equality Act, which would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) took the floor and...
Roll Call: Mental health concerns overshadowed by Capitol Police Board questions
The opaque inner workings of the Capitol Police Board and what steps were taken on and before Jan. 6 overtook the intended focus of a Wednesday House hearing that was supposed to examine the mental...
Framingham Source: Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Wants FEMA To Support Commonwealth’s Request for Vaccination Center Pilot Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen...
Boston Globe: Pennsylvania man charged with threatening Representative Katherine Clark, Senator Richard Burr
A Pennsylvania man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges that he threatened two members of Congress: Representative Katherine Clark of Melrose and North Carolina Senator...
Concord Journal: Assistant Speaker Clark announces investment plan
Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark, 5th-Massachusetts, announced that Massachusetts would receive approximately $3.3 billion in emergency education funding through President Biden's American Rescue...
Needham Patch: Clark leads call for Baker to revise vax system
Congresswoman Katherine Clark, the fourth-ranking House Democrat, and several of her Massachusetts colleagues are calling Gov. Charlie Baker to create a centralized COVID-19 vaccine appointment...
WHAV: Failure of State Vaccination Website Brings Renewed Calls for Changes, Pre-Registration System
The failure of the state's vaccine appointment website yesterday brought renewed criticism of Massachusetts' vaccine rollout.Even Gov. Charlie Baker told "Boston Public Radio," "My hair's on fire...
Framingham Source: Congresswoman Clark Highlights $3.3 Billion Investment in Education & Childcare Funding for Massachusetts
Today, February 18 Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) announced that Massachusetts would receive approximately $3.3 billion in emergency education funding through President Biden's American...
MassLive: Massachusetts COVID website crash ‘unacceptable’ in the ‘Brain State,’ lawmakers say
Members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation on Thursday repeated calls for a COVID-19 vaccination pre-registration list as the state opens the door to more appointments, describing the...
Boston.com: Charlie Baker responds to the Massachusetts delegation’s calls for a vaccine preregistration system
Gov. Charlie Baker says that his administration is looking at the possibility of a COVID-19 vaccine preregistration system in Massachusetts.But he also wishes that the state's congressional...
Eagle Tribune: Federal lawmakers support DiZoglio’s vaccine preregistration bill
BOSTON - Massachusetts' federal legislative delegation is calling on Gov. Charlie Baker to launch a pre-registration system for the COVID-19 vaccine, a push that comes on the heels of state Sen....
New York Times: A ‘9/11 Commission’ for the Capitol Riot?
Former President Donald Trump was acquitted on Saturday of inciting insurrection, after most Senate Republicans decided against convicting him. But not everyone is ready to turn the page just yet on...
Boston Globe: Officials at every level of government in Mass. are criticizing Baker over vaccine rollout
...Governor Charlie Baker, long one of the country's most popular executives, faces mounting criticism over what officials at every level of government call a flawed vaccine rollout. As national...
MetroWest Daily: Congressional delegation takes aim at Baker’s vaccination plan
The state's COVID-19 vaccination registration system is taking heat from Massachusetts' congressional delegation.U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark, whose 5th Congressional District covers much of MetroWest,...
MetroWest Daily: Katherine Clark will be Framingham State’s 2021 commencement speaker
FRAMINGHAM — Congresswoman Katherine Clark will deliver this year's commencement address to Framingham State University's graduating class of 2021.The May 23 ceremony will be virtual due to...
Politico: Assistant House speaker: Capitol riot commission needed for ‘truth and accountability’
Assistant House Speaker Katherine Clark said Tuesday that no option is off the table for further addressing former President Donald Trump's role in last month's Capitol riot — including a 9/11-style...
Westport News: Lawmakers call for centralized state vaccine sign-up system
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts should create a centralized COVID-19 vaccine sign-up system to let all residents pre-register for shots, confirm eligibility and receive a notification when an...