Congresswoman Katherine Clark (D, MA-05), Democratic Caucus vice chair, will participate in a conversation about the current state of Congress. Congresswoman Clark is the sixth highest ranking...
The Hill: Child care has always been essential to our economy — let’s start treating it that way
The COVID-19 pandemic's economic and societal disruptions have highlighted an important truth: child care is essential to our return to work and our nation's recovery.Parents heal our sick, stock...
Boston Globe: Could it happen again? Democrats are wary of a 2016 repeat by Trump
By one significant measure alone — the cratered economy — history shows that President Trump's reelection is a long shot. Think Jimmy Carter in 1980 and George H.W. Bush in 1992. Pile on widespread...
MassLive: Massachusetts Congressional delegation calls for independent investigation into death of Sgt. Elder Fernandes, whose body was found miles from Fort Hood
Members of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation joined together this week in calling for an independent investigation into the death of soldier from Massachusetts.In a letter to Acting...
Milwaukee Independent: Senator Ron Johnson is Playing the Fool on Trump’s Behalf in Order to Wreck the Postal Service
Everyone in America is angry about the dismantling of the Postal Service by Donald Trump and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. Except, of course, for Ron Johnson.The Republican senator from Wisconsin...
The Hill: Cicilline, Clark privately jockeying for top leadership role
Reps. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) and Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) are privately campaigning for the role of assistant speaker by aggressively meeting with members to garner support...
The Daily News: Clark Amplifies Call for National Mask Mandate:
In an appeal she paired with a fundraising request, Congresswoman Katherine Clark on Tuesday called for people across the U.S. to wear masks when in public places. "It's unbelievable that we don't...
MassLive: Jacob Blake’s shooting by Wisconsin police sparks outcry among Massachusetts lawmakers
Jacob Blake, the Black man whose shooting in the back by Wisconsin police in front of his children on Sunday sparked ongoing protests, found strong support Monday among Massachusetts lawmakers, who...
Boston Globe: Congressional delegation demands Baker release child-care data
The 11-member Massachusetts congressional delegation wrote to Governor Charlie Baker on Thursday urging him to release data on cases of coronavirus at child-care centers after the Globe reported...
CommonWealth Magazine: Private-pay childcare providers struggling
JENNIFER SIMPSON, who runs a family daycare in Southbridge, will have lost more than $33,000 in tuition money by the time she reopens August 31.She has spent nearly $6,000 preparing to reopen...
Revere Journal: Clark Secures Airplane Noise Reduction Measure
Highlighting the collaboration between the state and federal delegation, Rep. Katherine Clark (MA-05), Massachusetts House Speaker Bob DeLeo, and State Sen. Joe Boncore (First Suffolk...
State House News Service: Food Security Demands Persist Months Into COVID-19 Crisis
During the height of the COVID-19 crisis, the Healthy Waltham organization regularly helped about 700 families access a stable source of nutritious food.The need has not decreased much since the...
WBUR: Rep. Katherine Clark Talks Priorities For Emergency Pandemic Aid Measures
Rep. Katherine Clark represents Massachusetts' 5th district and is also the Vice Chair Of House Democratic Caucus. She joins us to discuss the impact of President Trump's executive...
Cape Cod Times: Federal lawmakers push to waive COVID-19 cost-sharing for tribes
WASHINGTON — Members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation have sent another letter to President Donald Trump asking that he direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency to waive...
WCVB5: Members of Massachusetts congressional delegation criticize Trump’s executive order
Members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation are calling out President Donald Trump after he signed executive orders that defer payroll taxes for some Americans and extend unemployment...
Roll Call: Demeaned, overlooked, fighting back: What it’s like to be a woman in Congress
When Katherine Clark first came to Congress, someone manning the House chamber tried to stop her from setting foot inside. They didn't recognize her.The second time it happened, she wasn't even all...
CNN: Katherine Clark and Fatima Goss Graves: Women are in a terrible new bind
In five short, devastating months, the coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the inequities at the heart of America's economy and our society. Entire workforces are being asked to sacrifice their own...
WHDH: Clark: Child care ‘essential’ to economic recovery
The American child care industry had already been stretched thin before the pandemic hit, and once the highly infectious virus prompted widespread closures and work-from-home policies, the need for...
Huffington Post: The House Just Passed A Massive Child Care Rescue
The House on Wednesday passed a massive child care bailout in the form of two bills that would provide billions of dollars for an industry that has been long neglected. All the Democrats...
Motherly: Nearly 8 million Americans can’t work because they don’t have childcare
Childcare in America was a patchwork quilt full of holes before the pandemic, barely covering the needs of American families. Then the pandemic ripped the raggedy blanket away and revealed just how...