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...
USA Today: ‘I love you, brother.’ Lawmakers remember Rep. John Lewis’ friendship and advice
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers of both parties said that when moral clarity was needed, they sought guidance again and again from the late Rep. John Lewis.They marveled at the gentle...
WBUR: ‘A Very Dangerous Game’: Mass. Delegation Worries Unemployment Benefits May Expire
The week is drawing to a close without a new coronavirus relief package from Washington.The CARES Act sailed through Congress in March with bipartisan support for an extra $600 per week...
Politico: Dems rebuke culture of sexism in defense of Ocasio-Cortez
More than a dozen House Democrats lined up Thursday to support Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the floor of the chamber, issuing a chain of blistering rebukes to Republican Rep. Ted Yoho for...
MSN: Leaders call for civility after GOP lawmaker’s verbal attack on Ocasio-Cortez
House leaders in both parties moved swiftly on Tuesday to promote civility - and tamp down lingering tensions - by challenging a conservative lawmaker who had accosted a liberal Democrat on the...
Politico: ‘Crashing down’: How the child care crisis is magnifying racial disparities
The collapse of the child care industry is hitting women of color the hardest, threatening to stoke racial and gender inequities and putting pressure on Congress to address the crisis in its new...
MassLive: Food assistance to the Northeast during pandemic lags behind other regions; Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Jim McGovern demand equity from USDA
Despite the Northeast reporting the highest number of coronavirus cases in the country over the course of the pandemic, the region received the second-lowest allocation of any area — less...
Boston.com: Katherine Clark on MSNBC: We can’t have a healthy economy without investing in child care
Child care is in crisis in America, and Rep. Katherine Clark says she's fighting to fix it.Around 40% of child care providers say they'll be forced to permanently close without more public...
Gloucester Times: Congressional delegation calling for extension of emergency declaration
BOSTON (AP) — The state's congressional delegation is calling on U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to extend the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration that is set to expire...
WGBH: Mass. House Coalition Lays Out Path Toward Maternal Health Equity
One of the first things the House did after Speaker Robert DeLeo committed in June to addressing systemic racism in Massachusetts was to push forward with a bill to study disparities in maternal...
Framingham Wicked Local: Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Colleges & Universities To Provide Off-Campus Student Info For Census
WASHINGTON DC - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) led the entire Massachusetts congressional delegation, including Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Representatives Richard E. Neal...
Boston Globe: At online town hall, Warren denounces Trump for handling of pandemic
Senator Elizabeth Warren on Monday denounced President Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, calling for the federal government to increase testing and provide more resources to states."The...