House Democrats continued to express outrage Tuesday at the conditions of migrant detention centers across the country after touring one of the facilities designated for children in Homestead,...
WBUR: Rep. Katherine Clark On The Florida For-Profit Migrant Detention Facility
Massachusetts Congresswoman Katherine Clark just visited the Homestead detention center in Homestead, Florida, Tuesday.It's the only shelter for migrant children crossing the border that's run by a...
Newsweek: Democrats Unveil Bill to “Expose” Betsy DeVos Support for LGBT Discrimination on College Campuses
Congresswoman Katherine Clark introduced a bill on Thursday that would require universities seeking religious exemptions from federal civil rights law to first obtain a waiver from the Department of...
Clark Responds to June 27, 2019 SCOTUS Decisions
Today, the Supreme Court gave us two decisions that will directly impact the strength and integrity of our democracy.The Court has blocked the President's plan to add the citizenship question...
Congressmembers Clark, Pappas, Davids Introduce Bill to Expose Higher Education Institutions that Discriminate Against LGBTQ Students
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONGRESSMEMBERS CLARK, PAPPAS, DAVIDS INTRODUCE BILL TO EXPOSE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS THAT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST LGBTQ STUDENTS Legislation would require...
Statement on the Border Supplemental
"I cannot, in good conscience, write a blank check to an administration that has separated families, put kids in cages, and left toddlers stranded in parking lots. Children have died in the U.S....
Reuters: Special Report: How judges added to the grim toll of opioids
WELCH, West Virginia (Reuters) - The opioid epidemic that has so far killed half a million Americans is routinely blamed on greedy drug makers, feckless doctors and lax regulators. But there's...
Boston Globe: WHO rescinds opioid guidelines following criticism by Katherine Clark
The World Health Organization has rescinded its opioid-prescribing guidelines after a congressional report accused the agency of being corrupted by the powerful drugmaker Purdue...
Clark Secures $4 Billion Increase to Child Care Programs, Funding for Gun Violence Research, Reproductive Health
CLARK SECURES $4 BILLION INCREASE TO CHILD CARE PROGRAMS, FUNDING FOR GUN VIOLENCE RESEARCH, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHHouse passed first FY2020 spending package that makes historic investments on...
Wall Street Journal: Democrats Use Spending Bills to Push Climate Measures
WASHINGTON—House Democrats are pushing climate-change and environmental provisions in the chamber's spending packages, hoping to force the Republican-controlled Senate to at least consider the...
AP: UN health agency to remove controversial opioid guidelines
The World Health Organization notified U.S. lawmakers Wednesday that it will discontinue two publications on prescribing opioid painkillers in response to allegations that the pharmaceutical...
Statement from Congresswoman Katherine Clark in Response to World Health Organization Rescinding Dangerous 2011 & 2012 Guidelines
June 19, 2019: "Today, the WHO has acknowledged the danger posed by its 2011 guidance and 2012 guidelines and has committed to removing them from circulation. This is a victory for...
Malden Observer: Clark tours Malden’s South Cove Community Health Center
Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Congresswoman Katherine Clark visited the South Cove Community Health Center on Sunday, June 16 to tour the new facility, meet with providers and staff, and...
WBUR: Tipped Workers Press For ‘One Fair’ Minimum Wage
Eliminating the separate, lower minimum wage for tipped employees would help workers achieve greater financial stability and reduce exposure to harassment, advocates said Tuesday.While state law...
CNN: Rep. Katherine Clark on CNN New Day
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Newsweek: Lawmakers Say Trump is Wrong: No One in Congress with “Any integrity” Would Accept Opposition Dirt from Foreign Power
Democratic lawmakers have called out President Donald Trump for saying he would accept dirt from a foreign power on a political opponent and then defending the comment by saying that people in...
Statement from Congresswoman Clark on the passage of the Dream & Promise Act
"The Dream and Promise Act of 2019 is a milestone in our fight for a just and humane immigration system. Dreamers and TPS recipients are our students, neighbors, parents, doctors, teachers and most...
Washington Post: The Health 202: States pile on Purdue Pharma for alleged role in opioids crisis
If there was a "most wanted" when it comes to the country's opioid addiction crisis, it might be the Sackler family and its company Purdue Pharma. The maker of OxyContin, now at the brink of...
Boston Globe: VA denies Mass. veteran home loan over his legal marijuana job
The couple, crammed in a tiny Revere apartment with two kids and a third on the way, had spent months searching for a house they could afford.It wasn't easy in Massachusetts' pricey market. But the...
Mass Live: Disabled veteran denied a VA mortgage over his marijuana dispensary job in Massachusetts
As a benefit of serving in the military, veterans have access to a low-rate mortgage with no money down. One disabled Massachusetts veteran was denied that benefit, though, due to his legal job in...