WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement after the Arizona Supreme Court upheld an 1864 law banning nearly all abortions. "Today,...
Boston Globe: President Biden, Governor Healey slam Trump’s abortion stance: ‘Don’t let Donald Trump lie his way out of this’
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, President Biden, and anti-abortion groups on Monday slammed former president Donald Trump's stance that abortion policies should be left to the states,...
Whip Clark Commemorates 75th Anniversary of Framingham Heart Study
FRAMINGHAM, MA — Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined the Director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the...
Whip Clark Celebrates Additional $2 Million for Local Community Projects
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Recently, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) celebrated the enactment of an additional $1.5 million in federal funding for MA-5 local community projects in the final FY2024...
Whip Clark, Massachusetts Delegation Urge Biden Admin. to Distribute Shelter and Services Program Funding to Massachusetts to Support New Arrivals
Lawmakers to DHS and FEMA: "Massachusetts is committed to welcoming immigrants with care and compassion . . . But the Commonwealth and municipalities cannot shoulder the serious financial costs of...
Congressional Democrats File Amicus Brief Urging Supreme Court to Affirm that EMTALA Requires Hospitals to Provide Emergency Stabilizing Care Including Abortion Care, Preempts Idaho’s Dracon
258 Members of Congress ask Supreme Court to affirm district court decision that under EMTALA, hospitals participating in Medicare must provide emergency stabilizing treatment to patients, including...
Whip Clark Celebrates $3 Million for Early Education, Child Care in Stoneham
STONEHAM, MA - Yesterday, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) visited the Boys and Girls Club of Stoneham and Wakefield to celebrate the construction of a new early education and training...
Whip Clark Statement on the Retirement Of Congresswoman Annie Kuster
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement after Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-2) announced that she will retire from the House at the end of the...
Whip Clark Statement on President Biden’s Latest Actions in Support of Child Care Businesses
MALDEN, MA — Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark released the following statement on the Biden-Harris Administration's announcement of new actions to support child care...
Massachusetts Delegation Announces Additional $38.7 Million in Federal Funding to Support Critical Projects Across Commonwealth, Bringing Total to $213.4 million
List of Projects (PDF)WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Massachusetts congressional delegation of Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Chairman Richard E. Neal (MA-01),...
Whip Clark Statement on Passage of Government Funding Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Democratic Whip Katherine Clark released the following statement after the House passed a minibus funding package: "Democrats have once again defeated the worst impulses of this...
yourArlington: MyRWA awarded nearly $1m for green infrastructure projects
The Town of Arlington, in partnership with the Mystic River Watershed Association (MyRWA), earlier this spring was awarded $959,757 from the United States Environmental Protection...
POLITICO: House Democrats are lending the GOP speaker a hand — and they don’t mind
Speaker Mike Johnson got Democratic help to pass a $78 billion tax bill. He did the same on a bill that could ban TikTok. He did it on three stopgap government spending bills. And he's...
Raw Story: ‘Work until you drop dead’: GOP’s proposed budget takes ax to Social Security, healthcare
The Republican Study Committee has released its proposed 2025 budget which would take an ax to major elements of the social safety net, healthcare system, and civil rights, while affecting...
Whip Clark: “14 Years Ago, We Made Clear That We Would Not Accept a System That Treats Women as Second Class Citizens”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (CA-11),...
New Boston Post: Massachusetts Taxpayers Can File Returns Directly With IRS
Residents of Massachusetts can now file their taxes online for free directly with the IRS.Massachusetts is one of 12 states where taxpayers can use a new system, called Direct File, to file their...
Patch: Framingham State Gets Funding For Virtual Simulation Lab
Last week, the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation helped secure $1 million in federal funding to create a state-of-the-art simulation lab in the newly renovated Christa McAuliffe Center for...
Whip Clark, Democratic Women’s Caucus Mark Equal Pay Day
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined the Democratic Women's Caucus (DWC) for a press conference to mark Equal Pay Day, which symbolizes how far into...
HuffPost: Democrats Plan To Put Abortion Front And Center At Biden’s State Of The Union
Democrats plan to put reproductive freedom front and center at President Joe Biden's State of the Union address Thursday night.Over 30 Democrats, as well as First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, are bringing...
Roll Call: Biden to renew calls to lower health costs at SOTU
President Joe Biden will call on Congress to allow Medicare to increase its ability to negotiate drug prices and to expand caps on consumer prescription drug costs during his State of the Union...