WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8), Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (CA-33), Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-4), and Ranking Member Rosa...
Clark, Murray, Sanders, Colleagues Introduce Bill To Extend Vital Child Care Funding And Save Families’ Child Care Spots As Funding Cliff Looms
Democrats saved the child care sector from collapse during the pandemic with vital stabilization funding—which helped 220,000 providers stay afloat and serve as many as 10 million kids—but with...
Common Dreams: To Avert Looming Childcare Disaster, Murray and Sanders Lead Emergency Funding Bill
Sens. Patty Murray and Bernie Sanders on Wednesday led a group of lawmakers in introducing legislation that would avert a fast-approaching disaster by approving $16 billion in emergency...
ABC: With thousands of child care programs at risk of closing, Democrats press for more money
Democrats in Congress are pushing for a new round of money to keep the nation's child care industry afloat, saying thousands of programs are at risk of closing when federal pandemic relief runs out...
The Hill: Joy Lee: Deputy communications director, House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.)
Joy Lee departed college with a journalism degree and an eye on broadcast reporting. Instead, she found her way to Capitol Hill — and Democratic leaders have been grateful ever since. As deputy...
Whip Clark: “MAGA Extremists are running the House.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (CA-33) for a press conference denouncing Speaker Kevin McCarthy's...
Whip Clark Statement on United Auto Workers and Big Three Negotiations
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) issued the following statement on the ongoing negotiatons between the United Auto Workers and the Big Three auto...
MassLive: 9/11 22nd Anniversary: What Mass. pols had to say about it
As the nation paused to remember the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks in New York City, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania, Massachusetts' elected officials paid tribute to the fallen...
Roll Call: Top Democrats ready emergency child care cash infusion
A group of Democratic lawmakers, including Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., are planning on introducing legislation this week that would provide $16 billion in funding for child...
Whip Clark: Regis College Child Care Funds at Risk
WESTON, MA - Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) visited Regis College in Weston, MA, to hear from parents enrolled in the Regis College nursing program about the vital need for...
Whip Clark Named “Community Health Champion”
Clark received the 2023 Distinguished Community Health Center Champion Award from the National Association of Community Health CentersWALTHAM, MA - Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) was...
Boston Herald: Massachusetts labor movement reflects on a year of fights, wins: ‘Every day is Labor Day’
Unions in Massachusetts and across the nation have seen a rare coalescence of spiking public and political support, labor leaders reflected at Boston's annual Labor Day Breakfast on Monday,...
Whip Clark Underscores House Democrats’ Record Of Putting People Over Politics On NBC Boston’s @Issue
REVERE, MA - Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) appeared on NBC Boston's @Issue to discuss House Democrats' record of putting people over politics - lowering prescription...
The Maui News: FEMA funding in the balance as Maui contends with fire’s aftermath
With Maui desperately in need of federal aid as residents struggle to recover from the Aug. 8 wildfires, the government shutting down and the Federal Emergency Management Agency running out of...
Whip Clark Statement Following Tour of Maui Wildfire Aftermath
MAUI, HI - Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement after joining Congresswoman Jill Tokuda (HI-2) to witness the wildfire devastation on the island of Maui and...
Whip Clark Celebrates Lower Health Care Costs, Democrats’ Investing in America Agenda in Illinois
CHICAGO, IL. - Yesterday, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) visited Chicago, IL, and participated in three events hosted by Congressmen Danny Davis (IL-7), Bill Foster (IL-11), and Chuy...
Joint House Democratic Leadership Statement on Shooting in Jacksonville
WASHINGTON, DC — House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar and Vice Chair Ted Lieu released the following statement:The racist shooting...
Whip Clark Statement on Historic Drug Negotiation Announcement
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement after the Biden-Harris Administration unveiled the first ten prescription drugs selected...
Whip Clark Celebrates the One-Year Anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act
REVERE, MA — Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement in celebration of the one-year anniversary of the Democrats' historic Inflation Reduction...
Whip Clark Statement on the 5th Circuit Court Ruling Upholding Restrictions on Access to Mifepristone
REVERE, MA — Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement on the 5th Circuit Court decision in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA: "Today's unfounded...