Massachusetts has one of the nation's highest counts of confirmed cases "It is critical that HHS rapidly increases vaccine distribution, ensures equitable access, and engages state and local...
Clark Joins Project Bread to Promote Summer Eats, Federal Anti-Hunger Funding
MALDEN, MA - Today, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined Project Bread, the state's leading anti-hunger organization, for a Summer Eats stop at...
Assistant Speaker Clark Announces Winner of 2022 Congressional Art Competition
This year's winner is Wayland's Alyssa Ao and her painting "Schrödinger's Cat."MALDEN, MA - Today, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Clark (MA-5) announced Alyssa Ao as the...
Assistant Speaker Clark Votes to Protect the Right to Contraception
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) voted to pass the Right to Contraception Act to codify the right to access birth control into...
Framingham Source: Assistant Speaker Clark Votes To Protect Right To Contraception
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, July 21, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) voted to pass the Right to Contraception Act to codify the right to access birth...
The Washington Post: House passes protection for birth-control access; Senate support is unclear
The House passed legislation largely along party lines Thursday that would federally protect an individual's access to contraception and ensure health-care providers are not penalized for...
Assistant Speaker Clark Votes to Advance Budget Package with Wins for Families, Veterans, and the Environment
Legislation creates affordable housing and American jobs, invests in climate resiliency, and supports veterans and small businesses Clark secured funding for eight community projects in...
The Washington Post: Lawmakers, abortion rights protesters arrested outside Supreme Court
Seventeen members of Congress — including Democratic Reps. Cori Bush (Mo.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (Minn.) — were among dozens of abortion rights...
Assistant Speaker Clark Applauds House Vote to Protect Marriage Equality
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) proudly voted to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, which protects marriage equality by...
Assistant Speaker Clark Arrested While Fighting for Abortion Rights at Supreme Court
Clark's arrest follows multiple votes by House to defend reproductive freedomClark was joined by members of the Democratic Women's Caucus and women's rights groups while standing up for reproductive...
Assistant Speaker Clark Joins U.S. Department of Commerce In Announcing $3.8 Million Investment to Support Infrastructure and Workforce Development Projects in Massachusetts
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department's Economic...
Assistant Speaker Clark: The 2022 Congressional App Challenge is Officially Open
MALDEN, MA - Today, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) announced that her office is now accepting applications for the 2022 Congressional App Challenge for...
Framingham Source: Assistant Speaker Clark Votes To Protect Abortion Rights
Today, July 15, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) voted to pass two critical pieces of legislation to protect access to abortion and those who are forced...
Marijuana Moment: House Approves More Marijuana Amendments To Defense Bill, Including Banking And Veterans Medical Access
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved several marijuana reform amendments as part of a large-scale defense bill, including proposals to protect banks that work with state-legal...
Assistant Speaker Clark Votes to Protect Abortion Rights and Those Seeking Care
The Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA) would make access to abortion care a federally protected rightThe Ensuring Access to Abortion Act would prohibit any person acting under color of state law,...
Framingham Source: VIDEO: Congresswoman Clark’s Office Brings Holliston Woman, 90, Back From the Dead
The U.S. Social Security Office sent a letter to a Holliston woman saying she died in 2020, 2021, and 2022, but the 90-year old woman was alive.Mary E. Smith, 90, reached out to Congresswoman...
Assistant Speaker Clark Joins Massachusetts Delegation to Announce Over $62 Million in Funding for Boston Logan Airport
Funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill will support various airport improvement projects and produce over 1,000 jobs for MassachusettsWashington, D.C. - Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House...
Marijuana Moment: Bipartisan Lawmakers File Even More Marijuana And Psychedelics Reform Amendments To Defense Bill
Bipartisan congressional lawmakers have filed a slew of drug policy reform amendments to a large-scale defense bill, including proposals to prohibit federal employment discrimination against...
People’s World: Money bill to set off annual abortion fight on Hyde Amendment
Just days after their big win in the U.S. Supreme Court, anti-abortionists and the radical right—who are often one and the same—are gearing up for their annual fight to ban federal Medicaid funding...
Daily Mail: Biden slams ‘senseless gun violence that has yet again brought grief to an American community’ after Highland Park mass shooting on July 4: Democrats say America ‘isn’t free’
President Joe Biden slammed the gunman who opened fire on an Independence Day parade in Illinois on Monday, leaving six dead and injuring at least two dozen others, and says...