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...
Assistant Speaker Clark, Reps. Cleaver and Wagner Introduce Legislation to Reduce National Sexual Assault Kit Backlog
The Backlog Justice Act of 2022 would help sexual assault survivors obtain justice by streamlining the DNA kit testing process WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House...
Assistant Speaker Clark, Senators Markey, Warren Urge Tenet Healthcare to Reconsider Closure of Oncology Departments at MetroWest Medical Center
Lawmakers express concern that closures of outpatient medical oncology and radiation oncology departments could leave local community vulnerable, exacerbate health inequitiesWASHINGTON, D.C. -...
Framingham Source: Senators Markey & Warren and Congresswoman Clark Urge Tenet To Not Close MetroWest Medical Center’s Oncology Department
Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Assistant Speaker of the House Katherine Clark (MA-05), wrote to Dr. Saum Sutaria, the CEO of Tenet Healthcare, expressing...
Washington Post: Democrats call on Biden to declare abortion national health emergency
Lawmakers and advocates are pushing President Biden to declare a national health emergency to increase financial resources and flexibility in states that continue to allow abortion access...
Assistant Speaker Clark Statement on Final Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's final ruling overturning the...
Assistant Speaker Clark Statement on Vote to Send Gun Safety Bill to President Biden’s Desk
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Assistant Speaker of the House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement on her vote to pass the bipartisan gun control bill, the Bipartisan...
Framingham Source: Assistant Speaker Clark: ‘This Decision Will Set Women Back Decades’
Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's final ruling overturning the right to an...
Patch: ‘A Dystopian Nightmare’: Rep Katherine Clark On Overturning Roe V Wade
Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark spoke out Friday morning against the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.Although Massachusetts is one of 14 states,...
Assistant Speaker Clark Statement on the 50th Anniversary of Title IX
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement on the 50th anniversary of Title IX, which states, "No person in the...
Out Front Magazine: Democrats Back Staff-Led Effort for Gender-Neutral Bathrooms in Capitol Hill
Democrats are working together to push for more inclusive gender-neutral bathrooms on Capitol Hill. This group effort began with a letter written by Representatives Hakeem Jeffries and Katherine...