WASHINGTON (AP) — Women—and some men—in Congress have been fighting for government child care assistance for almost 80 years. With President Joe Biden's $1.85 trillion social services...
Fox2Detroit: Congresswomen Lawrence, Dingell read to preschoolers to highlight importance of early childhood education
Congresswomen Brenda Lawrence and Debbie Dingell read to Metro Detroit preschoolers Monday to highlight the importance of investing in early childhood education.U.S. Speaker of the House Katherine...
Money Talk News: Bill Would Protect Older Job Seekers From Discrimination
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protect Older Job Applicants (POJA) Act of 2021 on Nov. 4 by a vote of 224-200, with seven Republicans supporting the legislation. It heads to the Senate...
Assistant Speaker Clark Statement on Passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Advancement of Build Back Better Act
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement on the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the progress made to pass the...
Boston Herald: Massachusetts delegation, minus one, votes for federal infrastructure bill
After a tense, drawn out negotiation period on Capitol Hill to pass a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, it succeeded late Friday night — though not all Massachusetts House members voted in...
Political Wire: How the Deal Happened
House Democrats broke a monthslong fever Friday that has imperiled their entire domestic agenda, thanks to a truce from moderates and liberals brokered to advance more than $2 trillion in party...
Clark Releases New Data on the Child Tax Credit’s Impact on Massachusetts Families
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) highlighted a new fact sheet from the Joint Economic Committee that outlines how the Democrats' Child Tax Credit...
Framingham Source: Assistant Speaker Clark Releases New Data On Child Tax Credit’s Impact on Massachusetts Families
Today, November 5, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) highlighted a new fact sheet from the Joint Economic Committee that outlines how the Democrats' Child Tax Credit (CTC) is...
Clark Celebrates House Passage of Legislation to Protect Older Job Applicants
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Assistant Speaker Clark (MA-5) celebrated the passage of the Protect Older Job Applicants (POJA) Act, legislation to protect older job applicants from age discrimination...
CNN: Erin Burnett OutFront
Katherine Clark says they want to pass a bill that will do the most good for the most people. She is Assistant Speaker of the House and a member of the Democratic Progressive...
Framingham Source: Assistant Speaker Clark Lauds Passage of Protect Older Job Applicants Act
Today, November 4, Assistant Speaker Clark (MA-5) celebrated the passage of the Protect Older Job Applicants (POJA) Act, legislation to protect older job applicants from age...
Assistant Speaker Clark Joins Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Combat Workplace Harassment and Increase Transparency and Accountability
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (D-MA-05) joined Representative Lois Frankel (D-FL-21) in reintroducing the Ending the Monopoly of Power Over Workplace harassment...
Boston Globe: With little margin for error, Democrats in Washington scramble to enact Biden’s agenda and save their slim congressional majorities
Senator Bernie Sanders charged out of a tunnel below the US Capitol building this week and straight into a gaggle of reporters searching for any clues on the biggest mystery in Washington — the fate...
Framingham Source: Assistant Speaker Clark Joins Legislation To Combat Workplace Harassment
Today, November 3, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (D-MA-05) joined Representative Lois Frankel (D-FL-21) in reintroducing the Ending the Monopoly of Power Over Workplace harassment through...
MassisPost: Ambassador Lilit Makunts Briefs US Lawmakers on Challenges Following 44-day War
Lilit Makunts, Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the United States, held a discussion-meeting with more than a dozen members of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, in the Capitol...
The Independent: Women lawmakers lead charge against Senator Joe Manchin’s intransigence on key bill
Female Democratic members of Congress and senators, particularly women of colour, are pushing back on Sen Joe Manchin's efforts to pare down on their party's social spending and climate bill and...
Boston Business Journal: Viewpoint: Child care is our most glaring post-pandemic learned lesson
As employers and workers who have been operating with remote structures since the pandemic return to in-person or hybrid work, we cannot miss this critical moment to address what the pandemic has...
Boston Globe: Lawmakers propose new congressional maps for Mass.
Massachusetts lawmakers on Monday unveiled a plan to retool the state's nine congressional districts that reorganizes several of their boundaries but avoids the dramatic overhaul that defined the...
Boston Globe: A Q&A with Representative Katherine Clark on where negotiations stand on child care measures in the social spending bill
President Biden's proposed social spending bill contains billions of dollars to address child care in the United States, an issue top of mind to Massachusetts families, for whom the cost of care is...
ArmenPress: Armenian Ambassador to US meets with Congresswoman Katherine Clark
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS. On October 26th Lilit Makunts, Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the Unites States of America, met with Assistant to the Speaker of the House Representatives,...