Reps. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) and Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) are privately campaigning for the role of assistant speaker by aggressively meeting with members to garner support...
The Daily News: Clark Amplifies Call for National Mask Mandate:
In an appeal she paired with a fundraising request, Congresswoman Katherine Clark on Tuesday called for people across the U.S. to wear masks when in public places. "It's unbelievable that we don't...
MassLive: Jacob Blake’s shooting by Wisconsin police sparks outcry among Massachusetts lawmakers
Jacob Blake, the Black man whose shooting in the back by Wisconsin police in front of his children on Sunday sparked ongoing protests, found strong support Monday among Massachusetts lawmakers, who...
Clark, Pocan Lead 90 Dems Demanding DeJoy Removal
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Congresswoman Katherine Clark (D-MA), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, and Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI), Co-Chair of the Progressive Caucus, led a letter of 90...
Clark, Massachusetts Delegation Urge Governor Baker to Release State Data on Coronavirus Cases in Massachusetts Child Care Centers
Washington DC - Today, Congresswoman Katherine Clark (MA-5), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, along with United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and...
Boston Globe: Congressional delegation demands Baker release child-care data
The 11-member Massachusetts congressional delegation wrote to Governor Charlie Baker on Thursday urging him to release data on cases of coronavirus at child-care centers after the Globe reported...
CommonWealth Magazine: Private-pay childcare providers struggling
JENNIFER SIMPSON, who runs a family daycare in Southbridge, will have lost more than $33,000 in tuition money by the time she reopens August 31.She has spent nearly $6,000 preparing to reopen...
Revere Journal: Clark Secures Airplane Noise Reduction Measure
Highlighting the collaboration between the state and federal delegation, Rep. Katherine Clark (MA-05), Massachusetts House Speaker Bob DeLeo, and State Sen. Joe Boncore (First Suffolk...
State House News Service: Food Security Demands Persist Months Into COVID-19 Crisis
During the height of the COVID-19 crisis, the Healthy Waltham organization regularly helped about 700 families access a stable source of nutritious food.The need has not decreased much since the...
Clark Secures Critical Airplane Noise Reduction Measure in Appropriations Bill
Collaborative effort with Speaker DeLeo, Senator Boncore will benefit Massachusetts households with outdated airplane noise mitigation systemsWinthrop/Revere/East Boston, MA - Highlighting the...
WBUR: Rep. Katherine Clark Talks Priorities For Emergency Pandemic Aid Measures
Rep. Katherine Clark represents Massachusetts' 5th district and is also the Vice Chair Of House Democratic Caucus. She joins us to discuss the impact of President Trump's executive...
Cape Cod Times: Federal lawmakers push to waive COVID-19 cost-sharing for tribes
WASHINGTON — Members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation have sent another letter to President Donald Trump asking that he direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency to waive...
WCVB5: Members of Massachusetts congressional delegation criticize Trump’s executive order
Members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation are calling out President Donald Trump after he signed executive orders that defer payroll taxes for some Americans and extend unemployment...
Clark, House Members Urge Congress to Include Emergency Child Care Legislation in Next COVID-19 Stimulus
Washington DC - Today, Congresswoman Katherine Clark (MA-5), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, joined with Reps. Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Richard Neal (MA-1), Danny K. Davis (IL-7), Marcia...
Roll Call: Demeaned, overlooked, fighting back: What it’s like to be a woman in Congress
When Katherine Clark first came to Congress, someone manning the House chamber tried to stop her from setting foot inside. They didn't recognize her.The second time it happened, she wasn't even all...
CNN: Katherine Clark and Fatima Goss Graves: Women are in a terrible new bind
In five short, devastating months, the coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the inequities at the heart of America's economy and our society. Entire workforces are being asked to sacrifice their own...
WHDH: Clark: Child care ‘essential’ to economic recovery
The American child care industry had already been stretched thin before the pandemic hit, and once the highly infectious virus prompted widespread closures and work-from-home policies, the need for...
House Passes Historic Child Care Bailout to Support Working Providers, Parents and Boost America’s Economy, Includes Clark’s Child Care is Infrastructure Act
Washington DC - Today, Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Representative Katherine Clark celebrated the passage of the Child Care is Essential Act and the Child Care for Economic...
Huffington Post: The House Just Passed A Massive Child Care Rescue
The House on Wednesday passed a massive child care bailout in the form of two bills that would provide billions of dollars for an industry that has been long neglected. All the Democrats...
Motherly: Nearly 8 million Americans can’t work because they don’t have childcare
Childcare in America was a patchwork quilt full of holes before the pandemic, barely covering the needs of American families. Then the pandemic ripped the raggedy blanket away and revealed just how...