After launching #MAthanks on April 14, U.S. Reps. Katherine Clark and Kennedy on Friday released "A Massachusetts Thank You" - a virtual thank you card for health care providers and essential...
MetroWest Daily News: Spilka: Fed stimulus needed to support state budgets
BOSTON - Federal stimulus money will be an important piece of efforts to get Massachusetts through the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Senate President Karen Spilka said Friday.The...
Philadelphia Sun: Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, lawmakers, lead bipartisan request for emergency funding to protect domestic violence survivors and their pets during COVID-19 pandemic
LANGHORNE, Pa. — On April 21, U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Vern Buchanan (FL-16), and Katie Porter (CA-45) led a bipartisan group of 78 lawmakers urging House...
The Lowell Sun: Pols: Crisis response at risk without more federal aid
BOSTON - One mayor in U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark's district rented a truck and drove it with his son to a distribution center, loading up with groceries to ensure a local food pantry could stock its...
WBUR: Lawmakers Push Hazard Pay For Workers
Lawmakers from New England said a $600 hazard payment to front-line health care workers, first responders and other employees who face specific risk from the coronavirus must be included in the next...
CLARK ANNOUNCES ART COMPETITION DEADLINE EXTENSION
Office is now accepting virtual submissionsTuesday, April 28, 2020- Malden —Today, Congresswoman Katherine Clark (MA-05) announced that her office will now be accepting virtual submissions...
MetroWest Daily News: Clark announces art competition deadline extension
Congresswoman Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, recently announced that her office will now be accepting virtual submissions for the Congressional Art Competition, and that the submissions deadline...
MSN.com: Can the US economy recover from coronavirus if the budgets of its states are a fiscal disaster?
Governors, mayors, and local officials are begging for help from Washington after Republican opposition halted attempts in the latest rescue package, enacted last week, to add to the $150 billion in...
WBGH: Could Coronavirus Spur Massachusetts To Transform Its Transportation System?
The great pandemic of 2020 may be a steep slide for our economy, but some see it as an unprecedented opportunity to radically transform our aging transit infrastructure and lead to a less...
Armenian Weekly: Congresswoman Katherine Clark (MA-5) on the 105th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
"As we mark the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, we must both recognize this dark time in our world's history and renew our commitment to never let atrocities of this magnitude...
Framingham Source: Mass. Lawmakers Urge Trump Administration to Fully Fund COVID-19 Response for Massachusetts Tribal Nations
WASHINGTON DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives William Keating (D-MA-09), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08),...
Statement from Congresswoman Katherine Clark on the 105th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
"As we mark the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, we must both recognize this dark time in our world's history and renew our commitment to never let atrocities of this magnitude happen...
TIME: If America Doesn’t Invest in Childcare, Who Will Watch Our Kids When We Go Back to Work?
am writing this article, nine months pregnant, as my 3-year-old is dancing around the room singing and my 5-year-old is trying to learn to read over Zoom. Parents across the country are attempting...
EIN: Clark, Fitzpatrick, Buchanan, and Porter Urge Funding to Aid Domestic Violence Survivors and Pets Amidst COVID-19
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, April 22, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Washington, D.C. — Nearly eighty Members of the U.S. House, led by Reps. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., Katie...
Clark, Fitzpatrick, Porter, and Buchanan Lead Bipartisan Request for Emergency Funding to Protect Domestic Violence Survivors and Their Pets During COVID-19 Pandemic
Emergency funding request follows a surge in reports of domestic violenceApril 21, 2020 - Washington, D.C.- Today, Representatives Katherine Clark (MA-05), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Katie Porter...
MassLive: Immigration amid coronavirus: Massachusetts lawmakers pledge to fight President Donald Trump’s order to halt immigration
Several Massachusetts lawmakers say President Donald Trump's plan to halt immigration amid the COVID-19 pandemic smacks of racism and scapegoating designed to divide the nation at a...
WBUR: Livestreams Replace Floor Speeches As Lawmakers Make Their Cases From Home
When Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced her Essential Workers Bill of Rights legislation earlier this month, she couldn't make the usual Senate floor speech to urge her colleagues to include it in the...
Boston Globe: As economy crumbles, Warren, other Mass. lawmakers push Trump to waive state’s share of disaster costs
With the state barreling into — or already in — a pandemic-fueled recession, members of Massachusetts's federal delegation are urging President Trump to waive a requirement the state help cover...
Commonwealth Magazine: The vote must go on
Elected officials may be mindful of the coronavirus pandemic, but the horse race always continues in an emergency, one way or the other.Stephanie Murray at Politico reported on newly-released...
Framingham Source: Congresswoman Clark Hosts Telephone Town Hall With Massachusetts Labor Secretary Tuesday
BOSTON - Massachusetts Congresswoman Katherine Clark will host a telephone town hall with Massachusetts Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Rosalin Acosta on Tuesday, April...