Feb 21, 2025Sponsored
Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act of 2025
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DemocratMassachusetts · U.S. Representative
Lori
Trahan
U.S. Representative for Massachusetts
In office
7 yrsSince Jan 2019
Next election
2027Re-elected 2021
Age
52Born Oct 27, 1973
Party
Democrat
What they stand for
Trahan has spent time focused on a few core fights. Each is tied to bills actually introduced or votes actually cast.
- 01Children's healthcare access should be expandedTrahan has sponsored legislation to improve children's access to healthcare providers. HR.1509, the Accelerating Kids' Access to Care Act of 2025, and its predecessor HR.4758 each drew between 100 and 199 cosponsors, indicating broad support for the measure's provisions directed at reducing barriers to pediatric care.
- 02Consumer data privacy warrants federal legislative actionTrahan sponsored HR.2612, the DELETE Act, which addresses individuals' ability to request removal of their personal data held by data brokers, and HR.2019, the TLDR Act, aimed at simplifying terms-of-service disclosures. Both bills were referred to committee and represent repeated legislative attention to consumer-facing digital privacy concerns.
- 03College athletes should have economic rightsTrahan sponsored HR.4868, the College Athlete Economic Freedom Act, which addresses compensation rights for college athletes. The bill was referred to committee and has been reintroduced across multiple Congresses, reflecting sustained attention to the intersection of amateur athletics and economic equity.
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01 · Background
Who they are, where they came from
Lori Trahan represents Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district, a seat she has held since January 2019. The district encompasses Boston's northwestern suburbs, including Lowell, Lawrence, Concord, and Trahan's hometown of Westford. Before her election to Congress, she served as chief of staff to Representative Marty Meehan in Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. Her legislative work has centered on children's healthcare access, consumer data privacy, and college athlete compensation, reflected in bills including HR.1509, HR.2612, and HR.4868.
02 · Recent significant work
What they’ve done lately
Jul 19, 2023Sponsored
Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act
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Aug 29, 2025Sponsored
Supporting the goals of Overdose Awareness Day and strengthening efforts to combat the opioid crisis in the United States.
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Aug 1, 2025Sponsored
College Athlete Economic Freedom Act
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Apr 17, 2025Sponsored
Expressing support for the designation of April 17, 2025, as "Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day" to remember the horrific slaughter of almost 2,000,000 Cambodian people at the hand of the Khmer Rouge regime.
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03 · What's coming up
Bills they’ll vote on next
Bills that have cleared committee and are heading for a floor vote. See all upcoming votes →
House·HR.1071Reported to floor
No Censors on our Shores Act of 2025
Would bar entry and allow deportation of foreign officials who suppressed U.S. citizens' speech.
House·HR.151Reported to floor
Equal Representation Act of 2025
Would base House seat apportionment on citizen population rather than total population.
House·HR.2071Reported to floor
Save Our Shrimpers Act
Would bar U.S. funds to international institutions financing foreign shrimp operations.
House·HR.2076Reported to floor
Lulu’s Law
Would require the FCC to explicitly authorize wireless emergency alerts for shark attacks.
House·HR.2159Reported to floor
Count the Crimes to Cut Act
Would require public databases listing all federal criminal statutory and regulatory offenses.
04 · Money
Where the campaign funds come from
Trahan raised $1.3M in the 2026 cycle, with 46.8% from PAC contributions and 51.3% from individuals — all of it from itemized contributions of $200 or more, with no small-dollar donors reported. Top PAC contributors include the Clark Trahan Pressley Victory Fund, a joint fundraising committee, along with Cencora, Inc. PAC, the American College of Radiology Association PAC, and labor PACs from the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Top employer concentrations among individual donors include Markley Group, Benchmark Senior Living, and Suffolk Construction.
Total raised · 2026
$1.3M
Cash on hand
$1.7M
Spent
$1.1M
By source
- Individuals$665K · 51.3%
- PACs$606K · 46.8%
- Other$23K · 1.8%
Individual donor mix
Small-donor share (under $200)0.0%
Top PAC contributors
- CLARK TRAHAN PRESSLEY VICTORY FUNDFEC ↗$23K
- CENCORA, INC. PACFEC ↗$10K
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEFEC ↗$10K
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUEFEC ↗$5K
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEFEC ↗$5K
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERSFEC ↗$5K
- EMD SERONO, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEFEC ↗$5K
- UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC)FEC ↗$5K
- SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. PAC (S+N PAC)FEC ↗$5K
- DELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEFEC ↗$5K
Top employer concentrations
- MARKLEY GROUP$18K· 5 donors
- BENCHMARK SENIOR LIVING$8K· 17 donors
- FIREHOUSE CAPITAL INC.$7K· 2 donors
- SUFFOLK CONSTRUCTION$7K· 2 donors
- ISCHEMIX INC.$7K· 2 donors
- LIFE YIELD$7K· 2 donors
- WORLDCOM EXCHANGE INC.$7K· 2 donors
- BARR FOUNDATION$7K· 2 donors
- ANALYSIS GROUP$7K· 2 donors
- SUNSHINE PAVING CORP$7K· 2 donors
Self-reported employer data. Categories like “Retired” and “Not Employed” are excluded — these reflect demographic patterns rather than industry concentrations.
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