Lori Trahan

Progressive

Democrat

House Representative

Massachusetts - District 3

Current Position: US House Representative MA-3

Running For: House Representative - District 3

Policy Positions

For defending and expanding the Affordable Care Act, reducing out-of-pocket healthcare costs and prescription drug prices

For increasing federal funding for public education, including full funding of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), increased Title I funding, and support for the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act
For universal free full-day kindergarten and expanded access to affordable early childhood education/pre-K
For holding private universities accountable for high student loan default rates and expanding financial aid/grants for college affordability
For increasing teacher pay and expanding collective bargaining rights for teachers

For the Green New Deal; was an original cosponsor of the legislation
For comprehensive climate change policies that address environmental injustice affecting low-income communities of color, tribal nations, Alaska Native villages, and former mining communities
For aligning U.S. policy with international climate consensus and imposing strict regulations on greenhouse gas emissions

For protecting transgender service members; voted to block Trump administration's ban on transgender troops serving in the military
For abortion rights and access to reproductive healthcare; endorsed by NARAL Pro-Choice America and supports defending access to reproductive healthcare and Title X family planning services
For pay equity measures, including supporting the Paycheck Fairness Act and banning employers from asking about salary history
For protecting and strengthening Title IX protections against sexual harassment/assault in schools

For extending voting rights to 16-year-olds; cosponsored a constitutional amendment to lower the voting age
For overturning Citizens United and supporting the 'Democracy for All Amendment' to allow Congress and states to set overall limits on campaign spending, including prohibitions on corporate and union spending
For the 'Get Foreign Money out of U.S. Elections Act' to ban campaign contributions from foreign-controlled, foreign-influenced, and foreign-owned domestic corporations
For 'The DISCLOSE Act' requiring corporations, unions, and Super PACs to report campaign expenditures of $10,000 or more and disclose transfers to expose sources of large campaign contributions
For 'The Government by the People Act' creating small donor 'People PACs' to amplify the influence of ordinary citizens in elections
For expanding voting rights and reducing barriers to civic engagement rather than restricting access to voting

For withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria; voted for H.Con.Res. 21 directing the President to remove troops within 180 days
For banning the transfer of cluster munitions to Ukraine, breaking with the Biden administration on this vote
For comprehensive immigration reform including a pathway to citizenship and bipartisan protections for DACA recipients/DREAMers
Against building a border wall, while supporting other border security measures
For increasing the number of immigration court judges and modernizing case management to reduce immigration court backlogs

For criminalizing the use of mail or interstate communication to intentionally assist another person in suicide; introduced the Stop Online Suicide Assistance Forums Act
For closing legal loopholes that allow domestic abusers to purchase firearms
For strict gun control measures, including a mandatory federal buyback program for semi-automatic weapons, making ownership of assault rifles without a special permit a felony, closing the 'gun show loophole' to require background checks on all gun sales, closing the 'terror gap' loophole (No-fly, No-buy), opposing concealed carry reciprocity, creating a Select Committee on Gun Violence, repealing the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), and reinstating the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban