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March 21, 2024

The Republican Study Committee has released its proposed 2025 budget which would take an ax to major elements of the social safety net, healthcare system, and civil rights, while affecting nearly every American, either now or in the future.

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March 21, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (CA-11), Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (CA-33), Assistant Democratic Leader Joe Neguse (CO-2), Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), and Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) to celebrate fourteen years since House passage of the Affordable Care Act.  

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March 13, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) for a press conference to mark Equal Pay Day, which symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men did in 2023. Even 60 years since the passage of the Equal Pay Act, women still earn only 84 cents for every dollar a man makes—and the wage gap is even steeper for moms, women of color, and others.

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March 7, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the below statement following President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address:

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March 7, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. —  Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Lois Frankel (FL-22), Pro-Choice Caucus Co-Chairs Barbara Lee (CA-12) and Diana DeGette (CO-1), and Reps. Judy Chu (CA-28), Joyce Beatty (OH-3), and Shontel Brown (OH-11) to highlight Democrats’ continued fight for reproductive freedom alongside the patients, providers, and advocates they invited to attend President Biden’s 2024 State of the Union Address.

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March 5, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) announced Amanda Zurawski of Texas as her guest at President Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union Address.


February 29, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Lois Frankel (FL-22) and Reps. Susan Wild (PA-7), Terri Sewell (AL-7), Lori Trahan (MA-3), Susie Lee (NV-3), and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) to demand action on Rep. Wild’s Access to Family Building Act — legislation codifying Americans’ right to use IVF. Below is a transcript of her remarks: 

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February 29, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democratic Whip Katherine Clark released the following statement applauding the Biden-Harris Administration’s latest action that will cut the cost of child care for working families:

“Democrats are getting the job done. As a result of today’s announcement, 100,000 families will have more money in their pockets, child care providers will have more financial stability, and our entire economy will grow. 

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February 26, 2024

PRINCETON, NJ — Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-05),  Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), and New Jersey Human Services Commissioner Sarah Adelman toured the Princeton YMCA, discussed the importance of childcare services like those provided by the YMCA, and committed to securing and using federal funding to support families with childcare services.

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February 21, 2024

“This epidemic of gun violence is as uniquely American as the Super Bowl itself, and it's marring the soul of the American people,” wrote Whip Clark.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In case you missed it, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) published an op-ed today reflecting on America’s gun violence epidemic and Republican extremists’ refusal to pass commonsense reforms. 

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