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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.

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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:

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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.

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February 14, 2024

On the sixth anniversary of the Parkland shooting, Florida Democrats in Congress are asking credit companies to flag suspicious gun purchases.

U.S. Reps. Jared Moskowitz and Maxwell Frost filed legislation clearing the way for merchant codes to allow for that. The Identify Gun Stores Act would override laws in several states, including one signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis last year.

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February 14, 2024

Two Florida Democrats introduced legislation to track suspicious gun and ammunition purchases on Wednesday, the sixth anniversary of the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., that left 14 students and three staff members dead.

Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.), who represents Parkland, unveiled the legislation along with Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.), who represents Orlando, where the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting happened. Other lawmakers joined the two at a press conference to honor the victims of the 2018 shooting.

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February 14, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) took to the House Floor to recognize the sixth anniversary of the tragic mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Below is a transcript of her remarks: 

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February 14, 2024

The nation's top education official last month toured the abandoned school building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to survey lessons and assess the complicated legacy of the horrific mass shooting six years ago this Wednesday, Feb. 14.

U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, the highest-ranking federal official to survey the scene of the carnage, said he was moved by what he saw, and by what he heard from surviving parents and spouses of the 17 students and staff members that he met with during the somber visit.

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February 13, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democratic Whip Katherine Clark released the following statement on the House Republican Majority’s baseless impeachment of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas:


February 8, 2024

LEESBURG, VA — Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined DPCC Co-Chairs Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Lauren Underwood (IL-14), and Lori Trahan (MA-3) for a press conference at the House Democrats’ 2024 Issues Conference, where they underscored the urgency of the fight for reproductive freedom and House Democrats' commit

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