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July 14, 2023

The House adopted a controversial amendment to the annual National Defense Authorization Act that would ban the Pentagon from covering travel expenses for service members seeking abortions, potentially dooming the bill's passage. 

House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark told CBS News earlier Thursday that Democrats would "oppose the bill" if it contains the amendment on the abortion policy. Republicans can only afford to lose four votes without Democratic help. 


July 14, 2023

July 14, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) appeared on CNN This Morning to discuss the MAGA Republican hijacking of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2024 (NDAA). Whip Clark reaffirmed Democrats' commitment to national security and defending reproductive freedom.

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July 13, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar released the following statement: 

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July 13, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) took to the House Floor to condemn House Republicans' inclusion of a devastating anti-abortion amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2024 (NDAA). Below is a transcript of her remarks:

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July 13, 2023

The fate of the annual defense bill was in doubt on Friday, after Republicans loaded the legislation with a raft of conservative social policy restrictions limiting access to abortions, gender transition procedures and diversity training for military personnel, alienating Democrats whose votes G.O.P. leaders had seen as crucial to passing the legislation.


July 12, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement on the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ June 2023 inflation report showing that inflation has fallen to three percent from a high of over nine percent just one year ago: 

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July 11, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) issued the following statement on the

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July 11, 2023

June 30, 2023

REVERE, MA — Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) released the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision in