Rep. Stephen F. Lynch

I am with my colleagues and union brothers and sisters to fight for Fair Trade for Working Families! Join our livestream here - youtube.com/live/dJrhStwcC…

Please be advised that I will be hosting a Virtual Town Hall next Tuesday, May 19, starting at 6:30 p.m.   To sign up, please register here - tthm.com/RepLynch

Great to join many friends in Canton for the Annual Town Meeting.   Very grateful to Canton Town Moderator, Dick Staiti, for allowing me to provide a brief update on our joint effort with our State colleagues, @MassGovernor, @PaulFeeneyMA, and Rep. Bill Galvin to ensure that Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children remains open for children with complex medical needs and the families who rely on the support they receive at Pappas.   I also had the opportunity to acknowledge outgoing Town Manager Charlie Doody and the Canton Select board, who played key roles in helping Canton qualify for more than $9 million in federal funding through ARPA and other federal appropriations, which were used to fund essential projects including water infrastructure improvements, equipment for our first responders, and HVAC upgrades to the Hansen and JFK schools.

It was a full house tonight at Coakley Middle School for @TownofNorwoodMA Town Meeting! Extremely grateful to Town Moderator Gerri Slater for the opportunity to provide an update on the current situation at Norwood Hospital. With the help of @SenatorMikeRush and Rep. John Rogers, we will continue to fight to reopen Norwood Hospital as a full-service, nonprofit healthcare facility. Sincere thanks to Members of the Norwood Selectboard, Robert Donnelly, Amanda Grow, Michael Saad, William Plasko, and Matthew Lane, and to the residents and volunteers of Norwood for your dedication and hard work.

While regularly voting by mail himself, President Trump recently issued an executive order directing the @USPS to determine which mail-in votes will be counted and refuse the delivery of any ballot cast by otherwise eligible voters if they are not named on newly created federal voter lists which will severely restrict the ability of senior citizens, overseas service members, disabled veterans and other American citizens to exercise their right to vote. In support of voting rights and election integrity, I recently introduced the Vote by Mail Protection Act to invalidate this unlawful and partisan executive order and prohibit the U.S. Postal Service and other federal agencies from using any taxpayer funds to restrict voting rights.   I am thankful for the support of @Public_Citizen, @NALC_National, the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, and the @napshq,who have endorsed H.R. 8666. I am also grateful to my @OversightDems colleagues and my colleagues on the the Congressional Postal Caucus for supporting this important legislation – including @RepRobertGarcia, @RepNikkiB, @RepChrisPappas, @Rep_Walkinshaw, and @EleanorNorton.

Wishing a very happy and relaxing Mother’s Day to all of the moms and grandmothers today. We appreciate all you do - today and every day!

Congress has historically enacted the Farm Bill on a bipartisan basis to authorize funding for critical food and agriculture programs, including food for children in Head Start, school lunch programs and “Meals on Wheels” for Seniors, including 125,000 recipients our area.    However, I voted NO on the new Farm Bill because it doesn’t address $187 billion in cuts to food for children and seniors at the direction of President Trump. This Farm Bill also does nothing to alleviate the upcoming shift of SNAP costs to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

I will be voting NO on the reauthorization of FISA Section 702 until we see explicit protections for civil liberties and ensure that our federal intelligence agencies are operating within the law.

With oil and gas prices at a 4-year high and food inflation nearly 8% higher than in 2025, I voted NO on another fast-track, Republican budget proposal because it failed to include any cost-of-living relief for working families. The previous Republicans proposal resulted in the enactment of President Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill,” – which forced 24 million Americans to lose their health insurance and included $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid funds for our local hospitals, Community Health Centers and Nursing Homes, and cut $186 billion in funding for Head Start, School Lunch programs and “Meals on Wheels” for seniors.

For over 60 years, the bipartisan Voting Rights Act has protected the fundamental right of every American citizen to vote. Amid unlawful efforts by President Trump to undermine the integrity of our elections, repeal voting by mail (except for him), and restrict voting rights, a misguided Supreme Court majority has now attacked our landmark civil rights and voting rights law. We must not allow the right to vote to be taken away from anyone in this country, and we must continue to fight for the passage of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act – to restore and protect the right to vote.

As a direct result of the resolution filed by our Committee, @OversightDems, to hold her in contempt of Congress, former Attorney General Pam Bondi has finally agreed to comply with our subpoena to testify in our Committee’s Epstein investigation under oath. I look forward to questioning Ms. Bondi on May 29th about her efforts to withhold thousands of pieces of evidence connecting President Trump to Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and other obstructions, as well as the full extent of her knowledge of crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators – including information contained in the more than 2.5 million files that the Trump Department of Justice is unlawfully withholding from Congress.

Today, on Workers’ Memorial Day, we commit to making workplaces safer in remembrance of each worker who lost their life or has been injured on the job site.   As a proud member and former President of Ironworkers Local 7 and vice-chair of the Congressional Labor Caucus, I will always fight for our workers and support legislation that strengthens worker protections and enforces safe working conditions.

Yesterday, I joined @HinghamMA residents for a Town Meeting at Hingham High School. Thank you to Hingham Town Moderator Michael Puzo, Town Administrator Tom Mayo, Selectboard Members Liz Klein, Bill Ramsey, and Julie Strehle, Town Clerk Carol Falvey, Hingham Fire Chief Steve Murphy, @HinghamPolice Chief David Jones, all of our first responders, and all of the Hingham residents who showed up tonight. Great to see democracy in action!

It was great to meet with MA-08 residents representing @AmericaforUA in Washington. I am proud to stand with our Ukrainian friends as they continue to fight for freedom and democracy, and I will continue advocating for military funding to aid Ukraine in their fight against Russian aggression.   Thank you to David Courage, Mark Beloborodov, Halyna Padalko, Eugene Goncharov, and Nodira Uhlanova for your advocacy on this important issue.

From his reckless threats to annihilate a “whole civilization” in Iran to his shameless attacks targeting @Pontifex , President Trump continues to exhibit unhinged behavior that is unfitting of the office of the President of the United States. I strongly support H.R. 8275 – a bill to establish a bipartisan commission, made up of former Presidents and other retired Executive Branch officials, physicians, and psychiatrists, to assess presidential fitness and ensure that the President is fully and faithfully capable of discharging the powers and duties of the office.

Today I had the pleasure of welcoming our District's @CongressionalAC winner, Isaac Wu, a high school student from Westwood, to the Capitol.   I had the opportunity to talk to Isaac about his app, "Inspect", which aims to teach its users how to detect AI content, as well as my work on the House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence.   Congratulations, Isaac – our future is bright!

I just voted to support the Corporate Transparency Act – a bipartisan law enacted by Congress to prevent terrorists, drug dealers, human traffickers, and other bad actors from shielding illicit conduct from law enforcement agencies by hiding behind anonymous shell companies. Understanding who actually owns and operates companies improves our ability to combat illicit finance, which totaled over $4 trillion in 2025. @USHouseFSC Democrats are committed to standing up to protect American consumers and the safety and soundness of our markets.

While President Trump may claim that “we make a lot of money” when oil prices go up, working families in Massachusetts and nationwide are bearing the brunt of his reckless economic and foreign policies. With the average price for a gallon of gas for Massachusetts residents now approaching $4 and the average monthly household electric bill close to $200, President Trump has proposed a Fiscal Year 2027 budget that will only increase the cost of living for working families by slashing critical funding for housing, public schools, food, medical research, and other areas. As Congress considers federal spending priorities, I will continue to fight for investments in education, nutrition, healthcare, housing, and childcare that will lower costs for working families.

It was great to join my friends at the @Mass_BTU this morning for their annual legislative Conference.   Special thanks to President Frank Callahan and all of our union members for your advocacy on behalf of safe working conditions and fair contracts for our workers.   As a proud member of Ironworkers Local 7, I consider it a privilege to stand up for working men and women here in Washington!