MEET DEMOCRATIC WHIP KATHERINE CLARK
Working for you
Congresswoman Katherine Clark is a force for progressive change, determined legislator, and advocate for justice.
Katherine has always viewed politics as a means for positive change. She believes that our success is intertwined, and when we uplift others – especially those most often left out and left behind, all of us are stronger.
Every day, she uses her voice and position as Democratic Whip to deliver on the issues families are talking about around their kitchen tables.
Path to Leadership
Katherine grew up having dinner every Sunday with her grandmother, a World War II factory floor worker who was a real-life Rosie the Riveter. Around that kitchen table is where she saw the power of public service and stepping up to commit to something larger than yourself.
It was that spirit that prompted Katherine to first run for School Committee in her hometown of Melrose and eventually, for Congress. She saw the issues facing women, children, and families and was determined to build a stronger and more just country where every person has a fair shot at success.
Katherine has carried that vision through every position she’s held. She is a consensus builder among her constituents and colleagues, who elected her Democratic Whip of the House in 2022. Now, Katherine uses her position in leadership to help advocate for families nationwide – recognizing that when families are successful, America is successful.
Working for you
- Katherine is the leading progressive advocate in the Democratic leadership in Congress. She’s devoted her career to fighting for hardworking Americans and progressive causes, such as gun control, abortion access, and workers’ rights. Now she’s leading the fight to hold Trump’s ICE accountable, to oppose the Trump tariffs that are raising prices for all of us, and to stop the costly and reckless Iran War.
- Elected Democratic Whip by her colleagues, making her the second woman to ever serve at the top of House leadership, and the highest-ever ranking woman from Massachusetts.
- Played a critical role in passing the American Rescue Plan, which significantly increased the child tax credit and expanded childcare, and is leading the fight against Trump’s cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.
- Fights for women’s economic power through the child tax credit, equal pay for equal work, paid leave, and affordable childcare. Now she’s leading the fight to ensure access to abortion and birth control across the country and stop political prosecutions of doctors and women who are forced to cross state lines for healthcare.