Katherine Clark to start Kitchen Table Tour

MALDEN -- Katherine Clark has had enough of a Congress that doesn't care about the issues affecting women and families. Katherine is launching a kitchen table tour, where she will talk to voters across the Fifth Congressional District about the family issues she has championed during her career as an attorney and legislator and to listen to their concerns.

"The issues you and I talk about around our kitchen tables should be the same issues on the table in Congress," said Clark, a Democratic state senator from Melrose. "Republican extremists continue to push an agenda of rolling back women's rights instead of working on the issues that improve life in our communities -- creating jobs, increasing the minimum wage, protecting Social Security and Medicare, addressing climate change and enacting gun safety measures."

Katherine will be traveling across the district and sitting down with voters around kitchen tables to hear from them directly. A mother of three boys in public schools who helps care for her aging parents, Katherine knows firsthand how federal, state and local government policies affect us, from rising health care costs to new school standards.

"Washington desperately needs a change in the conversation from a focus on repealing laws and standing in the way of progress to advocating for seniors and veterans, fighting for the middle class, and improving education in our schools," Clark said. "I'm looking forward to discussing my priorities with voters and hearing their feedback on what we should be doing to move our country forward."

Katherine's Kitchen Table Tour will begin in Arlington on Monday, Aug. 26. In the first week, Katherine will sit down around kitchen tables with voters in Cambridge, Lexington, Revere, and Framingham. 

About State Senator Katherine Clark
Katherine was sworn in for her second term as a Massachusetts state senator representing Malden, Melrose, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield and Winchester on January 2, 2013. She was first elected in March 2008 to the Massachusetts House of Representatives. 

Senator Clark serves as the Chair of the Joint Committee on the Judiciary and Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse. She also serves on the Joint Committees on Public Health and Public Safety and Homeland Security. Senator Clark is a member of the Advisory Council for the Department of Early Education and Care. In 2011, Senator Clark was appointed to the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy Advisory Board at the University of Massachusetts Boston. 

Katherine has received endorsements from the United Steelworkers Union Local 12012, Ironworkers Local 7, NAGE/IBPO/SEIU Local 5000, Teamsters Local 25, IBEW Local 123 and the Women's Campaign Fund. She has also been placed "On The List" by EMILY's List and has the backing of Attorney General Martha Coakley and Melrose Mayor Robert Dolan.