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Trump's HUD Secretary sat in front of me defending Trump's $1.5 TRILLION war budget—a budget that gives more money for war and CUTS funding for housing. Instead of giving Pete Hegseth HALF A TRILLION dollars, we could build at least 1 million new homes in America.
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Great work ushering America into its "golden age", President Trump!
link:https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/12/economy/us-cpi-inflation-april
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I asked Director Patel to pass on my thanks for FBI's work stopping a crook who scammed Medicare out of $205 million. He obliged. Only problem? Trump pardoned that scammer. So which is it? Should the FBI keep uncovering fraud, or should Trump keep pardoning these crooks?
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"This is what real leadership looks like at the FBI." OK... well if that's the case, it doesn't look very good.
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While Trump & Hegseth ask Congress for a $1.5 TRILLION war budget, they won’t tell Congress the full cost of the Iran war. Families want relief at the pump, not another payday for defense CEOs & they deserve to know how much has already been blown on Trump’s war of choice.
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BREAKING: For the SEVENTH time, the Senate voted to end Trump's war of choice with Iran—and for the SEVENTH time, Senate Republicans blocked it. End the war NOW.
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After cutting your health care, Republicans want to spend $1 BILLION on Trump's ballroom. Absolutely not. I'm voting NO.
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Look, he's not even pretending at this point. He DOES NOT CARE if you can't afford anything or get by because of his war. And this war wasn't even about the threat of Iran having nuclear weapons because there was NO imminent threat.
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Did you get a raise in the past year? So did gas prices & just about everything else. Trump's war with Iran and tariffs have jacked inflation up to its highest levels in years.
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/business/economy/cpi-inflation-report-consumer-prices.html
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FDA’s work is life and death. From disease outbreaks to drug shortages. Families rely on the FDA every time they go to the pharmacy, and every time they sit down for a meal. But Trump wants to put politics over science. America deserves better than this dumpster fire.
link:https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/dr-marty-makary-fda-commissioner-rcna344765?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&taid=6a03624d32982f0001548e19&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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If FBI Director Patel wants to pass out branded bourbon or pop bottles in a locker room, he should stick to podcasting. This is a serious job & I don't believe the American people can count on him. Patel should never have been confirmed. He should resign or be fired.
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My message to Pete Hegseth on Trump's $1.5 trillion war budget: “Every gun made... every rocket fired signifies... a theft from those who hunger and are not fed... This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the hopes of its children.”
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I asked Secretary Hegseth what he expects working families to give up to pay for this $1.5 TRILLION war budget. Child care or health care?
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Translation: Trump started a war he promised he wouldn't start and you are now paying way more for gas and groceries.
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Republicans are racing to give Trump $1 billion for his ballroom & Trump is spending your tax dollars—not to lower your costs—but to repaint the Reflecting Pool. Are Republicans going to say anything or keep silently bending the knee?
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Another extension, but this shouldn't be complicated. Mifepristone is safe and effective, and women should be able to get abortion medication through the mail or telehealth if they need. Extremist judges shouldn't get to decide how women get health care.
link:https://apnews.com/article/abortion-pills-mifepristone-supreme-court-louisiana-5cb02123db6e8e5520cd995efc751b82
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How about instead of a website that pushes dangerous crisis pregnancy centers that lie about abortion care, the federal government just invest in health care, child care, paid leave, and other things that would actually help working moms?
link:https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5871874-trump-launches-moms-gov-website/
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THIS ⬇️ Trump has gutted our nation's pandemic preparedness, and we are already seeing the consequences. Cuts to our public health infrastructure today will just mean potentially astronomical costs tomorrow.
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/health/hantavirus-americans-cdc.html
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Tear gas and pepper spraying children is unacceptable. Period. We cannot accept this level of barbaric cruelty as normal. The agents responsible for harming kids must be held accountable for these heinous actions.
link:https://www.propublica.org/article/kids-tear-gas-trump-immigration-crackdown
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Nearly a million people in WA state qualify for federal legal aid—a program Trump wants to defund entirely. I met with clients whose lives were changed by the work this funding makes possible. I protected funding for legal aid this year, and I’ll do it again.
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Republicans CHOSE to let the ACA tax credits expire & drive up health care costs, forcing families to drop coverage. Their argument? It's too expensive to lower YOUR health care costs. But somehow there is ALWAYS money for Trump's reckless foreign wars and gold-plated ballrooms.
link:https://www.khq.com/national/unprecedented-40-000-washingtonians-drop-health-insurance-after-enhanced-premium-tax-credits-expire/article_726350bd-a0f5-40c8-aa01-fbfac232a45a.html
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Trump is out-of-touch with reality. It’s simple: the American people don’t care about the bottom of the reflecting pool being painted or a White House ballroom. They care about being able to afford to put food on the table and get health care when they need it.
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I met with kids in Yakima who rely on housing and homelessness programs to keep a roof over their heads. Trump tried to cut these programs by HALF. I said no–and even increased that funding. Let’s build more housing for our kids, not a ballroom for Trump.
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There it is. Republicans’ SAVE Act is not about protecting the right to vote – it’s about putting up barriers to make it harder for certain people to vote. Senate Democrats will block this anti-democracy garbage from ever becoming law.
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Today is Military Spouses Day & I want to express how grateful I am to our military spouses for their sacrifices. Congress must do more than extend its gratitude; that’s why, from housing to affordable child care, I'm fighting to give military families the support they deserve.
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Trump pushed out as many VA providers as he could, without worrying about the consequences, and now the VA is refusing to fill badly-need clinical positions. This means longer wait times for veterans and more burnout for already overwhelmed providers. Our veterans deserve better.
link:https://www.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-mental-health-therapists-quit-trump
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Hantavirus is the latest virus outbreak in the news right now. I promise you it won't be the last. It's not a question of IF there will be another pandemic, it's a question of WHEN. Americans need to realize Trump is razing our public health infrastructure to the ground.
link:https://www.notus.org/health-science/experts-worried-us-response-hantavirus
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Trump wants massive funding cuts for the Hanford cleanup, which would mean pointless delays and drive up costs even more. Not on my watch. Workers have made incredible progress turning nuclear waste into glass. I won’t let Trump threaten our environment and our future.
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What happened to radical transparency? What happened to going wherever the science leads us? Trump is putting our public health at risk by burying basic studies telling us that vaccines are safe and effective because it doesn't align with RFK Jr.’s junk science priorities.
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/us/politics/fda-covid-vaccine-studies.html
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I spoke with health care providers in Ellensburg, and here's what I know: Medicaid cuts mean more uninsured patients and tougher margins for rural hospitals already stretched thin. It's not an accident—it was a GOP policy decision. We need a Congress that will repeal the cuts.
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For Republicans, there's always money for ICE and there's even ONE BILLION DOLLARS for Trump’s White House ballroom. But there's no money to help you or your family get by. Oh and whatever happened to everything being privately funded?
link:https://www.foxnews.com/politics/once-touted-privately-funded-republicans-sneak-taxpayer-cash-trumps-ballroom-project
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Last year, Republicans passed the single largest cut to health care in our nation’s history—& rural hospitals are taking the biggest hit. I was at Kittitas Valley Healthcare to talk about the status of health care here in Central WA. Instead of funding Trump's war, we should fund Medicaid.
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Republicans kicked millions of kids and families off SNAP, then drove up the cost of basically everything with Trump's reckless tariffs and war of choice with Iran. They do not care about helping working families—not one bit—and I will keep fighting back.
link:https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/how-many-people-lost-snap-benefits-one-big-beautiful-bill
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The Fifth Circuit's ruling to limit access to medication abortion was a political decision by a few extremist judges. SCOTUS paused that ruling—now Congressional Democrats are arguing what the science always made clear: mifepristone is safe & effective.
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Republicans' next big legislative push includes: ✅ $70+ billion for ICE & Border Patrol ✅$1 billion for Trump’s ballroom ❌ $0 for health care ❌$0 to help you afford the basics Budgets show your priorities—and this makes clear Republicans won't lift a finger to help working families.
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If you are mad about Republicans' shoveling $1 BILLION at Trump's ballroom—as you should be!—just remember: Trump is asking them to blow 1500x times that amount on his war budget.
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/us/politics/republicans-immigration-bill-trump-ballroom.html
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Radical judges tried to rip mifepristone away from women in America. SCOTUS paused that ruling—and I just led every Senate Democrat in an amicus brief making the case the science already made: mifepristone is safe & effective. Extremists shouldn't decide how we get our medicine.
link:https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5863681-democrats-urge-supreme-court-overturn-abortion-pill-ruling/
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Even Republicans don't support Trump's Big, Ugly, Bloated War budget. $1.5 TRILLION for war while he cuts investments here at home? Absolutely not. I'm tearing up his budget to write a new one that actually invests in America and our families.
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Families can't afford to fill their tank and put food on the table because of Republican wars and tariffs. Health care is more expensive than ever thanks to Republican cuts and obstruction. Americans simply don't care about a stupid ballroom.
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Trump passed the largest cuts to Medicaid in history. Hospitals are laying off staff and closing because of him. Right now, in several states like mine, he's using AI to deny seniors on Medicare the treatments their doctors are recommending. These are just facts.
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Firefighters and nurses don’t get to hide their money in a trust fund and skip out on paying their taxes—billionaires shouldn’t get to either. My new bill would close tax loopholes for billionaires with more than $50 million in dynasty trusts.
link:https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/may/03/with-wealth-inequality-in-spotlight-patty-murray-t/
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REMINDER: Republicans had every opportunity to save the ACA tax credits. They chose not to. They’ve found plenty of money to fund Trump’s war in the Middle East, but they won’t spend a cent on health care for Americans.
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/business/obamacare-enrollment-decline.html
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Trump’s reckless policies are driving up prices for every American. But here’s the thing: this Republican Congress could stop him at any moment. They’ve decided not to, and we’re all paying for it—literally.
link:https://apnews.com/article/oil-retail-iran-war-trump-519540133710a6e2309266a64bfb4c04
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Republicans said it should be about states’ rights when it comes to abortion. Except when Louisiana’s extremist Attorney General wants to tell women in my state—and the entire country—how they can get medication abortion? NO. Protect abortion rights.
link:https://apnews.com/article/abortion-pills-mail-louisiana-ruling-40d60a9bf6212480e527480757b603c3
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There are no Republican deficit hawks anymore. Not when they have proven that every time they win power, they will blow up the debt on war and tax cuts for billionaires.
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Trump has spent TENS OF BILLIONS of your tax dollars on his war of choice with Iran. Republican logic: always money for war, never any to help working families put food on the table or get health care.
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The Fifth Circuit just told millions of women that three judges know better than the FDA, their doctors, and 25 years of evidence. They don't. This restriction on medication abortion is a nationwide abortion restriction, full stop. I have no intention of letting this stand.
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Trump gets richer while working families struggle to get by thanks to his disastrous decision making. He is the most corrupt President in history. Period.
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Gutting the Voting Rights Act is a giant step backward for our country. A better future is possible but it requires ALL of us to make ourselves heard with our voices and our votes. It means voting in every election, staying engaged. "Democracy is not a state. It is an act."
link:https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/29/voting-rights-act-supreme-court-future-00898949
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Gas prices are NOT coming down. They are going UP. And everyone in America knows that Donald Trump and Republicans are to blame. There's not a lot that's worse for the American economy than a Republican President and a Republican Congress.
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