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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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It's a good day when the Senate rejects at least one junk science charlatan. Good riddance to Casey Means, RFK Jr. is doing enough damage on his own. I'll keep pushing for his removal to protect science and common sense in our government.
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/us/politics/casey-means-surgeon-general-withdraw.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes
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Like a lot of women’s health, menopause has been overlooked, underinvested in, & left behind. That's why Senator Murkowski & I are fighting to INCREASE funding for research into mid-life women's health. More than half this country goes through it, it's time we start acting like it.
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Speaker Johnson extended the DHS shutdown for over a MONTH for no reason at all. This is the same bill the Senate passed five weeks ago. An inexcusable failure by House Republicans. But it’s a very good thing the TSA, FEMA, Coast Guard, & more will finally be funded.
link:https://apnews.com/article/homeland-security-shutdown-funding-trump-republicans-d377a15c40ad0f430983b6d918b24bb6?taid=69f390959e11680001e6745b&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter
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Linda McMahon & Trump are wrecking the Department of Education. Why? So we can throw another half-TRILLION dollars at the Pentagon? Maybe I'm biased as a former preschool teacher, but I think investing in our kids is more important than shoveling money at defense contractors.
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Trump: "We have enough nuclear weapons to blow up the world 150 times." But I guess that's not enough because he wants $7 billion MORE for nuclear weapons. Because that's what families are begging for: Less affordable housing, so Trump can blow up the world 151 times.
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In the face of the Trump administration's attacks on our National Parks, I'm working to protect and preserve 126,500 acres of land in the Olympic National Forest. Protect our public lands. Let’s pass my Wild Olympics bill. 🌲
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On April 1st, Speaker Johnson vowed to fund DHS "in the coming days." Must have been an April Fools’ joke because INSTEAD, Johnson has extended the shutdown for FOUR WEEKS and counting. So if Speaker Johnson is looking for someone to blame for the shutdown, get him a mirror.
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What a stupid waste of taxpayer money. No.
link:https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5853378-pentagon-department-of-war-name-congress/
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Trump is trying to crush our First Amendment rights. I refuse to live in a country where a crooked President can illegally use the force of the federal government to push a talk show host off the air. Time to speak up and protect free speech in America.
link:https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/28/media/fcc-kimmel-disney-abc-trump-licenses?Date=20260428&Profile=CNN&utm_content=1777403990&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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Linda McMahon fired half the staff at the Office for Civil Rights—the people who handle cases of sexual harassment & assault against students. Know how many cases have been resolved since then? Neither did she. But you'd think the Secretary of Education could count to ZERO.
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Trump wants to boost war spending a whopping half a TRILLION dollars. Here's what that could fund instead:
link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMVHkmwAiqA&t=1s
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REMINDER: The Senate unanimously passed a bill to fund DHS 31 days ago. We passed it unanimously AGAIN 25 days ago. But instead of ending the DHS shutdown and funding agencies like TSA & the Secret Service, Speaker Johnson has dragged his feet & failed to put it up for a vote.
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The Trump administration cancelled major energy projects across 16 states just because they voted for Kamala Harris and not Trump. Their own lawyers even admitted they targeted blue states. I called Trump’s Energy Secretary out on it. Our states pay taxes & I won’t stand for this kind of garbage.
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There is no justification for political violence ever. It’s really that simple. I’m glad everyone who attended Saturday’s White House Correspondent’s Dinner is unharmed. I’m especially grateful to the brave Secret Service agents and U.S. Capitol Police who kept everyone safe.
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Moms in Seattle aren't up at night wondering if ICE has enough money to break car windows and deport veterans. They're worried about rent, groceries, and child care. Yet, this week, in the middle of the night, Republicans raced to unlock $70 billion for ICE and did NOTHING to help lower costs.
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We need a budget that PROTECTS OUR PUBLIC LANDS. Trump is planning to cut 3,000 National Park staff–and this is after a quarter of staff were pushed out ALREADY. I told Secretary Burgum that’s a recipe for disaster and I’ll be throwing Trump’s budget right in the trash and writing a new one.
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This President tells us every day that no election is free and fair unless HE wins. Well, that's not how it works in America, no matter how many tantrums he throws. Trump lost the 2020 election. That will never change and I have zero intention of letting him rewrite history.
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Gas prices and energy prices are SURGING. Trump wants to totally defund programs that help drive down costs. Meanwhile, his Energy Secretary has NO solution to bring down gas prices other than "it's Biden's fault." I guess I missed the part where Joe Biden declared war on Iran.
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What a shameless grift. The President's son bragging about a $24 million Pentagon contract like it's a game show prize. Meanwhile, Trump is demanding a $1.5 TRILLION war budget so defense contractors get rich while you pay at the pump for his war with Iran. Obscene corruption.
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The "woke" research grants RFK Jr. cut at NIH? Millions of dollars to research maternal health, vaccines, Alzheimer's, and cancer. How is researching cancer woke? No one voted for this.
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When people stand up and use their voice to protect the right to abortion, they win. Glad the people of Idaho are working to stop Republican politicians from controlling women and to protect the right to essential reproductive health care.
link:https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/apr/19/abortion-on-the-ballot-in-idaho-organizers-are-con/
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Every Republican who voted YES to another $70 billion ICE slush fund at 3 AM last night said NO to child care. Republicans said NO to health care. NO to helping working Americans in any way at all. I'll be making sure everyone knows it.
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RFK Jr. has repeatedly lied to our Senate committee and broken promises he made under oath. So, I entered some articles into the record that my colleagues should read. Like, “GOP Senator Refuses to Face Reality About RFK Jr. After Being ‘Lied’ To.”
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There is no excuse. None. Republicans have the votes, they have the power—and tonight they are choosing, deliberately, to do nothing for families and everything for ICE. It’s past 3 AM and they’re jamming through $70 billion for ICE and $0 for families. Spread the word.
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It's 2 AM. Republicans are pulling an all-nighter to shovel $70 billion at ICE—and can't be bothered to spend a cent to save health care for the millions of Americans who can't afford insurance. Shame on every one of them. I'm voting NO.
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For millions of parents, child care costs more than rent. Moms are quitting jobs they love because they can't even FIND child care. And Republicans' response tonight? A blank check for ICE.
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If you're wondering why the Senate is in session at midnight tonight, it's because Republicans are trying to jam through at least $70 billion for ICE with no accountability. $70 billion for ICE. $0 to help families. $0 to help lower costs. What a disgrace. I'm voting NO.
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Trump's budget isn't a MAGA budget. It's not even a MAHA budget. It's a war budget—and I'll be ripping it up and writing a new one.
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I just voted for the FIFTH time to end the war in Iran. Gas prices are still surging, this conflict threatens to plunge us into a global economic crisis, and America is not any safer. Yet Republicans refuse to put a check on this out-of-control President.
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Trump started a war. Working families get the bill. And Stephen Miller gets a $70 billion blank check for ICE?? It makes no sense. I will vote NO on the Republicans' garbage budget.
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President Trump plastered his giant face on our National Park passes so I asked the Secretary of the Interior: Has Trump even visited a National Park since he was sworn in? Too busy golfing, I guess.
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In addition to Trump's war with Iran, he has all but declared war on lifesaving medical research. I'll keep fighting to protect funding to cure cancer and so much more, but we need an administration that isn't actively trying to sabotage things like Alzheimer's research.
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026/04/19/science-research-funding-cuts-trump/
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Republicans are working hard to cut another blank check to ICE and CBP with NO reforms. Americans want affordable health care and housing—NOT billions of their tax dollars funneled to rogue agencies. I voted NO.
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The President spent more on bombs in ONE WEEK of his war with Iran than we spend in an entire YEAR to help parents afford child care. Trump & RFK Jr. are asking to spend $500B more for war—but they won't increase funding for child care by a cent.
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Lori Chavez-DeRemer was a scandal-ridden disgrace but more importantly she ended up being a stooge for Trump's anti-worker, pro-billionaire policies. America deserves leaders who stand up for working people and the middle-class.
link:https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/20/labor-secretary-chavez-deremer-resign-00737749
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Instead of doing literally anything to lower costs, Republicans are now racing to give ICE & CBP another $70 billion without ANY accountability. Families want relief from sky-high prices, not more of their tax dollars thrown at a rogue agency that doesn’t respect their rights.
link:https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/minority/senator-murray-on-republicans-releasing-their-budget-resolution-to-cut-another-blank-check-for-ice-and-border-patrol
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Republicans have a choice: Help families here at home or cut a blank check for Trump’s warmongering.
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Starting today, companies that paid Trump's illegal tariffs can seek a refund. You know who won't get any relief? YOU, the consumer, who's paid for them all along. That's outrageous. Republicans need to join Democrats to stop Trump's stupid tariffs & deliver relief to American families.
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/business/trump-administration-tariff-refunds.html
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The 2020 election was NOT rigged. These attempts to rewrite history and undermine our elections are dangerous and need to stop.
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You're not imagining it. Thanks to Trump, inflation is the highest it's been in 2 years. Gas, energy bills, groceries—they all cost more because of Trump’s tariffs and war with Iran.
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This is a direct result of Trump's policies.
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Trump campaigned on lowering costs, helping families, and putting America first. He's breaking every one of those promises and demanding we slash investments in American families to fund reckless foreign wars.
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Trump wants to spend half a TRILLION more of your taxpayer dollars for his war with Iran. It would rob our families and burden our grandkids with mountains of new debt—and for what? So Trump has more bombs he can threaten to “end civilizations” with?
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Last year, Trump’s cabinet showed up to Congress completely unprepared to defend Trump’s indefensible budget. It’s that time of year again and I’ll be pressing top officials for the answers the American people deserve.
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Trump wants to rob American families to pay for war. That is what his budget for next year boils down to.
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Seattle is literally breaking records for the price of diesel thanks to Trump's war of choice. This is hitting our supply chains—and you're going to see the difference at the grocery store. I'll keep voting to end this senseless war again and again.
link:https://www.seattletimes.com/business/local-business/seattle-diesel-tops-7-per-gallon-a-record-amid-iran-blockade/