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President Trump’s attacks on everything from LGBTQ+ rights to reproductive freedom to law-abiding, contributing immigrants are cruel and do nothing to address America’s real challenges. Please read below for regular updates on the work that House Democrats and I are doing to respond to these harmful actions.   

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  • Co-sponsored Rep. Stevens’ (MI-11) Taxpayer Data Protection Act to protect Americans’ right to privacy and safeguard the sensitive and private information of the American people and our nation’s payment system from reckless and unlawful interference.   

  • Joined nearly 200 House Democrats and every Democratic Senator in filing an amicus brief supporting Planned Parenthood and urging the Supreme Court to affirm the fourth circuit’s decision to guarantee the right to choose for Medicaid beneficiaries receiving care from qualified providers. 

  • Supported Rep. Casten (IL-6) in calling on the Trump administration to reverse their directive minimizing enforcement of laws that protect the rights of patients to safely access reproductive health services.  

  • Joined every House and Senate Democrat in calling out the Trump Administration’s unprecedented and illegal firing of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Member Gwynne Wilcox. Member Wilcox’s firing revokes the NLRB’s ability to stand up for workers by ensuring that the NLRB does not have enough membership to issue rulings against employers violating workers’ rights. 

  • Supported Rep. Crow (CO-06) in urging the full and immediate renewal of the federal contract that provides legal representation to over twenty-six thousand unaccompanied migrant children living in the US. 

  • Joined Rep. Takano (CA-39) in demanding that the Veterans Affairs Secretary reverse recent actions to phase out treatment of gender dysphoria and cut off the delivery of healthcare to transgender and intersexual veterans. 

  • Worked with Rep. Ansari (AZ-03) to demand that Secretary of State Marco Rubio restore the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) and allow resettlement agencies to continue to provide life saving services. 

  • Joined over 200 House Democrats to file an amicus brief in support of the State of Washington's lawsuit against the Trump Administration’s executive order restricting the essential constitutional principle of birthright citizenship.  

  • Supported Rep. Castro (TX-20) in opposing the Trump Administration’s decision to prohibit Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients from accessing the ACA marketplaces 

  • Worked with Rep. Casten (IL-06) to demand the Department of Education immediately restore shuttered Office for Civil Rights (OCR) hubs and fulfill its statutory civil rights mandate.  

  • Joined Rep. Gottheimer (NJ-05) and colleagues to urge the Trump Administration to reverse its decision to halt funding opportunities through the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). 

  • Supported Rep. Jayapal (WA-07) and other Democrats in a request for answers regarding the termination of students’ legal status. 

  • Collaborated with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to file an amicus brief expressing strong opposition to any agreement that would allow the IRS to share taxpayer information with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for immigration enforcement purposes. 

  • Joined Rep. Pressley (MA-07) to demand an investigation of the impact of Donald Trump’s harmful Executive Order attacking Smithsonian museums – namely, the American Art Museum, the American Women’s History Museum, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture, attempting to erase histories of marginalized communities. 

  • Supported Rep. Chu (CA-28) and Sen. Coons’ (D-DE) call on President Trump to rescind the travel ban, citing impacts on families with approved travel, tourism, and negligible benefits to national security.  

  • Joined Sen. Padilla to urge President Trump to support additional federal assistance for disaster relief funding and resources in California following the one-year anniversary of the Eaton and Palisades fires. 

  • Voted against the SAVE America Act to protect the voter registration process and prevent restrictions on voting for millions of eligible Americans. 

  • Spoke with NBC 7 San Diego to highlight the harmful impacts of the Trump Administration’s immigration agenda on San Diego, with an emphasis on the economic threat to the city resulting from the United States Citizenship and Immigration services (USCIS) delays on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) renewal applications. 

  • Collaborated with Rep. Budzinski (IL-13) to convince President Trump to revoke an Executive Order that limits who can participate in mail-in voting by allowing USPS to cross-reference names to verify mail-in status.