If Democrats take back the House, we will exercise aggressive oversight to stop him from taking over the military and using it for domestic enforcement.

dangerous and illegal

I am so glad that we are moving on our first appropriations package of fiscal year 2026. It is a package of bipartisan funding bills that invest in our communities and reject damaging cuts from Trump and House Republicans. I want to…

the National Counterterrorism Center plays a crucial role keeping our country safe. The Agency is responsible for collecting and analyzing intelligence to help protect our Nation from terrorist threats. It is sober, serious work that…

The many challenges facing college sports are important and complex.

I’m disappointed that the President abandoned his earlier plan for a commission to examine all the issues facing college sports.

eastern Washington and Spokane are home to many heroes and champions, but I would like to speak today of one particularly exceptional young man, Brycen Phillips of Mt. Spokane High School. Brycen was named a two-time U.S. Paralympics Track…

today, I will be voting to move ahead with the first spending bill for fiscal year 2026. Now, there is no doubt that the path forward on appropriations this year has been made extremely challenging by President Trump's flagrant lack of…

Look, the mayor of New York has never, never, ever been the leader of the Democratic Party.

We, Democrats, have a message, and we have a message to deliver.

Mamdani isn’t speaking for our party, any more than I’m speaking for our party. It’s a big tent. It’s a big coalition.

We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create the world’s best weather forecasting system that would provide Americans with much more detailed and customized alerts days instead of minutes ahead of a looming extreme weather event.

Americans should have the best weather system. Why not?

The mayor of New York, no matter who he is, is not going to be the leader of our party.

Bipartisanship does not end with any one line being crossed.

If we want to actually cut spending—this is a good spot to start. Not by kicking 17 million Americans off their healthcare.

Just weeks out from the new school year, families, teachers, and school districts are suffering the consequences of President Trump's needless and illegal blockade of this funding.

Congress should decide what we spend and what we cut—not Trump and not Russ Vought.