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When they diminish the ability of transgender people to serve in the military, they diminish our national security.

We passed it in the House again and again.

Anything that we accomplished, whether it was fighting HIV and AIDS, ending discrimination, passing hate crimes legislation, or ending ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ would never have happened without outside mobilization.

Their dedication, expertise, and institutional knowledge are invaluable to advancing American interests, supporting our allies, and responding to crises around the globe.

I refuse to accept that the path to those goals runs through an open-ended, unauthorized regional war that has already cost American lives and that this Administration cannot coherently explain.

The Trump Administration has been content to reduce Congress to an afterthought, as if the power to take this nation to war is theirs alone to wield. That is not how our democracy works.

In Congress, you have to build a consensus. You actually have to get groups and members of Congress and organizations to support what you’re trying to do.

Sen. Sanders has inspired hundreds of thousands around the country.

We won on Tuesday — and LA rejected Spencer Pratt and the MAGA agenda. Next, we'll win in November!

We look forward to winning a contest against an opponent who allows encampments near schools and fights against hiring more cops, yet is MIA on saving Hollywood jobs and fighting back when ICE invades LA.

Folks, we're dealing with a fraction of a percentage point difference, there's still hundreds of thousands of votes outstanding, and LA officials have given us the next 3 weeks to count.

Congress should not deepen military integration with Israel at a time when lawmakers are increasingly questioning the future of the U.S.–Israel relationship.

DHS has said that somehow they want to implement body cameras but don’t have the resources to do it—that’s despite sitting on more than $100 billion of money that they haven’t spent already.

My amendment will specify that at least $300 million of the ICE funding in the Judiciary title must be used to ensure that all officers and agents wear body-worn cameras while engaging in immigration enforcement activities.

I had the chance to meet with each of these students, and I’m pleased to announce that our country’s future is in good hands with these bright and capable future service members.

Every year, I have the privilege of nominating such a highly qualified cohort of high school students from the district to our nation’s prestigious service academies,

It is the courage to believe that we can make things better and do the work to make it so.

Hope is action and demands a plan.