
I think members of our leadership just haven’t prioritized it in recent history because members of Congress have not sufficiently vocalized their support for this effort.
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I think members of our leadership just haven’t prioritized it in recent history because members of Congress have not sufficiently vocalized their support for this effort.

Russia’s aggression cannot continue without consequences, and those helping sustain Putin’s war machine should face meaningful costs. This legislation gives the United States stronger leverage against Russia and those enabling its war. At…

Politicians are right to highlight personal experiences and it's not right that this comment was made about a fellow member of the Senedd.

That reality should not prevent us from acting. Failing to confront Russia’s aggression carries costs of its own—for our national security, global stability, and our economy—and those costs will only grow if we allow that aggression to…

Wherever you sit, in this big tent of ours, and it is a big tent, but whatever corner of that tent you think of as home, there is a set of things, and I mean big, big things, where we agree with each other, we agree with most Michiganders…

We’re going to win because we know what it means to focus on what’s at stake, to lock arms as allies after a spirited primary, to pull together in common cause.

Without an industrious, innovative, and self-sustaining domestic biotechnology sector, the United States will remain at risk—both of relying on China for new, life-saving therapies and basic drugs, and of being unprepared for the next…

I supported this legislation because the stakes are too high to stand still, and I will continue advocating for a transparent, disciplined approach to implementing these authorities.

But it does require transparency, discipline, and a clear strategy to ensure any costs borne by Americans are tied to well-defined national security objectives.

Failing to confront Russia’s aggression carries costs of its own—for our national security, global stability, and our economy—and those costs will only grow if we allow that aggression to continue unchecked.

Russia’s aggression cannot continue without consequences, and those helping sustain Putin’s war machine should face meaningful costs.

The vast majority of people understand that it makes no sense to say that we can’t have good roads and and great hospitals in rural places and we can’t have fully funded public schools at the exact same moment when the wealthiest people in…

Hospitals are closing, people are losing their healthcare, and Medicaid decisions being made in Lansing will help decide whether we can do something about that.

States are a laboratory for great ideas to better serve the American people, and the NGA is an opportunity for Governors to share notes and work together to make our states stronger.

As we saw in Mamdani’s race, and in races with progressive candidates across the country, young voters are turning out in record numbers, proving that we didn’t lose Gen Z; they just needed candidates to vote for.

Voters see clearly that many of our politicians are serving their largest corporate donors instead of the working class. Younger voters cannot fathom voting for a status quo that has never served them.

A year ago, I was removed from my position as vice chair of the DNC for daring to suggest that we needed to challenge geriatric, corrupt, and asleep-at-the-wheel Democrats in safe blue seats.