As I said months ago, I find Platner's Nazi tattoo and his commentary about it personally disqualifying. If it were me, I'd vote for someone else in the Maine Democratic primary.
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For decades, the science has been overwhelmingly clear: mifepristone is safe and effective. Millions of Americans have relied on this critical medication, which revolutionized access to care.
Americans are paying a high price for Donald Trump’s war with Iran: 14 service members dead, over 400 more wounded, prices rising for nearly every American family.
To better understand the extent to which the Trump administration’s cuts to FSA will enable waste, fraud, and abuse of financial aid funds and harm students, I ask GAO to [investigate].
[T]he prospect of a reduction in FSA’s enforcement activity is especially concerning in light of recent Trump administration policies that are poised to boost the growth of for-profit colleges.
Through this settlement, you and the President have created a nearly $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded slush fund for the President’s political allies, including potentially the January 6th insurrectionists…essentially making it official United…
In the digital age, a reliable internet connection is the gateway to a good job, a quality education, and timely health care.
SSI is a critical lifeline for millions of Americans — but the program is five decades out-of-date, leaving people behind and even punishing them for trying to save up.
Formerly incarcerated individuals deserve a fair shot at a steady future and a stable career.
I will be monitoring the implementation of this rule closely to ensure it does not adversely affect students and educators that rely on the E-Rate program.
We should be strengthening E-Rate, simplifying access, and closing the homework gap, not putting up new barriers.
This action is part of a troubling pattern from the FCC and Republicans that makes it harder for kids to get online and communities to close the digital divide.
The FCC’s new rule will make it harder for schools and libraries, especially in rural and under-resourced communities, to access the E-Rate program.
After two months of Trump’s illegal and reckless Iran war, and as we pass the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster, we must confront the dangers of building nuclear power plants in war zones.
We have significant concerns about the House-passed Farm Bill, including this overreaching and harmful provision that should not be in the Farm Bill and needs to be removed.
These state laws were overwhelmingly supported by a popular vote—they shouldn’t be overridden because of big-dollar lobbying.
This is a highly controversial and poisonous policy that ignores the will of the people.
We oppose the inclusion of a provision in the House-passed Farm Bill to preempt state-level animal welfare and agricultural protection laws.