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On Netanyahu’s watch, surveillance technologies developed by Israeli companies have repeatedly been used by repressive regimes, contributed to human rights violations in Gaza, and have been used against Americans.

I also cannot support new authorities included in the bill which seek to deepen and accelerate cooperation with Israeli contractors on surveillance and AI technologies that are ripe for abuse.

This bill does nothing to address Secretary Hegseth’s politicization of our military, curb wasteful spending, or ensure robust oversight of shady defense contractors like Palantir and Elon Musk’s xAI.

To our newest citizens: you now carry both the rights and the responsibilities of this democracy, and I'm counting on you to exercise and defend them.

It reminds me that America has always been strengthened, not weakened like some want us to believe, by those who choose it.

Today, 60 new Americans from 25 countries took an oath that binds us all—not by birth, but by shared belief in our country's promise.

Trump’s actions against Chicago, especially during ‘Operation Midway Blitz,’ were unwarranted, unwanted and unjust moves straight out of the authoritarian’s playbook.

The original misstep may have occurred even earlier, when President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear agreement during his first term, a deal that was working to restrain Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

I wish I could say I am surprised, but I am not. President Trump started this war with a genuine destabilizing regime without thinking it through...

I was glad President Trump attended the summit—he and President Obama were right to push our allies to pay more of their fair share for the cost of NATO. But President Trump’s constant rhetoric belittling the alliance and dreams of…

Expanding Gateway Arch National Park into Illinois would not only give visitors new ways to experience the Arch and the Mississippi River, but it would also help drive economic growth throughout the Metro East region.

As an East St. Louis native, I’m thrilled to introduce legislation that would expand the Gateway Arch National Park into Illinois.

These lands belong to every American. In the wake of these unfortunate reductions, I urge Congress to pass my America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act to protect and defend these lands for future generations.

President Trump’s decision to, once again, slash the boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monuments is an attack on some of our nation’s most extraordinary public lands.

We must rein in ICE abuses before another life is lost.

There must be full, fair, and independent investigations into these shootings so the truth can be revealed, and it is critical that DHS not deport any eyewitnesses and allow them to participate fully in the investigation.

The fatal shootings of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastian Guerrero are tragic, heartbreaking, and enraging.

For the millions Americans who have worked hard, paid into the system, and simply want the security of knowing they can retire with dignity, this is not an abstract fiscal policy debate.

Congress has talked for years about the need to shore up Social Security so that Americans who have spent decades paying into the program can count on it to be there for their retirement.

Americans have paid into Social Security with the expectation that the benefits they earned would provide the foundation for their retirement, and Congress has a responsibility to keep that promise.

For years, we've known that Social Security faces serious long-term financial challenges, yet Congress has repeatedly chosen to look the other way.

Social Security is on an unsustainable path that will lead to dramatic benefit cuts for retirees and growing skepticism among workers paying into a program on the brink of insolvency.

For nearly a century, Social Security has been a lifeline that allows Americans to retire with dignity.

Millions of Americans rely on Social Security to live. In 6 years, those families will see a 22% cut to their benefits if Congress doesn’t act.